Archive for February 2012

VirtualBox as a service on windows

http://vboxvmservice.sourceforge.net/

DON’T run the service using the Administrator account!

Steps required to run it as a “regular” user:

Start “secpol.msc” as Administrator
Select the “Local Policies” folder
Select the “User Rights Assignment” folder
Double click “Log on as a service”
Use “Add User or Group…” to add your non privileged user

open ports on windows

http://www.petri.co.il/quickly_find_local_open_ports.htm