Why I wouldn’t swap hard drives on a laptop.
DaleDax0007 wrote in response to my point 14. Secure format/wipe hard disk, and replace with original disk. Repeat process. (21 Things to do when quitting work) “When taking over a…
How to create a link to a web page in Lotus Notes email.
Rather easy, once you know how. These instructions have been tested on Lotus Notes v6.5 & v8.5. Step 1 - Select the Link Hotspot. Highlight the text you want to…
How to set file/folder permissions on a remote computer.
Say, for example, you want to grant permissions on a remote folder. One way to do this is use the Microsoft XCACLS.VBS utility. Go read the Microsoft article I linked…
Windows Mobility Center
is one of those utilities which 3rd party vendors, such as Lenovo, offered. If your laptop vendor didn’t offer it, you were s*** out of luck. Thank you Microsoft for…
I was reminded of a certain blogger.
Though I can’t see her riding a Honda Shadow 250
For performance reasons, Windows was lying to me.
The creation date for a file I was creating, was 8 days out. This was what I was trying to do: IF logfile older than 7 days THEN 1. delete…
SMS Client Health Startup Scripts, and multiple domain maintenance.
The downside of multiple domains, is that I have to maintain multiple scripts for SMS Client Health Check. Until today. I used the sThisDomain variable I created for the Check_Domain…
Your IT security threat is in the tent with you.
Most of the time, some people say 80%+, your IT security threat is in the tent with you (ie. someone who works for you) . Based on experiences at different…
Automatic Teller Machine Insider Fraud
It happened a long time ago, an bank fraud which saw 4 people lose their jobs. Fraud convictions also resulted. One bloke I heard, went overseas to “wash” his reputation…
Time Zones Revisited
As a co-worker pointed out, Microsoft stores time zone information in two places, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones this is where the time zone database is stored. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation this is the current…