Tag: windows

Check Microsoft Windows Uptime

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If you ever wanted to know how long Windows has been running without a system reboot, there are many ways to determine that.  However, hare are a couple of commands that I found useful. One will require a note to remember as it is a little long winded, the other, a little easier to remember. wmic OS GET CSName, LastBootUpTime...Read More »

Capture Lock Screen in Windows

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If you ever wanted to capture a screenshot of the logon screen on a physical machine, you may have used whatever means necessary to do so. Which for me, was through the use of a digital camera. The digital camera may have captured the spirit of the screenshot, but always seems to lack in quality. Wouldn't it be great to...Read More »

Icinga2 Monitoring for Windows Disks Not Working [Resolved]

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Among the many possible services to monitor a Windows based operating system using Icinga2, the service that utilizes the check_command of disk-windows has not quite worked as expected.  It may have been a combination of things that was done incorrectly over the years, or maybe plugin versioning. In any case, a snippet below demonstrates a thought to be working service...Read More »

How to share a folder without password in Windows 10 home network

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It seems like it would be very easy to share a folder on your Windows 10 computer to other Windows users in a home network by using your file explorer, right clicking on a folder, under properties, select sharing, then advanced sharing, and share the folder.  It doesn't work as one would expect.  This is particularly annoying as the home...Read More »

Update ColdFusion 9 JVM on Windows

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ColdFusion 9.0.1 ships with Java 1.6.0_17. This guide will show how to upgrade to a newer version of Java. ColdFusion supports all minor releases of Java. For example, if ColdFusion supports JDK 1.6.0, all JDK 1.6.0_x updates are supported. JDK 1.7.0 is not considered a minor Java release. Unless explicitly stated that ColdFusion supports JDK 1.7.0, you cannot upgrade to…

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How To Backup an SVN Server for Windows

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Being relatively novice to SVN, I needed to backup a recent installation. I found a couple of great scripts that was described for Linux, however, will work for Windows with additional software that is described in this article. Dump the repository to a file. Or dump the repository to a compressed file. This requires gzip for Windows. Or dump the…

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Microsoft Windows XP cannot access Vista share

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The situation is common. In the past, shared access between computers rather they be Linux, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows NT, or Windows XP is a relatively painless and simple process. However, recently, I have encountered increadible difficulty accessing a share from a Windows XP Professional to a Windows Vista share. At first, I thought it to because…

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Add the Outlook 2003 Desktop Icon

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In earlier versions of Microsoft Outlook, users could right-click an Outlook desktop icon and then click Properties, allowing them to create e-mail accounts, change profiles, and so on. Problem So that Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003 complies with Microsoft Windows XP certification requirements, the desktop icon is not installed with Outlook. Users can access the Properties option by clicking Start and…

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