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DOS commands / Batch file scripting

I hate to admit on a Unix admin type Blog that I have been recently forced to work in the Windows OS world.

Thankfully I have been able to place Cygwin on most of the systems that I support.

I have, however, needed to be able to create a few batch files that would run on a [...]

Setting up xbmc on Acer Aspire 1600

My journey on setting up a Media Center PC on a Acer Aspire 1600.

Tigerdirect had a great sale on the units so I purchased one and a Gyrus Universal Media Center Remote.

From some message boards I read up on I also purchased the extra 1GB of ram for the Acer, so that 1080p video would [...]

Internet Explorer Ruler (Shift R)

While browsing the web the other day and I was in the midst of entering a search term when an odd little window unexpectedly popped up. It was titled “Ruler”, and offered some options to check, such as “Snap to X/Y axis” and “Hide Tick marks.”

I found that my keyboard was no longer responding, so [...]

Open Source Alternatives

There is a ton of software a new business sometimes feels that they must purchase right when they are starting off a new business.

There Word, Excel, and Powerpoint from Micro$soft that are usually very expensive.

There is also money management software, project planning software, and graphic software.

Well there is a solution for small businesses that are [...]

Killing windows processes from the command line

Use TASKLIST and TASKKILL : Good web site on this http://commandwindows.com/taskkill.htm

(F)orce Kill running processes for ImageName of java.exe
taskkill.exe /F /IM java.exe

NOTE: Wildcard ‘*’ for the /IM switch is accepted only with filters, use /FI
taskkill /F /FI “IMAGENAME eq note*”

Find all running Java processes command line
tasklist /FI “IMAGENAME eq java.exe”

Example: I started 2 Calculator programs.

H:\>tasklist /FI [...]

Windows XP 2003 timestamps

I needed to do a little research on how timestamps work in Winders, XP and 2003 server.

Creation date later than modified date (”date modified” less than “date created”)
In Word XP the creation date of a document can be later than the modified date when saved elsewhere. Microsoft says
“When the document is copied or is saved [...]

Launch Application from Excel

I started out with the need to be able to launch a putty SSH window from Excel that had a list of hosts and/or IP addresses.

In Microsoft Excel

1) View/Toolbars Visual Basic
2) Click the Control Toolbox icon
3) Click on the Command Button icon and then click in your worksheet or drag the icon symbol.
4) Right click [...]

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