May 2008 - Posts

Thu, May 29 2008 23:19

Updated Error Code Lookup Tool

The Microsoft error code lookup tool (which no Windows admin should be without) got updated today: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=be596899-7bb8-4208-b7fc-09e02a13696c&displaylang=en&tm . While it says it's for Exchange...
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Thu, May 29 2008 16:24

Getting Total Installed Memory with WMI

Getting the amount of memory installed in a machine with WMI is a bit confusing particuarly if you only read the docs partially. I was initially using Win32_ComputerSystem::TotalPhysicalMemory, but the documentation warns "Be aware that, under some...
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Mon, May 19 2008 22:43

Impromptu Hard Drive Refresh - Thanks Acronis

I fix other people's computers and IT problems all day, so the last thing I really feel like doing is fixing my own computer problems at home. My personal workstation decided to blue screen earlier in the evening which was nice. It was one of those...
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Sat, May 17 2008 13:50

Group Policy Editor Shortcuts

I came across these shortcuts today for navigating the group policy editor and thought they'd be worth sharing. They're holdovers from Windows Explorer that also work in the GPO editor. If you press * while targeting a folder in the console, the...
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Fri, May 9 2008 22:17

Getting Rid of Apple Software Update

I had to load Quicktime on my PC for one reason or another in the past few months. It's not generally a package I load, but, apparently I needed it for some reason. I of course did the extra legwork to find the Quicktime installer that didn't...
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