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I have a group of log files that I need to upload every day to an archival server. For a long time I have been doing this by hand. I wanted a way to do this without using any extra software – just the default tools available in windows. I found a clean solution that [...]
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Microsoft announced on Tuesday that a serious security hole was found in all versions of Internet Explorer. The flaw exploits the ActiveX plugin system in IE. If you use Internet Explorer, and are running flash – you are vulnerable. If you have any ActiveX control installed in IE you have a good chance of being [...]
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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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I had lunch last week with my good friend Brett. We were talking about synchronizing, and backing up files. I went on a long rant about how much I liked robocopy. After I finished talking about robocopy, he told me about SyncToy from Microsoft. SyncToy? I had never heard of it. The one drawback with [...]
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I recently received a question from a reader: Hi Steve, I recently read your article about changing the default save location for MS Outlook 2003 at http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/set-default-folder-for-attachments-in-outlook-2003/ It is very informative; however, it was almost what I was looking for. I would like to change the default OPEN location, so I was wondering if you [...]
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I distributed a test version of Remote Control 4.0 across our network last week, and since it was a special debug version, it created a large number of files named debuglog.dat. I wanted an easy way to find and delete these using a batch file. I researched and was able to take parts of other [...]
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Note (07/16/2009): This was a limited offer…the eBook is no longer free. You can purchase a copy from here Microsoft has announced they are giving away the Windows 2008 Terminal Services book in PDF format. I downloaded it yesterday, and it is packed with information. A must-have if you are considering implementing, or have implemented [...]
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I was trying to install Microsoft Exchange 2007 on a new 2008 server. During the install plan I got to this step: If you click on that link it leads you to a download page. Everywhere you look you see downloads for 2003, and XP. Nothing about Windows Server 2008. I decided to try one [...]
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I have been using the Release Candidate of Windows 7 since it came out. Every day I try to poke around and find out what is new. I found an interesting tool for finding programs and settings that eat away at your laptop battery life. It is available as a new command line option of [...]
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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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