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What is test mode and how to remove test mode watermark in windows 7 ?
When Windows Start The following message was displayed in desktop
Test mode Windows 7 build 7600
Windows 7, like Windows Vista has several watermarks which appear when certain situations warrant it so. One of them is the Test Mode watermark. This watermark may appear in the bottom right part of your Windows desktop, if you install an application whose drivers are not digitally signed by Microsoft and if they are still in the testing phase. What is Test Mode in Windows
Most are familiar with For testing purposes only, Evaluation copy, Safe Mode, etc watermarks. The Test Mode is not so familiar a watermark, however!
The TESTSIGNING boot configuration option determines whether Windows 7 or Vista will load any type of test-signed kernel-mode code. This option is not set by default, which means test-signed kernel-mode drivers will not load by default on 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and later versions of Windows.
For 64-bit versions of Windows 7 & Vista the kernel-mode code signing policy requires that all kernel-mode code have a digital signature. However, in most cases, an unsigned driver can be installed and loaded on 32-bit versions of Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, explains MSDN.
When you start your Windows 8-based or Windows 7-based computer, you receive the following message in the lower-right corner of the desktop, depending on your version of Windows.
Windows 8.1
Test mode Windows 8.1 build 9490
Windows 8
Test mode Windows 8 build 9200
Windows 7
Test mode Windows 7 build 7600
Note This message may also mention a more specific edition of Windows. For example, the message may be, “Test mode Windows 8 Pro build 9200.”
Windows 8 To fix this problem manually in Windows 8, follow these steps:
Swipe in from the right, click or tap Search, and then type cmd. Alternatively, type cmd on the Start screen. Tap-and-hold or right-click Command Prompt in the search results. Select Run as administrator on the menu that appears at the bottom of the screen.
Note If you are prompted by a User Account Control window, tap or click Yes. In the Command Prompt window, type the following command, and then press Enter:
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF
After you see the confirmation, close the Command Prompt window. Save any unsaved work, and then restart the computer.
Windows 7 To fix this problem manually in Windows 7, try these methods, in the given order.
Method 1
Click Start, and then type cmd in the Search box. Under Programs, right-click cmd.exe, and then click Run as administrator. At the command prompt, type the following text, and then press Enter:
bcdedit /set TESTSIGNING OFF
Close the Command Prompt window, and then restart your computer.
Note If this method does not resolve the issue, go to Method 2.
Method 2
Click Start, and then type cmd in the Search box. Under Programs, right-click cmd.exe, and then click Run as administrator. At the command prompt, type the following commands, and press Enter after each command:
bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKSbcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING OFF
Close the Command Prompt window, and then restart your computer.
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What is the name of the exe file for windows terminal preview,
its path and command to open it?
Like for windows terminal it is wt.exe
Check in AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
Look for wt.exe or the "WindowsTerminalPreview" directory for the preview edition.
A more generic path is:
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe
Open start menu and open Windows Terminal.
Click ctrl + alt + delete to open tasks manager.
Look for Windows Terminal task and unfold it.
Find Windows Terminal, click your right mouse button, click open file location. It will navigate WindowsTerminal.exe automatically.
That's it.
On my computer WindowsTerminal is installed at C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.9.1942.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe. Note that WindowsApps may be hidden and restricted, you should make sure it is visible and accessable.
Try using where command in cmd. Like this where wt.exe, you should get full path (mine C:\Users\{user-name}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe
Usually I'd recommend that this question be moved to Super User, since it isn't programming related. However, it's too old for that at this point.
wt.exe is what's known as an "Execution Alias", a "fake exe" method to open a Windows Store app (a.k.a. Metro, a.k.a. Universal, a.k.a. Modern, or whatever it's called today).
Both "Windows Terminal" and "Windows Terminal Preview" use the same wt.exe execution alias, since Preview is just a pre-release of the final version.
If you have both versions installed, you'll need to choose which one runs with wt.exe by going to "Manage App Execution Aliases" in the settings (just search for it in the Start menu). Switch off the one you don't want to be using; switch on the one you do.
I was able to execute wt.exe previously.
Now "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe" returns the following. The system cannot find the file XXXX\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe.
The wt.exe is in this directory as expected.
However, when I search for "Windows Terminal" and open it from the start menu it opens.
I believe this behavior is due to a change in my companies security GPO governing the execution of scripts. I am not certain of this yet.
I do not yet have more details but I am digging to find out more.
When I do a system restore in Windows 10 1607 (Anniversary Update), I get this error:
Based on the error, it looks like Windows Defender isn't playing well with System restore -- and lo and behold, when I disable Windows Defender, the System Restore works!
However, I don't have the option to remove Windows Defender -- the clients don't want that.
This is not an uncommon problem, and there are a few solutions out there.
Here's what I've tried:
(1)
The error says "System Restore could not access a file." Maybe the problem is that a file is corrupted? Windows Defender touches every file (I think), and maybe when it touches the corrupted file, it passes out like a scared goat.
So I ran the utility "System File Checker", but it didn't find any corrupted files. Can I trust the utility?
(2)
Success with this problem was found by turning off something called App & Browser control. The problem here is that I can't do that, because that's in the Defender Security Center, which isn't on the Anniversary Update (1607), it's on the Creator's Update (1709).
It seems that Windows Defender isn't near as configurable in 1607 than in 1709, and clients also don't want to update to 1709. OUCH. Am I missing a Windows Defender configuration that allows System Restore in 1607? I see that you can get it to not touch certain files or folders, but I don't know what file/folder System Restore would be in, as it's not really a file.
(3)
Write a script that temporarily disables Windows Defender. I actually haven't tried this because I'm not sure where to start. I would insert the script into my program, which is in C#. It would go like this:
turn off Windows Defender
run the code that does the restore point, and after it's done and the machine is restarted,
turn Windows Defender back on.
After all that, here are some specific questions:
(1) how to write a script that toggles Windows Defender
(2) is there a way to configure Windows Defender in 1607 such that it allows System Restore to work?
(3) any other ideas would be appreciated.
I have looked every where for a download for the .exe, I have tried the fix.reg sloution, I have tried clicking run and expanding the ex_ file into the .exe, but anytime I click something I am met with this error "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file" It also says I may not have access to the item. I am the only user/admin and this is a fresh install of the Windows XP black edition.
I cant even use CMD. Surely there has to be a fairly simple solution? Right? I have the RunDll32.ex_ I just dont have permission to run anything like CMD to expand it. Can I simply use a .exe from another computer running same OS?
It seems you have a big problem on the registry or a broken file system.
As you said you could use a rundll32.exe from another computer with the same version of OS. Check the Service Pack installed in your Windows XP and the other computer.
You could try to copy the DLL to a pendrive from the other computer to yours.
If you cannot copy the new DLL you should need to start Windows in Safe Mode (Press F8 before Windows starts and select on the Black menu text window Boot in Safe Mode), because Windows protects all the files in c:\Windows\ and c:\windows\system32
If Safe Mode don't works, next try should be to use a Windows Live CD. Hiren's Boot has a mini Windows XP embedded.
http://www.hirensbootcd.org/
You need to download the ISO, burn It and boot the computer with it. Run the mini Windows XP and when you see the desktop run the Windows Explorer and copy the DLL from the pendrive to your fixed hard disk. Take care because your hard disk should not be the C: (that should be the mini Windows XP partition), look in other drive units for your data.
I am trying to get my application to start at startup. So far i have tested it on windows xp and windows 7 and it works like a charm. But in windows 8.1 the shortcut is in the startup directory C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup but it does not start.
If i check with the task manager under the start up tab the application is there and is enabled. But it just doesn't start on start up.
Can anybody please assist?
Update 1:
I have found the problem. I marked the application to run as administrator. When i removed that privileges the application started at start up. Why would this interfere? i ran it as administrator in windows 7. and since have tested it on windows 8 and also had to set it to run as administrator, even then it worked. Only in 8.1 did it cause the software not to start up.
Does anybody know why?
UPDATE 2:
OK to be clearer on the above mentioned update. and comments.
The program works fine. Nothing is wrong with it.
When it is checked to run as administrator it does not auto start. When the admin rights are removed. It does auto start.
I have done a simple test to see if the software even launches and it does not so logging wont help. I set a message to appear if the application launches so before anything is processed i get notified. Before there can be any errors in code it will tell me.
SO the problem is not the coding in the program. The problem clearly is windows 8.1 which does not let my application auto launch on start up when it has admin rights.
It transpires that the issue is that you wish the program to run elevated which results in a UAC dialog being shown. Windows blocks autostart programs that requested elevation. You report a difference between Windows 7 and Windows 8 but I suspect that the real difference is your UAC settings on the two machines.
This is discussed in more detail in these links:
https://superuser.com/questions/536990/run-as-administrator-prevents-applications-from-autostart
http://botsikas.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/autostart-application-that-requires-uac.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/182612-getting-programs-run-startup-uac.html
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/make-vista-launch-uac-restricted-programs-at-startup-with-task-scheduler/
In all cases, the recommendation is to use the task scheduler to cache admin credentials and so avoid facing the UAC dialog.
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I am looking for a terminal multiplexer for Microsoft Windows. I was unable to locate the installers for Microsoft Windows for both tmux and GNU Screen.
Currently I'm using Putty to connect to my Linux machine from from Windows Machine. Can somebody please suggest how to get GNU Screen or tmux working on Windows Platform.
Are there any other good alternatives to above options.
Look. This is way old, but on the off chance that someone from Google finds this, absolutely the best solution to this - (and it is AWESOME) - is to use ConEmu (or a package that includes and is built on top of ConEmu called cmder) and then either use plink or putty itself to connect to a specific machine, or, even better, set up a development environment as a local VM using Vagrant.
This is the only way I can ever see myself developing from a Windows box again.
I am confident enough to say that every other answer - while not necessarily bad answers - offer garbage solutions compared to this.
Update: As Of 1/8/2020 not all other solutions are garbage - Windows Terminal is getting there and WSL exists.
As of the Windows 10 "Anniversary" update (Version 1607), you can now run an Ubuntu subsystem from directly inside of Windows by enabling a feature called Developer mode.
To enable developer mode, go to Start > Settings then typing "Use developer features" in the search box to find the setting. On the left hand navigation, you will then see a tab titled For developers. From within this tab, you will see a radio box to enable Developer mode.
After developer mode is enabled, you will then be able to enable the Linux subsystem feature. To do so, go to Control Panel > Programs > Turn Windows features on or off > and check the box that says Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta)
Now, rather than using Cygwin or a console emulator, you can run tmux through bash on the Ubuntu subsystem directly from Windows through the traditional apt package (sudo apt-get install tmux).
Both tmux and GNU Screen work under cygwin. They can be installed from the cygwin installer. Just search for their name there and you probably will get to the latest version (at least for tmux).
You might be able to get what you want by using Console2 with Putty or Plink.
One of alternatives is MSYS2 , in another words "MinGW-w64"/Git Bash. You can simply ssh to Unix machines and run most of linux commands from it. Also install tmux!
To install tmux in MSYS2:
run command pacman -S tmux
To run tmux on Git Bash:
install MSYS2 and copy tmux.exe and msys-event-2-1-6.dll from MSYS2 folder C:\msys64\usr\bin to your Git Bash directory C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin.
Adding to the thread, there's a new console in town called babun, im running tmux in it without a problem. lets you run bash or the zsh.
click here for github
As an alternative SuperPutty has tabs and the option to run the same command across many terminals... might be what someone is looking for.
https://code.google.com/p/superputty/
It imports your PuTTY sessions too.
Here is dirty way:
Log into a linux server using "ssh -X user#host"
open rxvt-unicode or other X terminal.
open tmux or screen
Log back into your local computer from the server
start your favourite shell such as msys or cygwin.
It's possible to compile and use tmux within Cgywin.
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30850840