5 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 7
Navigating in Windows by keyboard is second nature to me. I've been doing it since I've been using Windows. It's just a lot more efficient for me to…
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Internet Explorer 10 Now Available for Windows 7
Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 and it is now available for download immediately or you can wait for it to be delivered by Windows…
Tool: bitcalc – A Bit Calculator in .NET
Convert between bits/bytes/kilobits/kilobytes/megabits/megabytes/gigabits/gigabytes What is it? This is completely based on Matisse.net's online bitcalc tool: http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/ Enter in an amount of units and click calculate. For example, in the…
LogParser Failed Remote Desktop Logons
rdp_audit_failed_logons.cmd @echo off REM Rich Kreider set LOGPARSER=logparser.exe set TARGET=%1 set TEMPPATH=%SystemRoot%\Temp @cls IF NOT EXIST "%SystemRoot%\Temp" set TEMPPATH=%TEMP% IF "%1"=="" ( set TARGET=%COMPUTERNAME% @echo Note: You can…
LogParser Error: column is not an integer nor a real
This error is caused by LogParser output format CHART having an invalid X-axis. In a SELECT * statement, all subsequent fields are value series after the first column.
Download Office Web Components (OWC) (Office 2007)
You need Office Web Components if you get the error when using -o:chart in LogParser: Error creating output format "chart": This output format requires a licensed Microsoft Office Chart…
Use LogParser to Audit Remote Desktop Access
I've been working with LogParser for a few days and really find it useful. There are some minor annoyances (lack of JOIN) with it but for the most…
Upgrade Windows 2008 R2 Standard to Enterprise or DataCenter
I had a virtual 2008 R2 Standard server that I upgraded memory on to 64GB and realized (forgot) that it only supported up to 32GB RAM. Here's what…
Audit RDP Access using LogParser
Over time I will revise this; for now, I'm just dumping this here so I don't lose it. This pertains to Windows Vista, 7, 2008+ Event Logs simply…
A Simple PowerShell Windows du Implementation
I was looking for a quick and easy way to get directory and file size for a given directory and its sub-directories. I came across a nice post by…
Batch Script to get Disk Usage of Folders Recursively
Rob van der Woude has a nice batch script to get disk usage of folders & subfolders in Windows since there isn't a built-in function. This could be…
Tool: AutoLogon – Configure Windows' Automatic User Logon
What is it? I created a small tool to help facilitate setting the default user to automatically logon to a system. Requirements Administrator Privileges .NET 2.0 or greater…
Tool Tip: Toolbar Cleaner for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome
I come across systems all the time that are loaded down with toolbar after toolbar after toolbar. Not only is this slowing the browsing experience down, but there…
Tool Tip: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Cleaner Tool
Problems installing Adobe Reader or Acrobat? Could be because an unsuccessful uninstall attempt, and interrupted installation/uninstallation, etc. Who knows! I came across a tool that worked in cleaning…
Command to Delete Files That Contain a String in MS-DOS
Simple little tip here to delete all files in a directory that contain a given string using findstr, for and del. for /f "delims=" %f in ('findstr /m…