Quick little way to find the mail server for any known domain.
DaleShamelessly thieved from here. Davak did a really good job in writing this up. Carried this around in my wallet for the last couple of years. People are often curious…
Checking to see if a PC was “cloned / ghosted”
Q. How can I check whether my installation was a fresh installation or was created via a Sysprep image? A. To determine whether an installation was created via a Sysprep…
And illegal in Victoria too!
(under the Surveillance Devices Act)
$20,000 because the customer didn’t want to be hassled with VPN tokens
A senior project manager reminded me of the power of Freedom of Information requests to stop things. Yes, we can do that for the Minister, but the Minister should be…
How can I append the date and time to a file?
Pinched this from the Windows IT Pro site. I used it to “rollover” system log files back in 2001. My particular choice is the one I’ve highlighted in blue. How…
Cheap CD’s and laptops – the color is important.
Something I wrote back in January 2004, it still holds up fairly well. Cheap CD's and laptops... The Development Lab have found that the Compaq E500 laptop has problems reading…
3M Post-It Note fixes BlackBerry Bold
… or BlackBerry Bold + Post-It note = secure BlackBerry battery. The BlackBerry Bold can randomly reset when it is knocked. The reset is caused by the battery being slightly…
Should I compress my SQL Database when backing up? – Maybe …
SQL Server 2008 Backup Compression - by Varun Dhawan, over at MSDN blogs. It’s a useful option for saving space with backing up to disk, but I would disagree with the…
(Not) IT stuff seen during December 2008
Travelling to the United States of America after 11th January 2009? Then you need to fill in an electronic Visa Waiver application here Reference: STA Authorization Required for All Visa…
IT stuff seen during December 2008
List of IT things I’ve seen over the last week* that I like: Working with Office 2007 from the Command Line (via Another day in the Office) Tracking down a…