Tricking Windows 8 RT to display Flash

Windows RT’s both IE versions have built-in support for Adobe Flash but flash objects are only allowed from sites that are on the compatibility list of IE. This list is administered and updated by Microsoft.

If your site is not on the list you can have one site at a time (only one) that bypasses this check. This happened to me while trying to watch a movie from headweb.com.

This instruction can be found on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/jj193557(v=vs.85).aspx. Here’s a short version:

You need to create a registry key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Flash\DebugDomain

where DebugDomain is a string value specifying the domain name as its data like the one I used:

Windows 8 Media Center Feature pack for free!

Until Jan 31 2013 you can download Media Center for free:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/feature-packs

Wioski 2.0 General availability!

As today is the general availability date on Windows 8 it’s more than convenient that my dearest project Wioski 2.0 is also available to help everyone with their brand new W8 slates and other form factor computers.

Wioski is a free SteadyState replacement that resets a Windows 7 or 8 machine to its original state as fast it normally takes the computer to reboot.

 

First question I got today morning was: Do Windows 8 Reset or Refresh functions compete with Wioski or even make it obsolete? Well it depends probably on who you ask but I’d say the don’t stand a chance! You can check the result on Wioski’s YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/AdminizerAndWioski?feature=watch but to sum it up here are the results:

- Windows 8 Reset = 22 minutes

- Windows 8 Refresh = 15 minutes

- Wioski reset = 28 seconds!

 

How often do we hear that Windows works for some time and then needs to be reinstalled – What if your Windows would reinstall every time it reboots – think about it! It doesn’t take longer than a normal reboot with Wioski

 

I would personally like to thank Ronald Beekelaar for giving me a small but stepping on the Moon –type tip for Wioski. Ronald is an MVP in virtualization and I encourage everyone to follow him on Twitter!

“Ronald Beekelaar / Virsoft Solutions / www.virsoft.net / TwitterID @virsoft”

 

As many of you know what Wioski is here’s a short list of what’s new in 2.0:

- Faster reset

- Support for Windows 8

- One installation media for Windows 7 and 8, for USB and DVD/ISO, and for both x86 and x64

- Ability to enable or disable the automatic reverting on every boot making it ideal for use in classrooms

- A lot of small fixes

 

Check out videos and download the free tool at http://www.wioski.com/

Coreinfo for Hyper-V

Many students asked me about how to figure out if you have what it takes to run Client Hyper-V in Windows 8. As I mentioned in an earlier post Coreinfo.exe from Sysinternals tells you but what I didn’t provide was what to look for in the coreinfo output. I believe you can find what you need in this post: http://www.groovypost.com/howto/can-my-windows-8-pc-run-hyper-v-slat/

MCT Summit 2012 Warsaw video available!

Now the video of my session is available at: http://www.adminize.com/files/7waystohack.mpeg

Shot at not-that-easy-circumstances so don’t expect TechEd style

Thanks for my fellow MCT Bart from Amsterdam for shooting the video!

Run Explorer as Admin

Tip of the year if you ask me

 

Rename

HK_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{CDCBCFCA-3CDC-436f-A4E2-0E02075250C2}\RunAs

to

HK_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{CDCBCFCA-3CDC-436f-A4E2-0E02075250C2}\_RunAs

You need to take ownership of the key and give yourself Full Control to it first.

Now you can Runas you Exlplorer!

 

Thanks to Tagoror Sundstrom for the tip

Windows 8 RSAT for Windows Server 2012

Current RTM version of RSAT now available: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28972