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Notepad.exe Tricks

Like most people, I use notepad when I need to put together a script quickly. I never actually looked at the help file for notepad (well, why would you?!?) until I hit the F1 key by accident recently. As a result I found quite a few tricks that notepad provides that I never knew existed. They are turning out to be pretty helpful so I thought I'd share them below: When editing a file, press the F5 key to insert the system date and time Change or add headers & footers by selecting file | page...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Windows XP, Vista

Tip: WinKey shortcuts

Hi all, I have gotten several requests recently for keyboard shortcuts. Here is a great list of Windows Logo Key (WinKey) combos. My favorites are: WinKey+L, WinKey+E, WinKey+R, WinKey+D. Give them a try. Shaun Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys WinKey or Ctrl+Esc : Start menu WinKey+R : Run dialog box WinKey+M : Minimize all SHIFT+WinKey+M : Undo minimize all WinKey+F1 : Help WinKey+E : Windows Explorer WinKey+F : Find files or folders CTRL+WinKey+F : Find computer WinKey+D : Minimizes all open windows...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Windows XP, Vista

Microsoft Virtual PC via Multiple Monitor RDP

I am a huge fan of using VM for development and isolated testing. Research by University of Utah , Gartner , and Microsoft among others demonstrates a 9 to 50% productivity increase via the use of multiple monitors. Great, this should be easy then, use a free copy of Microsoft Virtual Machine and Use multiple monitors. Neither Microsoft VPC 2004 nor 2007 support multiple monitors. Wait… what!?!?! VW ware does? There is a work around, this isn’t perfect but it works. Pre- req Remote Desktop Connection...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Windows XP, VNext, Virtual Machine, Vista

Windows XP and Vista evil trick

Requirement : victim workstation using USB keyboard. Command line: C:\> echo y | chkdsk /r c: The type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive. Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) This volume will be checked the next time the system restarts. C:\> CHKDSK = Checks a disk and displays a status report. /R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Windows XP, Scripting, Vista

SMS 2003 Vista Support and Support LifeCycle

SMS 2003 SP2 ( Lowest level to upgrade to SCCM ) No official Vista support – can do limited Vista support for Business, Enterprise and Ultimate Software distribution Basic ITMU patch deployment via version 3 Must manually install Vista client (no automated client push) No event viewer compatibility No Hardware Inventory (HINV) Support Lifecycle 7/8/2008 SMS 2003 SP3 ( Possible upgrade to SCCM ) Official Vista support for Business, Enterprise and Ultimate Deploy Windows Vista with the SMS 2003 Operating...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: SMS 2003, Vista

Boxing and the case of the slow or hanging logon script in Vista

http://bink.nu/news/boxing-and-the-case-of-the-slow-or-hanging-logon-script-in-vista.aspx When you are in the process of implementing Windows Vista in an enterprise environment, you may run into the following situation: You have a logon script that writes a file to disk or queries AD with ADSI. For no apparent reason the script hangs for minutes before it finishes without any error message. On further investigation you will find no issues regarding the network, memory or disk resources. When you...  ... Read the full post or  the 3 comments. Filed under: Scripting, GPO, Vista