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Macs and missing keys
March 27, 20102 Comments
I’ve recently upgraded to a Macbook Pro and am mostly happy
One of the minor niggly things that keeps getting me slightly annoyed though is the keyboard mess I get into. The apple keyboard is essentially a US layout so and since I’m a heavy keyboard user keys go missing. So this post is [...]
Today I was messing about with TVersity (trying to get streaming to iPods working), and got to a point where I deinstalled the software.
This then caused an issue with the Windows Media Player sharing setup with my Xboxes. Problem is in Vista there is no such thing as a deinstall/reinstall (which probably would have fixed [...]
Shrink Vista/Windows 7 Desktop Icons
March 9, 20093 Comments
This has bugged me for a number of years about Vista. The icons on the desktop look way to big for me and never really worked out how to shrink them.
Surprisingly its dead easy.
Right Click anywhere on the desktop and click View. Then click on Classic Icons. Job done.
Logmein and Windows 7
March 5, 2009No Comments
I’ve been doing a lot of investigation and trying out of things on the Betas of Windows 7, and not since XP have I seen a rock solid product from Microsoft.
The problem with being on the forefront of technology however is that some software doesn’t always work without a bit of digging. (This is where [...]
Find Read Only Files in Multiple Directories
March 4, 2009No Comments
A quick Bat script that will read input from a txt file with folder locations and identify read only files outputting them to a csv file.
Deleteing Files more than xx Day’s Old
March 4, 2009No Comments
Ever wanted to remove log files on a regular basis, say anything older than 30 days. Well here’s a nice little VBScript that when run as a schedualed task can do it for you. The first will look at the date created and compare it to the current data, the second will look at the [...]
Secure HDCP Link not found on XBox 360
March 1, 20096 Comments
I’m a fan of the XBox 360, the price these days for a combined DVD, Media center Extender and games console is so low its hard not to be, however every once in a while an issue that comes up that isn’t necessarily easily explained out there in Cyberspace.
Problems with users holding open Remote Desktop Sessions…?
November 21, 2008No Comments
We have a problem at work when people are remotely adminstering Windows servers with Remote Desktop technology (aka Terminal Services). Instead of logging off, they can leave sessions open but just disconnected. So how do we get round this? (Windows Servers have a connection limit of two users, unless its a properly configured Terminal Server).
Changing the Owner of a MS SQL Database
November 5, 2008No Comments
Have a MS SQL Database that you need to change the owner back to DBO or another user?
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