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Microsoft Network Analyzer 1.4 WFP Callout Driver not installing on Windows 10 Creators Update

I was trying to install Microsoft Network Analyzer 1.4 but it failed installing one of the components on Windows 10 Creators Update. See for text and image capture below. Program Compatibility Assistant  A digitally signed driver is required  Message Analyzer -- WFP Callout Driver Microsoft Corporation  Windows blocked the installation of a digitally unsigned driver. Uninstall the program or device that uses the driver and check the publisher's website for a digitally signed version of the driver. Is this expected? Will it work?

Open startup folder in Windows 10

To open system level(common) startup location using Run dialog (WinKey+r), type: shell:common startup To open current user's startup location: shell:startup or from the command line (cmd.exe) do: explorer.exe shell:common startup Reference(s): http://8thstring.blogspot.com/2013/08/open-all-users-start-up-folder-in.html http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/shell-commands-to-access-the-special-folders/ http://www.osattack.com/windows-7/huge-list-of-windows-7-shell-commands/ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2806079

Enable Retina display on macOS VMware Fusion VM

By default, macOS (tested on 10.2.3) VM using VMware Fusion is not using Retina display. To enable high display resolution, do: On the macOS host machine, open VMware Fusion Preferences ( VMware Fusion | Preferences... ) In Display selection, set Single Window to " Resize the virtual machine and the window " and Full Screen to " Resize the virtual machine and the window ". See figure below for reference. In VMware Fusion, select the machine in the library ( Window | Virtual Machine Library )  In Virtual Machine Library , select the macOS guest VM then select Virtual Machine | Settings... In System Settings area, select display icon  Then in Display , select Use full resolution for Retina display Power up the macOS VM and install VMware Tools Once tools installation is complete, open terminal and type sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist DisplayResolutionEnabled -bool true Logout and log back in In the VM

Installing .Net 3.5 on Windows 10 offline using DVD/ISO media

Installing .Net 3.5 using the Control Panel in Windows 10 (anniversary update) can sometimes be very slow. Alternative option is to install from DVD/ISO, like: c:\>DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All /LimitAccess /Source:E:\sources\sxs Where: E: is the drive letter of DVD/ISO Reference: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn482069.aspx

BlackBerry Playbook Simulator 2.1 not working after installing on Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit

I was able to install BlackBerry Playbook Simulator 2.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit by installing supported libraries, see here . Running the IDE ( /opt/bbndk-2.1.0/bbndk.sh ) fails with a message as shown below. /opt/bbndk-2.1.0/host/linux/x86/usr/bin/../..//usr/qde/eclipse/qde: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory The above message says we don't have libgtk-x11-2.0 libraries. Since the IDE was compiled as i386 we need to install the library like: sudo apt install libgtk2.0-0:i386 Running the IDE again yields the following error message: (qde:2418): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "hcengine", # # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xf771179d, pid=2418, tid=4131637376 # # JRE version: 6.0_24-b07 # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (19.1-b02 mixed mode, sharing linux-x86 ) # Problematic frame: # C