Suggestion on apps for the Nook Color

Howdy ho!

I was looking for recommendations on software for the rooted nook. I cam across this forum post.

http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/nook/5550-my-tips-app-recommendations-new-rooted-nook-color-users.html

I am personally am trying to use this thing as an e-reader all other thing are distractions :)

That being said I am using ezpdf  for reading my pdf reader and and ACR(Android Comic Reader) for .CBR formatted comics.




**I give no warranty or responsible for anything you try on this site using any of the tips or information posted on this blog. Use at your own risk. Be Smart backup!

Connecting to SCOM with powershell and Alternate Credentials

Today I wanted to use my powershell prompt to connect to my SCOM environment. I started down this path because, I had to use an admin account when accessing my SCOM environment and I wanted to create a shortcut that opened up powershell and then made that connection to SCOM.


The simplest way to do this would be just to open up the Operations Manager Shell, but I was hard headed. I wanted to understand what was needed to be done if I wanted to connect to my SCOM management group by just opening up powershell.

So here is how I did it:

Also I want to note this was done on a windows 7 x64 workstation

1. You need to make sure you have the SCOM console installed on the system you are connecting from. ( you don’t necessarily need to have the console installed, but this is the easiest way to do it)

2. Hold Shift and right click on my shortcut for powershell and select “ Run As different User” Enter your credentials that has admin access to SCOM
You should see the following prompts

and then this

(Note: I just found out that they removed the feature to change the properties of the shortcut and add a different User account so it would launch with alternate credentials every time. As far as I know you have to download and use a Systernal’s tool called “shellrunas” This will allow you to setup the shortcut to automatically prompt you for credentials.)

A Link explanining the Run As Utility
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproui/thread/bb1480cf-c920-4d83-b889-4654f5713c8f

Systernal’s Shell run as tool
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc300361.aspx

3. I used the following commands @ my powershell prompt

$rootMS = "Your RMS Server"
add-pssnapin "Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Client" -ErrorVariable errSnapin

new-managementGroupConnection -ConnectionString:$rootMS -ErrorVariable errSnapin

New-PSDrive -Name: Monitoring -PSProvider: OperationsManagerMonitoring -Root: \ -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable Err

Set-Location Monitoring:\$rootMS

or

cd Monitoring:\$rootMS

4. Now you should have access to your SCOM Environment
 
 
**I give no warranty or responsible for anything you try on this site using any of the tips or information posted on this blog. Use at your own risk. Be Smart backup!

Installing apps on your Nook Color but not through ADB.

I recently have been playing with my NC(nook color) as you may know by now. I ran into an issue where wanted to download and install .apk files from a third party market place like applanet.

I was able to install the applanet application but I ran into an issues when trying to download an app and install it.

The message i got was "Install Blocked. Installation of download apks is not supported."

I found this thread which help me fix my problem:

This will allow you to install apk files directly from the device, no need to adb them over. Just get the apk from the web or whatever source you want and install. Of course this is all assuming you have completed the current root process and have adb access already.

Link Below:
apk install from non market site.

1. Open a command prompt and navigate to your sdk tools folder


2. Run the following commands

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db


C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>sqlite3 settings.db

sqlite> update secure set value=1 where name='install_non_market_apps';

sqlite> .q

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb push settings
 
3. Reboot


4. Install apps from NC without ADB.

Nook Color!

Just bought my new e-reader. the nook color. I had my mind set on a Kindle until some of my wife's co-workers turn me on to this nifty little gadget.



Of course I could not just leave it alone. I had to root it :). I used the Auto-nooter method. This seem to work the best for me. Your mileage may very. The following link should help you get started if you choose to go down this path.

http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting

Here are some great resources where I found a lot of information about rooting the nook, also it is a great starting point.

http://nookdevs.com/Portal:NookColor

Wow 2011

wow it is 2011 and I think I will start writing about more on my blog. I do a fair amount of geek stuff, so maybe I can help out other people with the things I learn.