Category Archives: Windows

Download Vista 32 and 64 bit

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Kon

So did your OEM vista didn’t come with Vista install media?  Never fear, you can obtain media for free from these sources. Some claim that if you use your OEM license (say sticker off the bottom of your laptop with … Continue reading →

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Get Your Command Line Groove On

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Kon

Commonly forgotten Windows DOS prompt shortcuts Key What it Does F1 Fills in the letter from last command you entered, one letter at a time.  Useful for fixing a typo on a command you just entered.  For example, if I … Continue reading →

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Hard Links, Soft Links (Junctions) and Symbolic Links in Vista

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Kon

Ok, so mklink is now my favourite Vista command line tool.  Well not really, but I’m glad Vista comes with a tool out of the box that allows you to create symlinks.  This includes hard links (links to other things … Continue reading →

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Blackberry Connect for Dopod 838 Pro

Posted on July 8, 2007 by Kon

This is also available via the DopodAsia.com website but if you aren’t that lucky, you can get the install files from here

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Batch files – Redirection

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Kon

Batch files – Redirection Quick reference for NT 2&>1

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Virus Warning

Posted on June 10, 2007 by Kon

Today I noticed on my desktop PC that I had a virus. It put a file called TEL.XLS.EXE on the root drive of each partition. ie C:\TEL.XLS.EXE, E:\TEL.XLS.EXE When I went to delete the file, it kept coming back so … Continue reading →

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How to Create a Bootable Windows XP Setup CD/DVD from a Pre-loaded/Preinstalled Windows System

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Kon

My Toshiba comes with a CD, its R E S T O R e My Toshiba has another CD, its R E S T O R How to Create a Bootable Windows XP Setup CD/DVD from a Pre-loaded/Preinstalled Windows System … Continue reading →

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Even more T-SQL

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Kon

These are from MSDN. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sqlserver.management.smo.agent.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162162.aspx

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Sending Email in T-SQL

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Kon

For the uninitiated (like me), Microsoft SQL Server has T-SQL (think PL/SQL for Oracle).  Of course being an MS product, it has to have some VB scripting integration, which is cool.  Part of this integration lets you get your hands … Continue reading →

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SVN and Kapersky Nuh-ah

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Kon

Getting ‘Bad Request’ when trying to checkout? Getting ’403”s when trying to checkin? SVN:// protocol works without probs but baffled why you get the above errors when working with a http:// repository? See here: Subversion – Cant checkout 400 Bad … Continue reading →

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