Posts Tagged ‘Windows XP’
I am creating a batch file for the command line, and I needed to parse out the arguments (e.g., get the filename, change the extension, remove the quotes, etc.). I always forget these (and where to find them), so I’m copying them here. %~1 – expands %1 removing any surrounding quotes (“) %~f1 – expands [...]
When installing Office, etc. from our Microsoft Partner MSDN library, I usually take the lazy route and use 7-zip to unpack the ISOs. ISODisk lets you mount up to 20 ISOs simultaneously, and it seems like a more efficient path.
I haven’t setup LogMeIn because I’m skittish about security. PhoneFactor looks like a promising addition to the chain that could alleviate my concerns. It provides a second-factor authentication (the first being your username/password) by requiring you to answer your phone before it lets you in. If you (or, more likely, a would-be hacker) don’t have [...]
I had to markup a file I had in PDF-only format, and a quick search turned up an incredibly powerful and FREE (even for commercial use) tool called PDF-XChange Viewer. In addition to being a lightweight (4MB) and fast PDF viewer (with a portable version and with IE and FF plugins), it also provides markup [...]
When the iPhone syncs, iTunes will often perform a backup that is excruciatingly slow. Mac users have an “easy” (i.e., available to anyone) way to prevent iTunes from doing backups. A less publicized version of the same method exists for Windows: Quit iTunes. Press Win+R (opens the Windows Run dialog) Type or copy the following [...]
I’m trying to limit the non-original content, but this was too good to pass up. When you want to backtrack a few paces in your web surfing clicktrail but not lose the page you’re on, in Firefox 3, click on your current tab, hold down the Ctrl key and drag it. This will duplicate the [...]
Amazing – Windows Help actually has…answers! I was looking for keyboard shortcuts, and found the most comprehensive list I’ve seen. This is verbatim from the help file (after the break).
This is just downright ludicrous. There is apparently a conflict between Windows Live Photo Gallery and Quicktime, where even single-clicking on a MOV file in Windows Explorer causes Explorer to hang for up to several minutes. I “fixed” this problem by renaming the culprit: wlxquicktimecontrolhost.exe The file is located here: C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Photo Gallery Just [...]
I just upgraded to Vista Enterprise SP1, and I found that my backup PST was corrupted. Outlook told me to run ScanPST.exe, but didn’t bother telling me where it was. According to the KB article, it’s located in the Common Files directory. However, with Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise, I found it here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 [...]
There are lots of programs to let you write to PDF, but until now I hadn’t seen one that will save a PDF as a Word document. http://www.hellopdf.com/