Everything Is Crap

I recently learned a new trick (thanks Richard…) and this is how to set it up.  To remote to a computer and then control the console session just type: shadow 0 To initally set this up you have to do the following: Open the Group Policy snap-in (Gpedit.msc). In the left pane, under the Computer Configuration [...]

After flirting with Windows as a WordPress server we've realized that, since we went to the trouble of learning Linux, it's now easier to use Linux. So, Everything is Crap is back to Ubuntu and it's delicious. Would you like an Ubuntu? You might want some milk to help wash it down.

So, Windows doesn't work well for WordPress. The more plug-ins I install, the more I realize that the world of WordPress is still a Linux-based world. We'll keep Everything is Crap on Windows because our needs are simple for this blog. But, in the future, all my WordPress are belong to Ubuntu. But, because Everything [...]

route -p add "network" mask "subnet mask" "gateway ip"  (adding the -p makes it persistent after reboots) Example: route -p add 10.4.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.1.0.1

SystemInfo is included with Windows and is run from the command prompt. It gives you lots of useful information like that last time the computer was booted, what type of processor you have and how much RAM is available. Very useful.

Here's a quick tip for when you're troubleshooting DNS stuff, but windows won't acknowledge your changes because the information is cached. (Bad, Windows, Bad, Bad!) ipconfig /flushdns Beauty!

Messing with Hyper-V this week I came across a situation where I wanted to share a folder, and the Hyper-V only allows you to do so from the command line. So, here's the command I used: net share MyShareName=C:\MyShareDrive /GRANT:MyDomain\MyUser",FULL

One of our users somehow managed to upload a file with a space at the end, which neither he, nor we, could delete. I googled it, and the answer is simple, but not obvious. Use a command prompt to delete the file using the short file name. A "dir /x" will reveal the short file [...]

A note for me: To refresh a machine policy just run gpupdate.exe

I found a way to edit the Places Bar (You know, the folders on the left side of the open and save dialog) in XP and it works for Vista as well. Basically go here… HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion Policies\comdlg32\Placesbar …and edit the locations; DWORDS are common locations, so you'll have to look them up, but strings are [...]