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- WMIC to build a list of installed programs
Use the Management Instrumentation Command-line. Windows comes with a command line version of the Management Instrumentation (WMIC). To get the list of all installed programs in a text file, simply enter the following command in a prompt:
wmic product > c:\product.txt
This prints a serious list that can be opened as a CSV file. Makes sure to [...]
- Uninstall Internet Explorer 7 in Windows XP
Uninstall IE7 when the option isn’t available in add/remove programs.
drive down to:
“c:\windows\ie7\spuninst”
From there, run ’spuninst’. it’s a windows service pack uninstall program.
Cheers!
- Type Musicl Notes
Press and hold the ALT key and press hit the key combo listed. The note won’t show up until you release the alt key. If you have a laptop with no number keys, you’ll need to hold down Fn, also.
Single QUARTERNOTE: 1 then 3. ♪♪♪♪
2 QUARTER NOTES: 1 then 4. ♫♫♫♫
- Hide users in the vista logon screen
You can hide accounts the same way you did in XP, but in Vista you need to
create those registry keys.
In regedit, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Right click Winlogon and select New / Key
Name the new key SpecialAccounts (case sensitive)
Right click The SpecialAccounts key and select New Key again.
Name the key UserList
Click the UserList [...]
- No more running exe, cmd and bat files from usb drive
After a Halo 2 incident, I need a way to prevent students running exe, cmd and bat files from their usb drive. Note: The following information was found here and modified to suit my school situation.
- USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and Vista
Q. I am having trouble with Flash Drives not mapping to the correct drive letter in windows when students put them into the computer. Is there a way to set Windows to always use a selected drive letter?
A. This is my solution. I’m putting it here because I can’t get to it without going around [...]
- Network Scan
Got an email from security concerning a virus. in the email last listed specific machines by ip address. not real helpful to list machines by IP address in a dynamic environment.
- Trojan horse IRC/BackDoor.SdBot4.GYM
Today my entire school district was stricken by a worm. The symptoms involed:
loss of sound card in device manager
deletion of audio drivers
TCP/IP corruption
It’s been eating our network all week. I’m not sure how, but the bug was propogating via our network. To stop this, I’ve been imaging machines as I find them. Then I’d recreate [...]
- Quick Hack: Mu Admin Bar
This hack will automatically add the space required to include your mu admin bar. Add
body {padding-top: 28px !important;}
to the admin bar style and you are done.
Found in the source code of any wordpress.com blog!
