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Mon, Jun 16 2008 8:46

Create file with specified size

Yesterday I run into very strange problem with one of my friends - Echo. stopped working. In batch scripts, you use Echo to output something to screen - and of course you can redirect it to file. By using Echo. (mind the dot), you specify that you want...
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Tue, Jun 10 2008 9:06

"Enter email to register" solution

Sometimes I figure out that solution for some problem I am using is not very common between rest of world, so I will try to share such tricks. One of them is how do I handle websites that require email address for registration. My favorite way to solve...
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Sun, Jun 8 2008 14:25

Which symlinks are supported in Windows Vista and how to configure them

I would like to write comprehensive article about symlinks\hardlinks\junctions\reparse points and mount points in future - however that topic is so complex, that I would need to spend few days just to prepare materials etc for this... So for now all I...
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Tue, Jun 3 2008 18:32

Use RunAs from non-domain computer?

First I would like to make big announcement - after almost 3 years I left DHL and joined company called Login Consultants... So after long time I am consultant (again) and you can expect more posts about different problems I encountered during my consultancy...
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Thu, May 29 2008 23:20

Lnk, shortcuts - real disaster??

Maybe you noticed that one of my projects I would like to finish in summer is also offline shortcuts editor - and you probably think "why some editor when I can build shortcuts using Explorer?"... Think twice - it's not as easy as it looks...
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Thu, May 29 2008 10:30

When is storing configuration in Windows directory good idea?

Well, I know this is quite controversial, but in some cases (specially scripting frameworks) I think it is good idea to use Windows directory to store some settings\configuration... Why that? Generally you can always divide such solutions to push or pull...
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Mon, May 26 2008 21:42

SystemSherlockGUI - one package that rules them all ;)

Good news everyone - I just received email from Roger (a.k.a. Kephyr) - he is author of brilliant SystemSherlock. He allowed me to include SystemSherlock in one package with my GUI - so now you can download one package with both GUI and command line interface...
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Mon, May 19 2008 16:15

Elevator - command line

If you tried elevator , you probably know that it is running thought context menu: It is assigned only to exe files (if it is needed, I can extend it)... But sometimes you may want to change shortcut to always run specific action using elevator. In fact...
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Sat, May 17 2008 22:32

SystemSherlock - snapshot using GUI or CMD

Recently I wrote about SystemSherlock Lite - really nice snapshoting tool that supports command line... I also posted small utility for parsing log files. After that I started to heavily use SystemSherlock - and I must say that it is really really great...
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Thu, May 15 2008 11:29

Utility to display logs from SystemSherlock Lite

As mentioned in my post about SystemSherlock Lite , I really love this tool after few days... Only problem I had is that it can take some time to realize what really happened - you need to read pretty big log files and you can spend precious time reading...
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Wed, May 14 2008 14:12

Google maps with Wikipedia and Photos

Yesterday I wrote blog entry about Live Maps and Wikipedia... I really like mesh ups (using existing data sources), so I just wanted to check if this isnt supported also by Google Maps. Google Maps supports Wikipedia - and result is far better then Live...
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Wed, May 14 2008 13:43

Make snapshots of filesystem and registry using command line

Some installers can be very mysterious - this suddenly applies for MSI packages, even using full logging, it is not easy to find out which registry keys or files were modified\deleted\added. If you have application that is using some custom installer...
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Mon, May 12 2008 18:11

Live Maps with integrated Wikipedia results?

Well, almost ;) I love Google, but I also love Live :) For me rivalry of Google vs. Live is good thing, because it moves both of them forwards... Talking about searching web, I still prefer Google - I use Live Search sometimes, but after they removed...
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Fri, Apr 11 2008 11:44

Vista - better and better?

First warning - this is not really technical article, it is more user oriented... So if you enjoy all articles about scripting etc, go to next entry in your feed reader ;) Maybe some of you know I had few presentations about Windows Vista beta2 - at that...
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Sun, Apr 6 2008 20:00

Troubleshooting Windows Vista performance?

As mentioned in my previous post about Windows Vista, I think it is too soon to judge new OS from Microsoft. What is important is that once we will get applications designed for Vista AND users\administrators will learn what advantages this OS really...
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Sun, Mar 30 2008 14:17

Map external drive to local folder

As mentioned before, I bought new desktop - and with new computer, there comes usually new challenges. My new PC have built-in card reader - but as you know, if you have card reader with NO media inside, it will still occupy your drive letters and this...
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Mon, Mar 10 2008 11:08

How to detect if library requires registration II.

As you maybe noticed, I released small utility that allows you to detect all libraries (dlls or ocxs) that requires registration using RegSvr32 and can potentially lead to DLL hell (and are very dangerous in SBC environments, specially with strong NTFS...
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