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Entries from May 2008

Clean Up A Windows Print Server

May 19th, 2008 · Comments Off · Computers, Main

Do you have old print drivers hanging around?
Use the Print Migrator utility to back up your printer config:
printmig -b “server_name.cab”

And then remove the unused print drivers:

cd /d %systemroot%\system32
cscript prndrvr.vbs -x

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ZoomIt

May 16th, 2008 · Comments Off · Computers, Main

As mentioned in Mark Russinovich’s newest blog entry, here’s a quick introductory video on ZoomIt, the 44KB screen zoom and drawing utility that should be in every IT toolbox (along with everything else from Sysinternals).

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Document Format Conversion at the Gateway

May 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Computers, Main

Corporate mail should be filtered for viruses and spam at the gateway — that’s just a given.  It’s much more efficient to filter incoming email in one spot than to check it at 300 or 25000 desktops.  Web browsers should go through a scanning, filtering proxy.  Again, it’s much simpler to secure and maintain.
So, what [...]

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Eight Days A Week

May 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Main

ABC reports that Americans fit 31 hours of activity in each 24 hour day.  Driving and cell phone usage are the most obvious doublings.  Watching TV, working on the computer, and ignoring the wife is the most obvious tripling.
On my lunch hour I go to the gym and walk on the treadmill, but I can’t [...]

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