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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....
Posted: Aug 28 2008, 02:39 PM by scassells | with no comments
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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...
Posted: Aug 28 2008, 02:37 PM by scassells | with no comments
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Some XP SP3 Users Experience Crashes, Mostly Due to OEM Problems
A wide variety of boot problems have been reported with Windows XP SP3, fortunately many of them are very fixable Windows XP remains a standard throughout much of the IT community, and remains popular...
Posted: May 12 2008, 01:30 PM by scassells | with 1 comment(s)
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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...
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...
Make the MMS 2007 DVD playable off a network share
The following are the steps needed to modify your Microsoft Managment Summit 2007 DVD playable from a network share. Note : the content of the DVD is protected. As such make sure this content is only available...
What Anti-Virus scanning exclusions should be considered for system and servers?
Shaun's Note : I am not the orginal author. I have updated some of the info: Consider the following file scanning exceptions for your Anti-Virus software where applicable: NOTE : The %systemroot% is...
Offer Remote Assistance - Web Shortcut
Offer remote assistance web shortcut hcp://CN=Microsoft%20Corporation,L=Redmond,S=Washington,C=US/Remote%20Assistance/Escalation/Unsolicited/Unsolicitedrcui.htm
Posted: Nov 15 2006, 09:26 AM by scassells | with no comments
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