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PowerShell Script to List Files These examples explain how to get started with PowerShell. However, I dislike ‘Hello World’ examples, therefore my script has a practical use namely, to get a listing of a particular type of file, in a particular directory tree. This Week’s Secret A year ago both Vista and PowerShell seemed like…
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Six Handy Utilities This week I am using the spread-shot approach to recommending utilities. I will be astonished if you use all these programs, yet I will be disappointed if you don’t find one utility that’s just what you are looking for. VideoLan – Paul DeBrino Says: I’ve been having a problem where I cannot…
Windows Vista Sidebar and Gadgets Imagine that it’s your birthday; you see in front of you a present in an enticing box. Now once you unwrap your gift, the box has no further value, it’s the present that now holds your interest. So it is with Vista’s Sidebar and Gadgets, you open the sidebar in…
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Guy’s Best Practice & Litmus Tests Ezine #23- SUS and Recovery Console Password Contents for Ezine #23 Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 all have the wonderful Recovery Console.Either, launch Recovery Console from a bootable CD, or install it with thewinnt32 /cmdcons (not winnt /cmdcons). If you take my tip and install the 8MB offiles…
Guy’s Best Practice and Litmus Test Ezine #8 – Security Tips This week’s newsletter features 6 security tips for Windows 2003. Contents for Ezine #8 Since I incorporated ‘Best Practice’ into the title, people have a better idea of what to expect from my ezine. However, my mission is still to make ‘Litmus Test’ a…
Contents for Ezine 65 – Shutdown Exchange Services ♣ This Week’s Secret Have you noticed how every mother truly believes that their own baby is the most beautiful newborn in the world? Well that is how I feel about this week’s script. However, unlike many of those mothers, I realize that you may not share…
Best Practice Ezine #86 – Twelve Tips This week I have a Pot Pourri of tips. I expect that you will already know eight, and I predict that you don’t want to know three, but that leaves one that will be of interest. My challenge is for you to find that one really useful tip…
Contents for Ezine 67 – DSGet ♣ This Week’s Secret When I first saw the DS family of command I admit to showing Philistine tendencies. In particular, it seemed as though grappling with DSGet and DSQuery was like going back to the DOS era. Gradually, little by little, I am seeing opportunities to have fun…
Ezine 123 – Windiff – A most underused utility The main purpose of this ezine is to give you a free copy of my ‘Tweaking the Registry’ ebook. Naturally the ebook focuses on regedit, however there are also general learning points and techniques, for example: Windiff can compare any two files, not just two .reg…
Contents for Guy’s Scripting Ezine 53 – Creating Contacts in Active Directory This Week’s Secret I firmly believe that God gave us all two ears and only one mouth so that we would listen more than we speak. Listening to you the reader, I see from the survey results, that you want slightly more complex…
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