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du for Windows

Apr 21, 2011 · 1 min read · microsoft · windows ·

One of those UNIX commands that is oh-so-useful when working from the command line is du or “disk usage”. This command calculates the total size of all the files and subfolders within a folder.

Drives not mapping on Windows 7 but OK on XP?

Apr 20, 2011 · 1 min read · microsoft · windows ·

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A short puzzler here- I had a group policy script mapping a (DFS) network drive at user login. It had always worked fine on XP, but the same users logging in to a Windows 7 PC didn’t get the drive mapped.

Checking the current Fedora Version

Apr 14, 2011 · 1 min read · linux · fedora ·

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Logged into a Fedora linux box via a command line? Want to know what version of Fedora it’s running?

Outputting CSV from an ASP page

Mar 16, 2011 · 1 min read · microsoft · visualbasic · vb.net · excel · asp.net ·

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I’ve recently had the need to write an ASP page which reads a SQL database and outputs into Microsoft Excel- a user clicks on a link to this ASP page and Excel opens up with a new spreadsheet of the data. This is how I did it

Network Commands in VB.NET

Feb 28, 2011 · 1 min read · microsoft · visualbasic · vb.net ·

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A couple of useful network commands in Visual BASIC .NET (2005). These are the equivalents of doing ping and nslookup from the command prompt. The variable sIPAddress in these examples is a string containing the IP to test, i.e. "127.0.0.1"

Using Cron to automate a Rsync backup job

Feb 21, 2011 · 2 min read · linux · rsync · cron ·

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The rsync tool in Linux is very useful for backing up files from one machine to another, and coupled with the Cron scheduling tool it can be used to make a simple yet efficient automated backup. This post outlines how. Authenticating with the remote system It is necessary to save your credentials on the remote system, …

Scripted silent install of Visual Basic 6.0

Feb 16, 2011 · 2 min read · microsoft · windows · visualbasic ·

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I recently had a need to install Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition on a number of machines using a batch file script and a silent -unattended - installation process. Given the age of the application I thought this would be quite straightforward and well documented, but there were a number of hurdles to clear on the …

The Print Screen key, forgotten tool of the Windows desktop

Feb 16, 2011 · 2 min read · microsoft · windows ·

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The Print Screen key, usually located above the number pad to the right of the keyboard, is an invaluable tool when working with images in Windows. Pressing it will copy a picture of the entire screen to the Windows clipboard,

Missing Facebook updates?

Feb 11, 2011 · 1 min read · facebook ·

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Users of Facebook may have noticed that they’re missing some updates from their friends on their homepage (News Feed). This is a feature designed to show you only the most relevant info- posts from the users and applications you have interacted with most recently. If you want to change it so that all updates are …

Category 5 Standard Wiring.

Feb 10, 2011 · 1 min read · networking ·

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10BaseT and 100BaseT networks use Cat5 twisted pair cable and RJ45 connectors to join computers to hubs or switches. This post details how to wire the connectors.