Just discovered that one of the patches I installed today on my VMWare hosts fixed an issue I had after installing Symantec Endpoint Protection for Small Business Cloud Hosted Edition The old ESXi build was 106549 the new one is 3872664 ( vSphere 5.1 3b ) I don't know...
Autohotkey – Applications that exit gracefully give you consistent backups
I have a Weighbridge application at work that runs on top of Paradox databases. When you exit via the GUI say by clicking the cross in the top right or {ALT} {F4} it does the right thing and cleans up after itself as it closes. If you simply say pskill ProcessName...
Cygwin Telnet Client
For some weird reason when attempting to run the Windows version of telnet under Cygwin it returns to a prompt without connecting. So you need to install the Cygwin Package that contains a telnet client which is: inetutils Run the cygwin setup.exe and choose...
Virtual Desktops or Workspaces on Windows XP
If you use Windows XP at work, but Linux at home, you may be missing the multiple desktops feature that Linux provides . http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/ is the answer. I don't use the "group similar taskbar buttons" Windows XP feature but find multiple workspaces a...
Ever wanted to right click on a file or folder and then copy the path? – Heres how
At work I get phone calls from users asking where file or folder X is. Instead of starting into explaining the path to the user and then explaining which key is the backslash key, I have found it easier to copy the path into an email and send it to them. I have a...
Using Knoppix and the dd utility to restore a WinXP partition Image to a Hard Disk
These are my notes on how I successfully restored a Windows XP image I took of a partition. I can't remember how exactly I took the partition image of the Windows XP installation. I can remember the following points I was dual booting at the time and I needed the XP...