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Here is a script that will work for one user... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcen...06/hey1031.mspx -John

I use PerfectDisk 8 on about 5 Win 2003 Dell servers. It has a built-in scheduler so that defrag runs at night. Please see this thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/Whats_Defragment...are_t18603.html -John

Greetings, I want to make a bootable Win98 or FreeDOS DVD that will be able to run the 16-bit version of Ghost, Ghost.exe. On this DVD, I would also like to store the image files, which is 3 GB total, split into one 2 GB file and one 1GB file. Ideally, the autoexec.bat would run Ghost with command-line parameters to automatically run the imaging process. I know how to do the batch file stuff, just not how to create a DVD like this. The only experience I have of creating a bootable DVD, is by making an image of a 1.44 boot floppy image & then burning that onto DVD. This size would obviously not work. What is the best way to create this? I would prefer using freeware or trial software to do this. However, I will buy a program if necessary. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -John

Greetings, I want to make a bootable Win98 or FreeDOS DVD that will be able to run the 16-bit version of Ghost, Ghost.exe. On this DVD, I would also like to store the image files, which is 3 GB total, split into one 2 GB file and one 1GB file. Ideally, the autoexec.bat would run Ghost with command-line parameters to automatically run the imaging process. I know how to do the batch file stuff, just not how to create a DVD like this. The only experience I have of creating a bootable DVD, is by making an image of a 1.44 boot floppy image & then burning that onto DVD. This size would obviously not work. What is the best way to create this? I would prefer using freeware or trial software to do this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -John

Ok, I thought it may have referred to the last token., esp when/if the number of tokens was inconsistent. -John

What does the %%? do? I am used to seeing letters, like %%i for example. Thanks, -John

I would guess that one of the reasons it does this to prevent file fragmentation. When this file is being extracted it is probably fragmented, but then the copy command allocates one big chunk of contiguous disk (since it now knows the final size). IE 6 does the same thing when downloading files. -John

I have about 20 servers that need SP2, but I first wanted to know if any one has seen reports of problems or issues with this service pack. Also, does SP2 need to be applied to 2003 R2? Thanks, -John

You might try Microsoft's LogParser 2.2. I am not sure about 64 bit. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...b2-f8d975cf8c07 http://www.logparser.com/ -John

You also can not compress a file if it is encrypted. Here is how to compress a group of files with the command-line version, rar.exe. rar a -m5 MyArchive.rar *.txt data* c*.exe The would create an archive called MyArchive.rar using max compression and compress all files ending in txt, all files that start with "data", and all executables that start with "c". -John

I have optimized this batch file. It now requires no external program dependencies that are not already built into Windows XP. Here it is: @echo off for /f "usebackq tokens=1,2,3,4 delims= " %%i in (`net use^|findstr /i %~d1`) do @echo "%%k%~p1%~n1%~x1" Example: J:\scripts\misc>truename.bat test.pl "\\myserver\users\john\scripts\misc\test.pl" -John

nitroshift, When you last did a major upgrade say from Nod32 v2.6 to 2.7 were that any problems or issues on your corporate network? -John

Consider BootIt NG: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html I have used this countless times for Non-destructive resizing of NTFS partitions. This is an ISO that you burn to CD and then boot from. Once booted, it will ask you if you want to install, say No here. You will then see an icon for partition work. This is where you can do the resizing. It works great and is very fast, too. -John

Read these 2 PDF files and you may change your mind about running Skype... http://www.recon.cx/en/f/vskype-part1.pdf http://www.recon.cx/en/f/vskype-part2.pdf An excerpt... Many protections Many antidebugging tricks Much ciphered code Is there something to hide ? Impossible to scan for trojan/backdoor/malware inclusion Is Skype a backdoor ? Can I distinguish Skype's traffic from real data exfiltration ? Can I block Skype’s traffic ? Is Skype a risky program for my sensitive business ? -John

I think I found my answer http://www.codelifter.com/main/javascript/changestyles.html I am just about to try it out now. -John

I have 2 style sheets - normal.css and print.css. I am planning on having a link on the page: <a href="currentpage.htm?print">, where currentpage.htm will be the same page the user is on. I want JavaScript to look for ?print (easy enough) and then load the appropriate style sheet based on if ?print exists or not. How can I do this? The way my style sheet is currently embedded: <link href='normal.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' title='normal content'> (this is what would have to change to print.css Thanks, -John

After creating the tables, you can use the command-line program, bcp, to import the data... http://www.databasejournal.com/features/ms...cle.php/3391761 http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a...46(SQL.80).aspx -John

nmX.Memnoch, Thanks for the info! -John

What is the difference between doing this and creating a system restore point? -John

A new bug in Outpost was discovered and the company is working on a fix... http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Ou...-file-links.php http://agnitumblog.blogspot.com/ -John

Wow, SIV is really neat. If I have to reinstall XP on a white box system and don't know the drivers, I usually boot with a Linux live cd and run a cat /proc/pci to find out which hardware is installed. The PCI function of this program does the same thing and maybe a little bit more. I will be using this from now on. -John

I have had several non-techie coworkers install this software on their home computers ranging from version 2005 to 2007. They have all had problems including dramatically slowing down the computer and making Internet Explorer consistently crash. One user had a new computer with either 512 or 1024M of RAM and the start-up time was literally over 4 minutes long. After uninstalling Norton, start-up time dramatically decreased. It saddens me to tell someone who just spent $80 on this software that they should probably uninstall it and use something else. Is there a way to make this program work in a fast, stable, non-intrusive manner? What are other people's experiences & opinion of this product? Thanks, -John

You can buy good, compatible memory from www.crucial.com. On their page, on the top-right, choose Dell -> Optiplex -> GX270. -John

Yzöwl, Nice batch file! -John

At my house, although I don't use the 'net at home as much as I use to. The latency is horrible compared to others who have posted. -John