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I was reading an article at PCMag about PatchMateXP. They have had all the patches for XP on one convenient CD. Unfortunately for PatchMateXP, this breaks a license with Microsoft and they shut themselves down before they got into legal trouble. This got me thinking – is there a way to get MS Updates on [...]
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Last week I wrote about a free tool from Microsoft for synchronizing files. I asked you if you had any tools that made your life easier – my inbox was filled with suggestions. One of the free tools that really caught my eye was Microsoft Network Monitor. I have been using Ethereal for a long [...]
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Since 2000 every version of Windows uses object reuse protection. When you create a file, the space on the hard drive for that file will be zeroed out. Another way of looking at this is when a file is created, Windows will make it impossible to see what was there before. But what about right [...]
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I have quite a few scripts that are run by task scheduler on my server. One of the ways I track the results is by writing to a text file in a common share. After a while this can become a little ridiculous to follow. Recently I discovered that it is possible to create your [...]
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