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 if you feel like it, [...]
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 [...]
Turn off UAC – this is generally a bad idea. But if you know what you are doing it is pretty easy. start> control panel>user accounts click turn user account control on or off uncheck, hit ok and reboot To get rid of the warning that now pops up (also not a good idea) start>control [...]
Powershell lessons are starting at Windows Nerd. I think there should be free tutorials and walkthroughs for Windowsland like there are for linuxland. Head to my powershell lessons page to get started. Lesson 1 is a walkthrough on installing hamachi from the command line and starting it up as a service.
This is mostly a reminder note for me. Log me in free is an awesome free tool to remote control some-one’s machine so you can help them on their computer. It is like VNC on crack. To install log me in free edition (written using IE7 and vista) installation of the log me in free [...]
In vista you can get hamachi to start up on boot real easy this way- start> type task in the search window and it should autocomplete. hit enter Create basic task Name- hamachi start, leave description blank and hit enter triggger- when the computer starts (next) start a program (next) browse to hamachi.exe (next) hit [...]
One of the problems with the free version of Hamachi is that it won’t start when windows does. Hamachi can be an awesome admin back door to all your computers. There are a few ways to make Hamachi start as a service in Windows. First I’ll start with something that has the same effect- Start [...]