XP Windows Task Scheduler Advanced Menu
Windows XP's Tasks folder view has an Advanced menu (which I've never paid attention to) that allows you to choose additional functions for the task scheduler. I *never*…
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Rich
Just another IT guy.
Ncurses Motha F##ka
I love when I read through code as I'm hacking it up and I actually laugh out loud. This one got me today when I was hacking up…
UPHCleanup, Handle, ProcExp vs. NTUSER.DAT
The infamous: Windows cannot load the user's profile but has logged you on with the default profile for the system. This was received on Windows Server 2003 Terminal…
Cleaning Things Up
Excuse all the dust and debris! I’m in the middle of cleaning things up.
Graph Ping Time with Microsoft LogParser
Found this cool little piece while searching for log parsers for a project. ping -n 15 www.yahoo.com | logparser SELECT TO_INT(REPLACE_STR(EXTRACT_VALUE(Text,'time',' '),'ms','')) AS Response INTO Ping.gif FROM stdin…
Windows XP SP3 installed, or is it?
Here's today's riddle: I got this interesting problem after installing SP3 on a Windows XP Home system via the Network Install Service Pack 3 download. Action Plan Uninstall…
Error number: 0x80070424
Windows Update error 0x80070424 Quick fix: %SYSTEMROOT%SYSTEM32REGSVR32.EXE %SYSTEMROOT%SYSTEM32WUAUENG.DLL
Error 0135: Fan Failure
WARNING: There has been a recall on certain M90z and M70z all-in-one Lenovo systems due to a fire hazard. Please visit CPSC for more information. Glad this was documented on Lenovo's…
Microsoft SQL Database-level Roles
Database-level role names from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189121(SQL.100).aspx db_accessadmin Members of the db_accessadmin fixed database role can add or remove access to the database for Windows logins, Windows groups, and SQL Server…
Misys Vision Slow to Load Fast Services Screen
I've seen that it takes >1hr to load the FastServices window after clicking on the FastServices button. Here's what I did to make this take less than 10…
Change Terminal Server Font Size Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2
Update (4/21/2012): This seems to work for 2003 TS and I have tested this on my Server 2008/2008 R2/SP1... Also, the download link for TS-DPI.zip does not seem…
Open Windows Registry at Specific Key
Ever needed to jump to a specific registry key? Regedit doesn't allow you to do this natively; when launched, regedit uses the last open location to go to.…
Acrobat 9 Runtime Error with Roaming Profiles
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404597.html Microsoft Visual C++ Debug Library Runtime Error! Program: C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 9.0AcrobatAcrobat.exe The application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the…
Use hdparm to Benchmark Disk in Linux
I use this often in the vm-land to test VMFS stores/LUN performance of new VMs I setup and I also use a few other benchmark tools to monitor…
Install VMware Tools on Linux Guest
The instructions are outlined by VMware here. These are my notes. To install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system using Compiler: Ensure that your Linux virtual…