I just posted suggestions for what to do when you pull your computer out of the box. If you take a few hours and get backups and antivirus going, you will save heartburn later on. Think about it, you will probably get your next computer when this one dies. Will you be prepared for that?
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Windows vista remembers all the wireless networks you have ever been on. Once in a while you should hop in to control panel> network and sharing> Manage Wireless networks. Here you can drag your favorite networks to the top and delete those pesky ones from the bellagio in vegas.
1st – High performance – 2194
2nd – Power Saver – 1097
3rd – Balanced – 2194
So you can see that the CPU clock speed drops more than 40% in power saver mode on my Dell Precision 6300.
So if you have ever wondered why your computer was so slow when it is unplugged, go check your power [...]
wmic cpu get CurrentClockSpeed
I was trying to find about the quickest way to look for my CPU speed again. I think i like this little wmi one liner. Processor clock speed should be easier to look up, but MS thinks you want to know the model, stepping number before what it is to a normal [...]
vostro 1400 blue screens windows update, AHCI
net statistics workstation
Works great when you don’t want to trust the words out of your users mouth. Just look at the date and time it last started. not 100% accurate all the time, but I think the fastest check i know right now.
#1 fix – stop using Internet explorer. Use Google Chrome
#2 fix – stop using IE and use Opera
#3 fix – stop using IE and Use firefox
I strongly suggest you expand your horizons if you haven’t use a browser other than IE. You need to be able to troubleshoot problems to see if they are browsers [...]
For people who need a gui to help with all of those pesky command line arguments, there is a gui version from the good people at MS.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc160891.aspx
Grab that little sucker and then look up the wikipedia article on robocopy to refresh your memory on what the switches mean.
Need to merge two files and keep only newer files?
robocopy c:\folder1 c:\folder2 /E /XO
Copy files between two servers and maintain permissions
robocopy c:\folder1 \\server\sharename\destination /E /sec
Robocopy is sweet because you can use it to sync folders, copy permissions, copy encrypted files, pretty much every file copy operation you can think of. Just do a robocopy /? [...]
var googleSearchIframeName = “cse-search-results”;
var googleSearchFormName = “cse-search-box”;
var googleSearchFrameWidth = 800;
var googleSearchDomain = “www.google.com”;
var googleSearchPath = “/cse”;
I’ll start trying to remember to write fixes that I have found in a more concise manner than the usual MS dribble. Go to the fixes link on the right [...]