Category Archives: Labs

Posts about computer labs and classrooms at Williams College

Windows 8 – Windows 8 Deployment Toolkit (WAIK)

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

The windows 8 version of what used to be referred to as WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit) is at: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28997

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Protected: Software – ExpertGPS

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

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Mac – Mounting a volume from the command line

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

To mount a volume from the mac command line … 1) find the device with the command: # diskutil list 2) create a mount point (if it doesn’t exist) with the command: # mkdir /Volumes/Windows 3) mount the device with: … Continue reading →

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Software – Flash Version

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

A great web site to test if Flash player is properly installed and to determine what version is running … http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/find-version-flash-player.html

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Win – Dell Bios Utility

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

This utility claims to allow you to change bios settings on Dell computers without having to physically visit them … http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/os-applications/w/wiki/2545.aspx

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Win – Set Display Resolution command line

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

A nifty little utility to set many things via the command line, including screen resolution. This is useful on windows 7 computers where the system detects a high resolution that you want to use. (Think high res monitor connected to … Continue reading →

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Bootcamp – Setting boot volume from windows command line

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Sometimes it is necessary to set the boot volume via the command line. # “c:\Program Files\Boot Camp\BootCamp.exe” -StartupDisk “Windows” (Replace “Windows” with “Macintosh HD” to boot to the Mac side …) See this reference from Apple … http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3802

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Mac – Set boot volume from mac comand line

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Sometimes, particularly on dual-boot macs, it is important to be able to set the boot volume from the mac command line. (Think Apple Remote Desktop!) The command to do this as root is: /usr/sbin/bless –device /dev/disk0s3 –setBoot –legacy For details … Continue reading →

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Mac – System Log Location

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

In case you forget … On Mac OS 10.6 the system.log is in /var/log

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Software – MacClade not supported on Lion

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

The programers for MacClade have said that they will not support MacClade and it does not run on the new Mac Lion OS (10.7.x). They suggest people using MacClade switch to using Mesquite available at: http://mesquiteproject.org/mesquite/mesquite.html

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