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LLXX, Can you elaborate on "Configure and secure IE" Thanks, -John

For non-techie type people, this is how I have been protecting their computers. I don't want to overly complicate their setup. Any comments are appreciated. 1) Advise them to use Firefox instead of IE. 2) Install Google Toolbar for IE. 3) Install Mike's Ad Block Host File, http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html 4) Run IE, Firefox, & Outlook via DropMyRights. I was using psexec -l -d, but some AV scanners thought psexec was a hack tool and then it would get quarentined. 5) Configure DNS servers from http://www.opendns.com/ 6) Uninstall their AV since they let it expire anyway and install AVG. 7) Run Adaware, Spybot, and Ewido 8) Run WindowsUpdate, set it to automatically download new updates (if they are on DSL/Cable) Edit: 9) Run Autoruns from sysinternals.com (forgot to mention this) For myself, I do all of these, plus disable Java in Firefox and use the NoScript Firefox plugin (which I think would be too complicated for regular folks). What are some other things that I can do for non-technical people to help them from getting spyware or a virus? Is there a better free AV? I liked Avast! except for the fact that you had to keep registering it, even though it was free. Thanks, -John

A legitimate place for CRTs is in schools. Students can take a sharp item a poke a hole in a LCD screen. It is then completely ruined. CRTs are more durable is this respect. -John

I don't remember the model #, but it is a Gigabyte mb. IIRC, it does not have SATA on the mb, just 4 IDE. I also use a Maxtor 133 (non-raid) card in their, too...maybe 2 of them.

For just converting the images, you could use convert.exe from http://www.imagemagick.org/ convert -size 80x60 file.jpg file_thumb.jpg I am not sure if this helps or not...just an option. -John

Two 12cm fans are going to be VERY loud. I have a system that has two of these...it is so loud, I hardly ever used this system because of this. -John

This is a really old computer, built around 1999. It features 10 IDE drives, which was a rare for that time. It runs Linux. I still have the box, but since it has two 120mm fans in it (among other fans), it is very loud when running. Four of the drives are 45 Gig drives in a RAID-10 on a 3ware ATA-66 card. There is still room for a CD-ROM and floppy, too. -John Click Here For Full Size Picture

Some people have given up on this, and just let a program like iTunes do it for them. Otherwise, I like Genre -> Artist -> Album -> Song 1, Song 2, etc. -John

Google for "changing system drive letter" The first result was: "How can I change the System partition drive letter in Windows XP?" http://www.petri.co.il/change_system_drive..._windows_xp.htm Third result: "How to restore the system/boot drive letter in Windows" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188 -John

I don't know about the OP, but I backup a weeks worth of files and then want the older archive files erased after a week, thus only keeping the 7 newest backups. -John

If you can get VB to call a command-line program, then you can use delen. It has this type of functionality built-in. http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/delenxrd/ -John

You may also need a hotfix from Microsoft ... For example, the QLE2460 adapter: 64bit Windows: http://support.qlogic.com/support/os_detai...936&osid=64 32bit Windows: http://support.qlogic.com/support/os_detai...934&osid=85 Other QLogic adapters may need the hotfix too. -John

You could use psinfo from www.sysinternals.com. 1) Generate a list of PCs, by running: net view > pclist.txt 2) Edit thefile so that it only contains systems that you are interested in 3) run: psinfo -s -c -t "\t" software @pclist.txt > output.tsv this creates a tab-delimited file with the machine name & installed software Here are all of the options for psinfo: PsInfo returns information about a local or remote Windows NT/2000/XP system. Usage: psinfo [-h] [-s] [-d] [-c [-t delimiter]] [filter] [\\computer[,computer[,..]]|@file [-u User name [-p Password]]] -u Specifies optional user name for login to remote computer. -p Specifies password for user name. -h Show installed hotfixes. -s Show installed software. -d Show disk volume information. -c Print in CSV format -t The default delimiter for the -c option is a comma, but can be overriden with the specified character. Use "\t" to specify tab. filter Psinfo will only show data for the field matching the filter. e.g. "psinfo service" lists only the service pack field. computer Direct PsInfo to perform the command on the remote computer or computers specified. If you omit the computer name PsInfo runs the command on the local system, and if you specify a wildcard (\\*), PsInfo runs the command on all computers in the current domain. @file PsInfo will run against the computers listed in the file specified. Good luck, -John

You might try writing an AutoIt script to do this... http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/f...WinSetTitle.htm You would have to run the script after Word is running, or create a script that runs in the background and waits for Word to open. Once it detects that Word is running, use the WinSetTitle() function to change Word's title. Good Luck, -John

Cool program, never seen it before. Although a little different, I also like adfind from joeware.net. -John

What other identifier type programs will detect EXEcryptor ? -John

FWIW, PEiD is a program that will identify which packer an .exe was compressed/protected with. http://peid.has.it/ -John

It does not look like this was mentioned before.... The Win XP built-in firewall (if enabled) could also be one reason file sharing is not working. You can still run this firewall, but have an exception for file & print sharing. -John

If you turn off system restore and indexing, I think this folder will be empty. -John

Just to clarify: [uBCD (lbased on Linux)] http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ [uBCD4Win (based on BartPE)] http://www.ubcd4win.com/ -John

Perfmon may do what you want if the same process name is reading/writing to your file. On perfmon, choose Add, then from the dropdown box, choose Process (performance object). From there, choose IO Data bytes/sec (counter). Also, choose the process name on the right side. Another way to do this is to use Filemon from www.sysinternals.com. You would have to sum up the statistics yourself, however. The size of the file ops are list in the last column. -John

If you want to assign a variable in a batch file try this: do_whatever.exe > c:\temp\data.txt set /p DATA=<c:\temp\data.txt del c:\temp\data.txt echo Data: %DATA% -John

What size file systems and % full has anyone run PD8 on? We need to run it on our SQL 2005 drive which is 60 - 70% full of a 250 Gig drive on our SAN. Since this is our bread-n-butter database, I am a little reluctant to run PD8 on it since it just came out. We purchased it and ran it on the test server w/o any problems, but I am wondering if that will have any minor updates to fix any show-stopper type bugs. Any replies would be greatly appreciated. Also, does the PD8 for Exchange actually shrink the size of the exchange database files or just defrag the files internally? The reason I ask is that we only have about 2.5 gig free on our Exchange drive. Thanks, -John

@cumminbk Nice list of services per profile. I'll have to try some of these out. -John

"con" is short for console, which under Windows is a device name. "nul" is another device name. "Con" reads input from the keyboard and "nul" can be used to redirect output into nothing or can be used to create a zero length file. Examples: C:\> type con > test.txt ( you can also use copy con test.txt ) this is a 3 line test ^Z (this means press ctrl-Z on a line by itself) C:\> now pull up test.txt in notepad and you will see the 3 lines that you typed in. C:\> dir > nul (notice nothing happens, this is because the output was redirected into nothingness C:\> type nul > test.txt C:\ dir test.txt (this creates a file, test.txt, that has a length of zero bytes) The Alt-255 trick mentioned above is not as cool as it used to be under Windows 98. You could create a folder from the command prompt by typing: mkdir test<alt-255> which means to type the word test and then hold the alt key and press 255 on the keypad. The cursor would advance one space over to the right. A folder named "abc<alt-255>def" would like "abc def". The Win 98 My Computer program could not navigate into these directories. They were only accessible from the command prompt by using "cd abc<alt-255>def". Windows XP's My Computer as well as the tab-completion feature of the command-prompt have no problem with these folder names. -John