Month: January 2008

Compress multiple folders into individual archives

Compressing hundreds of folders into individual archive files manually can be a time-consuming task. To automate the process, I modified an existing script to meet my requirements. I chose the 7-Zip Command Line edition because it is lightweight, consists of a single executable file, and provides excellent compression. 7-Zip can be downloaded here. The only other file required is the…

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Windows could not search for new updates Error Code 80245003 fix

This little script will fix the Windows could not search for new updates Error Code 80245003 error message. It also serves another purpose. Whenever I create a new image, I want to eliminate as much clutter as possible for the smallest possible image. Sometimes the SoftwareDistribution folder can contain 100s of megabytes of files that are unneeded for an image….

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Factory reset the Linksys PAP2 Phone Adapter for Vonage

Factory reset the Linksys PAP2 Phone Adapter for Vonage. Years ago, bought a Linksys PAP2 Phone Adapter to connect to Vonage. It has a nice web based interface where I assigned the adapter a static IP. Over time, I changed the layout of my network and wanted to change the IP address of the adapter only to find that I…

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Visual Basic Script to write M3U playlists

Several years ago, I came upon a script that would recursively traverse through a folder tree and create a M3U playlist for each folder respectively. I slightly modified the script to fit my requirements. This script will look for MP3 and WMA files and create a M3U file. For the desired results, put the script in the root folder of…

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Visual Basic Script to clear Prefetch

The Prefetch folder is used to increase the speed in loading times for applications that have already been executed.  There are several problems with thought process.  The folder is never purged leaving old and unwanted clutter in that folder that will eventually slow down the computer.  Another annoyance, is that this is yet another folder that maintains tracking of what…

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Kudos to it.megocollector.com

I found this online today. Someone had a problem with Internet Explorer 7.0 and were directed to my site for the resolution. I am glad to see I may be of assistance. (Source: http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080121071630AARJmtZ) (Source: Experts Exchange)

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Analog 6.0 to 6.1 Update to support Vista, MCE, others.

Analog 6.0 to 6.1 Update Support added for Windows Vista and other Windows operating systems Analog is an application that analyzes web server log files and organizes the results into a well organized and detailed report. Analog is customizable which will impact the level of detail of the report. A typical report will contain General Summary, Monthly Report, Operating System…

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