RDP from the Command Line
Let’s face it, connecting to Windows Servers is a must for many of us. And some of us want to do so programatically. I did look at populating the CoRD database in a previous article. But now, luckily CoRD has recently introduced a command line interface for managing just these types of connections on the [...]
In: Mac OS X, Windows Server · Tagged with: Command line, cord, Mac OS X, programatically, RDP, Remote Desktop, script, scripting, Shell, windows
Show Desktop Icon for Windows & Windows 7
Ever delete the Show Desktop icon from Quick Launch? One of my favorite features of Windows, it is a big part of my everyday use of the OS. So when I accidentally deleted it I had to figure out how to get it back. And it wasn’t nearly as easy as I would have thought [...]
In: Windows Server, Windows XP · Tagged with: recreate, scf, script, Show Desktop, windows
Programatically Clipboarding in Windows
My last article showed how to interface with the clipboard in Mac OS X. Windows 7 comes with the same feature, but instead of pbcopy it’s simply clip. Since you don’t ls, we’ll pipe the output of dir into the clipboard: dir | clip Enjoy & no more complaining that I like one platform more [...]
In: Windows XP · Tagged with: clip, clipboard, Mac OS X, pasteboard, pbcopy, pipe, Shell, windows, Windows 7
My Top 10 List of Firefox Add-ons
Here is a quick list of my favorite 10 Firefox Add-ons: AdBlock Plus – Block annoying advertisements AppTabs – Allows you to shrink your Firefox tabs by right-clicking on them and clicking on AppTab, showing just the address bar icon (favicon) of the site. BabelFish – Automatically translate pages you visit. Better Gmail – Useful [...]
In: Mac OS X · Tagged with: Add-ons, Firefox, MAC, windows
Get A Dock in Windows
In addition to getting a theme for Windows that makes it look more like a Mac you can also now install a Dock in Windows! rocketdock.com
In: Mac OS X, Windows XP · Tagged with: dock, MAC, rocketdock, windows
Lots of new stuff: Command Line Wiki Integration
The Mac Commands page and the PowerShell Commands page are both now wikis and users with accounts on this site can edit them. Additionally I added a number of new pages worth of commands, FTP Commands, Windows Commands, Final Cut Server Commands, Amazon S3 Commands, Podcast Producer Commands and Xsan Commands; both of which are wikis [...]
In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac Security, Mass Deployment, Unix, Windows Server, Windows XP, Xsan · Tagged with: Command line, Mac OS X, powershell, scripting, windows, xsan commands
That Wacky Adobe Security Flaw
Information about the exploit: Wacky Security Flaw Patch thyself: Adobe’s Mac patch site Adobe’s Windows patch site That is all I have to say about that.
In: Mac OS X, Mac Security, Windows Server, Windows XP · Tagged with: adobe, exploit, flaw, Mac OS X, threat, windows
Bubble Alerts w/ Silent Installs
When you push software to a Windows computer there’s an annoying little alert that pops up to tell the user that new software was installed. In one organization I was recently at this accounted for approximately 20 calls to the help desk every time they pushed out an update (patch Tuesday for them is one [...]
In: Windows Server, Windows XP · Tagged with: Active Directory, bubble alerts, registry, silent installs, windows
Disable Caps Lock in Mac OS X
I don’t think I’ve actually used the caps lock key in years. Well, scratch that, I’ve frustratingly used it by accident. I did a post a couple of years back with a couple of ways to disable it for Windows. But recently I’ve been doing a lot of work and have accidentally made the amount [...]
In: Mac OS X · Tagged with: Caps Lock, disable, disable caps lock, Mac OS X, windows
Offline Files on Windows Without a GPO
Open up My Computer and click on Folder Options in the Tools menu. Then click on the Offline Files tab and check the Enable Offline Files checkbox. Then select whether you would like to Synchronize All Offline Files When Logging On or Synchronize All Offline Files Before Logging Off checkbox. You can also click on the Create An Offline [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: GPO, offline files, windows
