To view windows shared folder in Mac OSX:
- Open Finder
- In menu, click Go > Connect to Server..
- Type smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (the server ip address)
- Then click on connect
Viewing a windows shared folder in Mac OSX
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How to solve disk usage 100%
You need to increase the virtual memory.
Set the setting as below
- initial size – set equal to RAM size
- maximum size – set double the RAM size
To do this, follow the following steps:
1. Go to Control Panel> All control panel items > System
2. Click on Advanced system settings
3. Under performance, click on settings
4. Go to Advanced tab
5. Under Virtual memory, click on Change
6. UN-check “Automatically manage paging file size for all drives” check box
7. Select your windows drive (where OS is installed)
8. Click on Custom size radio button
9. Set Initial size equivalent to your RAM size in MB
10. Set Maximum size to twice of your RAM size in MB
11. Click on Set
12. Click on OK thrice
13. Restart your system
This should resolve this issue,
Lost windows password. This tools can help to reset
I faced a problem with a lost of password for a windows PC. Here what I did
Some uncommon Windows Shortcut
- Windows+S – open search box (for Windows 10)
- Windows+E – open Windows explorer
- Windows +R – open Run box – then can run command, control panel etc
- Windows+I – open Settings
- Windows+Pause/Break – show System Information (windows ver, system hardware, computer name etc)
- Ctrl+Shift+Esc – open Task Manager
Tips to speed up Windows
Some tips to speed up Windows operating system
- check which program use the most resources (especially memory) and remove or disable if possible
- disable some unused startup programs
- remove unused programs in the PC
- remove unused plugins or extensions in web browser
- defragment hard disk
- reinstall windows (please backup all important files – e.g. on my document, desktop, emails). With Windows 8 onwards, you have option to “reset” the PC
- upgrade RAM (memory). limit for 32-bit OS is 4GB only
- use SSD (solid state drive)
Check for windows performance
- Check for performance – control + alt + delete. Check processes. Make sure memory usage is below 50% in normal usage
- Check for startup applications – go to run, type msconfig. Go to startup tab, disable all unused applications.
MySQL database auto backup on windows
To backup mysql database (all databases) can use this batch file
Then you can compile the .bat file to become .exe file so that the password is hidden.
Download bat to exe converter from CNET download
Lastly, you can include the exe file to run in task scheduler
You can have option to upload the file via FTP to other server
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | :: Start FTP files to remote server :: Create the temporary FTP script file > script.ftp ECHO ftpusername >>script.ftp ECHO ftppassword >>script.ftp ECHO lcd / >>script.ftp ECHO lcd /MySQLBackups/backupfiles >>script.ftp ECHO binary >>script.ftp ECHO prompt n >>script.ftp ECHO put FullBackup.%backupdate%.zip >>script.ftp ECHO bye :: Use the temporary script for unattended FTP :: Note: depending on your OS version you may have to add a '-n' switch FTP -v -s:script.ftp ftphostcom.com :: Overwrite the temporary file before deleting it TYPE NUL >script.ftp DEL script.ftp :: DONE FTP backup file to remote server |