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Windows Server 2008 R2 PDC Synchronize Time with External NTP

slyness — Mon, 22 May 2017 03:16:28 +0000

1. net stop w32time
2. w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:”0.pool.ntp.org, 1.pool.ntp.org, 2.pool.ntp.org”
3. w32tm /config /reliable:yes
4. net start w32time
5. w32tm /query /configuration

Replace vmwp.exe

slyness — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 08:06:08 +0000

takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\vmwp.exe

cacls C:\Windows\System32\vmwp.exe /G YOUR-USER-NAME-HERE:F

script to detect or redetect usb devices

slyness — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:31:12 +0000

“DevCon” Great tool from Microsoft.

I need a tool that could detect USB devices without haven’t to physically removal and reinsert the device, in my case, a usb touch screen.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272

As Microsoft Describes it

“The DevCon utility is a command-line utility that acts as an alternative to Device Manager. Using DevCon, you can enable, disable, restart, update, remove, and query individual devices or groups of devices. DevCon also provides information that is relevant to the driver developer and is not available in Device Manager.

You can use DevCon with Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. You cannot use DevCon with Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition. ”

And the 32bit version with work on the 64bit Windows 7.

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mac os x – boot from another partition

slyness — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:07:17 +0000

After installing Boot Camp macbook wanted to boot into Windows everytime.

Hold the option key while booting will prompt you to select from the desired partition. Don’t forget to set your startus disk to the macos partition.

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to find a string within a file – linux shell command

slyness — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:08:59 +0000

grep -r [string] [file]

wildcards are permitted “*”

ex. grep -r “find string” *

remove qmail queue

slyness — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:01:55 +0000

Quick command if you need to remove all emails in your qmail queue

qmailctl stop
find /var/qmail/queue/mess -type f -exec rm {} \;
find /var/qmail/queue/info -type f -exec rm {} \;
find /var/qmail/queue/local -type f -exec rm {} \;
find /var/qmail/queue/intd -type f -exec rm {} \;
find /var/qmail/queue/todo -type f -exec rm {} \;
find /var/qmail/queue/remote -type f -exec rm {} \;
qmailctl start