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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 if you feel like it, but use google. It is your friend.
For anyone wondering how to start up the Hyperic agent in windows as a service – Don’t bother with the whole resource kit install and running the manual process. go to command line switch to Hyperic directory run hq-agent.exe -i Now open services, and edit to tell it to restart on failure. (it fails a [...]
I’ve started lessons on how to be a good windows admin. I’ll start with traffic management. This is probably THE most important thing in being a windows admin besides patch management. Even if your machine isn’t patched, if you have tight traffic rules the bad stuff won’t bite. My example is a file server. A [...]