In response to monitor your file sharing, Michael sent me a tip about a program that allows you to watch folders for changes: Thought this little freeware tool might be useful for your readers. I use it for monitoring changes on a shared documentation drive used for software installs. Now if someone modifies the documentation, […]
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I received an email from Jennifer this week: “Howdy Steve. I want to thank you for all the tips and ideas. I ran across this small utility that I think your readers might like. It is called Share Watch. It lets you keep track of what files and folders are being accessed by remote users” […]
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I got a question from Mike this week: “Hi steve. Hope all is well. I am the IT manager at a small bank in Texas. We have lots of patch management tools…so I am not looking for that. Before an audit I would like to quickly force all of my machines to download and install […]
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This week we have a question from Vladimir: “Hello Steve, Happy New year to you and all the best in the new 2012. I’m battling here with fragmentation disk problems and I’m wondering; Is there a way to run a defragmentation process during night hours when all machines are idling? Can it be scripted so […]
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Got a question from Enrico, “Good morning Steve, and Happy New Year!…I would like that when the user has a wired NIC up and running, the wireless NIC is automatically disabled, and as soon as the wired NIC disconnects, the wireless NIC activates. This prevents the user to have both NICs up and running at […]
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Attention: This utility has been updated. The command line arguments here are out of date. Click Here for info on the new release This week we have a question from Melissa: “Hi Steve. Got a really quick question. Previously you had an article that showed how to burn an ISO from the command line. My […]
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I am not sure if you are aware of it, but starting next year Microsoft is changing their Internet Explorer upgrade policy. Specifically, they will be putting IE updates into the standard automatic update cycle. This means if you have an older version of IE, it will automatically get upgraded. Many organizations have piles of […]
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I got a question from Lewis this week: “I hope this email finds you well. I have a plotter here at my company, and the driver is really temperamental. At least twice a week the driver crashes, and then all of the jobs get stuck in the spooler. To fix it I need to stop […]
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I got a question from John this week: “A few of my clients are using a broadband connection with DHCP addresses for the public interface. Do you know of a script or program that can be used to monitor the IP address and send a email if the IP address changes?” Good question. It is […]
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Sometimes the simplest tips are the best. Normally I would not even write about this but it is such a great time saver, it is worth repeating even if only a few of you don’t know about it. I know you have seen this before: What is the problem here? Well, what if you want […]
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