Detecting inactive computers in your AD domain.
DaleUse the LastLogonTimeStamp or the LastLogin Active Directory attribute. If you are on a Windows 2003 Functional Domain or later, use LastLogonTimeStamp. If you are on a Windows 2000 Functional…
Making your blog load faster.
Use the WP Super Cache plugin. In the case of Wisefaq.com, pages load three times quicker with it. JErm asked in the comments for the “Make it go faster –…
Shipping “stuff” from the USA.
Want to get around “we only ship to USA addresses” problem with some online vendors? Well there are a couple of vendors who can help you for a price. Disclaimer:…
Apheresis and the four page consent form
When I first donated blood, the consent form was a single A5 sheet. 10 questions max. Post-HIV, the form has grown 800%. It’s not ALL HIV related. For example, if…
Saving space in a VM with MaxPatchCacheSize
I first read about MaxPatchCacheSize, and how to use it to save space in Virtual Machines, over at Jeremy Jameson's blog. From the Microsoft MSDN Library entry for MaxPatchCacheSize: "The…
Windows 2000 and XP SP2 support ends today
Have you moved off them yet? Windows 2000 End-of-Support Solution Center
Dealt with a “backup” problem today.
I’d like to say it was a backup problem, but see if you can spot the flaw in the customer’s “I make backups” argument, which I’ve condensed down to the…
Knowing what you’re actually getting.
It was the late 1980’s. My employer at the time ran two data centres in Melbourne. There was the production site in the Melbourne CBD, and the backup site at…
Inside a RSA SecurID tag
This is a “new style” RSA SecurID token. It, like the older style token, generates a code number every 30 seconds. With the code number, and a PIN code and…
How to clean a BlackBerry TrackBall
The biggest hardware problem I see with (older) BlackBerries is the TrackBall fails to scroll. It fails to scroll, because over time, it fills up with oil and grime from…