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This is a 'no nonsense' page with technical support info, links, downloads etc.
It's a bit sparse at the moment but it will grow!
 School Stuff                      

Digital Blue QX5 Microscope - can't find driver although CD was installed
Ocarina - file permissions

 

 Useful links                      

Enterprise IT planet - a useful resource site
Tasklist.org Check if a task is genuine or malware
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1 - Free AV software
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/index.php - Free CD Burner software - CDBurnerXP Pro4 - Excellent!
McAfee Login Login page for McAfee customers. From here you can download for re-install etc.
McAfee Stinger Stinger download page
UPS Batteries (SmartUPS 1000)
iCatcher downloads - iCode CCTV software downloads
Dell Downloads - Download drivers for Dell equipment
Open Port checker 
SDFix - Fix for "Antivirus 2009"
I-Got-U-Map 120 GPS data logger

 Windows Server 2000 and 2003 

Enabling the administrator to have access to redirected folders on the server
See what Group Policies have been applied - GPResult.exe
Force Group Policy update (Windows XP) - GPUpdate.exe (secedit /refreshpolicy in Win2k)
Change many passwords at once. See example batch file - pwfix.bat  
Auto download of McAfee AV files for local repository. Only useful in ver 4.5 - Ver 7.x onwards has 'Mirror' facility
UPTIME - see how long your server has been up (works on any NT-based system) 
Manage printers via the web interface 
computerperformance.co.uk - Excellent resource for scripting etc
SlipStreaming - Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Slipstreaming Windows XP
Server 2003 SP2 - Issues
Malicious Software Removal Tool - Start Run mrt.exe

 Windows XP (Home/Pro)

Microsoft Virtual Machine (Doesn't seem to get loaded with XP Home)
IE being redirected - check: hklm\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\
Windows Explorer switches - useful techy site
 Set search to the way is was in Win2K (disable search assistant) UseSearchAsst.reg  
Kill all Cookies every time you boot up and help prevent junk pop-ups etc. killcook.zip (Unzip to temp folder then run install.bat)
Change default drive where documents and settings located (Problem if used with a limited account - watch this space!)
Pre-configured consoles that come with XP. 
Support site worth a look 
Windows XP Product activation info 
Create date-based folders from context menu

 Broadband                     

Test account: startup_user@startup_domain  Will connect on most ISP's but will not allow web access. 
VPI=0
VCI=38 
PPPoA (Not PPPoE unless service is presented as Ethernet) 
"ADDON" ADSL Modem / Router config

 Windows ME                     

http://www.burzurq.com/forum/trevtweak.html Tips on getting it to run well!

 Windows 9x                       

Shutdown commands  
Shutdown problems 

 TCP/IP                       

Port allocations 
Port lookup 

 Utilities                    

Remote Wake On LAN 

Pingtest Pings one or more IP addresses or names at regular intervals e.g. every 15 minutes and logs the results
WAIT.COM Adds 'wait' functionality to a batch file - file contained in pingtest.zip (as above).
local.bat (zipped)  Simple file for duplicating McAfee Antivirus config to multiple machines. Could be called from login script. e.g. If update repository changed to a local source, save a copy of SiteList.xml and use this batch to update multiple machines via login script.

             
         

 

Win 9x

For a shortcut to RESTART Windows: C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindowsexec
For a shortcut to SHUT DOWN Windows: C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE user,exitwindows


Win 98/ME

The Long Version (Win 98/ME) C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32 SHELL32.DLL,SHExitWindowsEx n
n=0 LOGOFF: Shuts down all running processes, logs the user off, then restarts the Windows shell. (Same as Logoff on the Start Menu.) 
n=1  SHUTDOWN: Shuts down the system to a point at which it is safe to turn off the power. All file buffers have been flushed to disk, and all running processes have stopped. 
n=2 REBOOT: Shuts down the system, then restarts it. (Same as Start Menu | Shutdown | Restart.) 
n=4 FORCE: Forces all processes to terminate — in effect, shuts down all running programs. When this flag is set, Windows does not query running applications to inform them that Windows is shutting down. This can cause the applications to lose data, therefore, you should only use this flag in an emergency. 
n=8 POWEROFF: Exits Windows, then turns off the computer’s power (provided the computer supports the power-off feature).
n=-1 RESTART EXPLORER: Quickly closes Explorer (i.e., the Windows desktop), then lets it restore itself.

HKEEC