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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/09/14
A while ago, I got a question from a colleague on how to silence RoboCopy.
The RoboCopy /? help is a bit awkward to read, so there is this nice SO answer by Ruben Koene:
So together with previous answer you get the following and it’s silent:
ROBOCOPY [target] /njh /njs /ndl /nc /ns /np /nfl
And there is the FIND way where I marked the relevant options with an asterisk (*):
C:\Users\jeroenp>robocopy /? | find /i "No"
/S :: copy Subdirectories, but not empty ones.
/NOCOPY :: COPY NO file info (useful with /PURGE).
/PURGE :: delete dest files/dirs that no longer exist in source.
/PF :: check run hours on a Per File (not per pass) basis.
n must be at least 1 and not greater than 128.
/XJ :: eXclude Junction points. (normally included by default).
/X :: report all eXtra files, not just those selected.
* /NS :: No Size - don't log file sizes.
* /NC :: No Class - don't log file classes.
* /NFL :: No File List - don't log file names.
* /NDL :: No Directory List - don't log directory names.
* /NP :: No Progress - don't display percentage copied.
* /NJH :: No Job Header.
* /NJS :: No Job Summary.
/NOSD :: NO Source Directory is specified.
/NODD :: NO Destination Directory is specified.
–jeroen
via: backup – How can I make robocopy silent in the command line except for progress? – Stack Overflow.
Posted in Power User, RoboCopy, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | 4 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/09/07
Note: modifying DisableLastAccess using fsutil is only supported on Windows Server 2008 R2 and higher, and on Windows 7 and higher.
The comment says that older versions of Windows (Windows Server 2000 through Windows Server 2008, and Windows XP through Windows Vista) need the registry way to do this.
This is not true, as the fsutil way works for Windows Server 2003.
Both ways require a reboot and require Administrator access.
It works like this (on Windows Server 2003 x86 as an Administrator user):
C:\Documents and Settings\jeroenp>fsutil behavior query disablelastaccess
disablelastaccess is not currently set
C:\Documents and Settings\jeroenp>fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1
C:\Documents and Settings\jeroenp>fsutil behavior query disablelastaccess
disablelastaccess = 1
C:\Documents and Settings\jeroenp>
Note that fsutil does not need –help, -? or -h on the command-line to display help; just omit stuff and you get help: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/08/31
On monday, I wrote it was Time to disable Java for a while: Zero-Day Season is Not Over Yet.
Today Oracle released a fix, which you should either install immediately (that is NOW, don’t hesitate!).
For this vulnerability, it is enough to disable Java from your browser – see: How to disable Java in your web browser – but as with any software: if you don’t need it, just disable/uninstall it.
Disabling/uninstalling on a Mac may impose a problem, as Apple hasn’t come with an update for the OS X editions that came with Java pre-installed.
Most other users can either install the version on their current system on-line from Download Free Java Software, or download offline installers for other systems at Java Downloads for All Operating Systems.
I might actually try the Java Unattended Silent Installer and Updater from Ninite – Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once.
–jeroen
via:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/08/30
Too often I see quesions like the one below on software that people distribute:
The Program can’t start becuase MSVCR100.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
I am getting follwing error when i am trying to open Computer management in windows 7,the error is as follows ,
The Program can’t start becuase MSVCR100.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
Where can i found this dll file, and help me to download and install.
The reason is that many programmers and companies still fail to ship the correct Visual C++ run-time.
Even for a one-off, you should need to get your installation set right. And writing stuff in a version of Visual C++ almost always means you need to ship the run-time for that particular version of Visual C++ with your application (though sometimes you can get away by putting the DLLs in the directory of your application, this is not recommended, as that way you won’t receive security updates).
User Marilyn O was so kind to sum up most of the download locations (I did a bit of post-editing, added all the non-“FamilyID” links, all naming differences are from the MS site):
I would install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable dll that is needed for projects built with Visual Studio 2010.
Download the files below depending on your operating system version. […] Check in Programs and Features, do you show that you have installed Microsoft Visual C++ … Redistributable? If not, download from the links here.
- 2005:Â msvcr80.dll
- 2008:Â msvcr90.dll
- 2008 SP1:Â msvcr90.dll
- 2010:Â msvcr100.dll
- 2010 SP1:Â msvcr100.dll
- 2012: msvcr110.dll
–jeroen
via:Â The Program can’t start becuase MSVCR100.dll is missing from your – Microsoft Answers.
Posted in C++, Development, Power User, Software Development, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio and tools, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP | 3 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/08/27
Brilliant post on using the Window-key for shortcuts with Windows 8 (all Windows 7 Windows-key shortcuts work, plus many more):Â Windows 8 productivity: Who moved my cheese? Oh, there it is. – Scott Hanselman.
–jeroen
Posted in Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8 | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/08/18
Never new that – as an Administrator – you could log off other login sessions in Windows Vista and up through the task manager.
I only knew the Terminal Server way. Using the task manager is way more convenient!
–jeroen
via:Â Task Manager Users – Log Off a Local User – Vista Forums.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/08/13
I already knew about WinCDEmu, and recently found out there is a portable version of it too:
Portable WinCDEmu is a special build of WinCDEmu that does not need any installation and can be used out-of-the-box.
- unlike WinCDEmu, the Portable WinCDEmu does not preserve mounted drives after a reboot, so some software installs that require a reboot and the CD to be available after reboot – for instance Visual Studio 2010 – require WinCDEmu.
- all virtual CD software requires administrative privileges to install their virtual CD driver. WinCDEmu and Portable WinCDEmu are no different.
Having relied on Daemon tools more recently and Nero ImageDrive in the past (back when Nero 5.5 was a great tool and not the bloatware it has become; Nero ImageDrive has been discontinued since Nero 9).
I will probably switch to WinCDEmu  for a new install of my development system: it is extremely light, and now portable too. Better than the ever increasing Daemon tools (of which I don’t use the copy protection features, nor the adware ones).
Unless I find a tool that allows me to mount an NTFS folder as if it was the base for an ISO image (and watches that folder for changes, then remounts the image). That would be tremendously useful in a development environment.
If you don’t know WinCDEmu:
WinCDEmu is an open-source CD/DVD/BD emulator – a tool that allows you to mount optical disc mages by simply clicking on them in Windows Explorer
Another tool on the shortlist is ImDisk; this is why:
The ImDisk driver supports forwarding I/O requests to third-party image file format handlers or to services on other computers on the network. This makes it possible to boot a machine with NTFS partitions with a Live-CD and use the included devio tool to let ImDisk on another computer running Windows on the network mount the NTFS partition on the machine with a faulty NTFS partition. This way you can recover information and even run chkdsk on drives on machines where Windows does not boot. There are also instructions about how to use devio under Windows on Claus Valca’s blog.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/08/06
I’ve seen this happen on various brands of hardware, and various flavours of operating systems:
over time (usually a few days or even weeks of use) suddenly your WiFi connection doesn’t want to connect to some or any of your wireless networks. Most often this happens when you wake up your machine from sleep.
What doesn’t work is flipping the Wireless LAN device off and on using a physical switch.
What usually works for Mac, Windows and even Android is either of these (from least intrusive to most intrusive): Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2012/07/30
On the research list (wow, Google Translate is very accurate this time!): Tonido
More and more programs allow users to cut the cord of cloud providers like Google and Dropbox. The Tonido software is suitable for example for users who want to make sensitive customer or patient data accessible on multiple devices without outsourcing it to an external server. “Once you have installed Tonido on your PC and create an account, you can in the local network, but also on the move access to a PC or mobile devices on the complete data set”
Original German text from the mid December 2011 issue of c’t Magazin:
Immer mehr Programme ermöglichen es Anwendern, sich von Cloud-Anbietern wie Google oder Dropbox abzunabeln. Die Software Tonido eignet sich beispielsweise fĂĽr Nutzer, die sensible Kunden- oder Patientendaten auf mehreren Geräten zugänglich machen wollen – ohne sie auf einen externen Server auszulagern. “Sobald man Tonido auf dem eigenen PC installiert und ein Konto angelegt hat, kann man im lokalen Netz, aber auch von unterwegs mit PC oder Mobilgeräten auf den kompletten Datenbestand zugreifen”
Thanks Noud van Kruysbergen for translating the German c’t article into Dutch.
–jeroen
via: Bei sensiblen Daten lieber eigene Cloud-Lösung – c’t – PresseBox.
Posted in *nix, Linux, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2012/07/27
About a month ago, NVidia updated their 296 series of WHQL drivers.
Does anyone know if there is a notification mechanism on new releases?
Version 296.88 current as of writing this blog entry (direct download link)
| Version: |
296.88 WHQL |
| Release Date: |
2012.06.13 |
| Operating System: |
Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit |
| Language: |
English (U.S.) |
| File Size: |
175Â MB |
–jeroen
via:Â NVIDIA DRIVERS 296.88WHQL.
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 