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RealVNC Cloud Connect needs port 5900 open to work

I am trying to use RealVNC 6.1.x as a remote control application over the internet. The documentation is not very clear but from my experiments it seems like it needs port 5900 needs to be opened to the internet. So RealVNC Cloud Connect is not similar to TeamViwer. This can be deal breaker in NAT (home configuration) or small office where only ports 80 and 443 are allowed.

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