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Executing CakePHP script using Windows Scheduled Task
In Windows adding a scheduled task is just not as straight forward as adding a CRON job using Linux. (Don’t get me started on troubleshooting a Windows Schedule Task that did not run for some reason.) However, it is not so difficult once you get it figured out. Here is what I did: In this […]
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Backup Windows Domain Controller using NTBACKUP via cmd
Backing up your servers for disaster recovery these days much include your Domain Controller if you are utilizing a Windows Active Directory to manage your users. To do this is easy using a tool that comes installed on all Windows servers called NTBACKUP. Of course you can launch the GUI by entering NTBACKUP from the […]
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Windows backup bat script using xcopy
Recently I had the need to create a bat script that could be executed by the Windows Scheduled Tasks. The purpose was to copy files from one server to another as a cheap way to backup files created by MSSQL backing up the databases. Here is the .bat file contents (cleaned up to protect sensitive […]
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Goodbye Windows Vista
Well, I installed Windows Vista 1 1/2 months ago. During that time I dealt with many driver problems, software issues, and quirks. But the end has come. Today Windows Vista decided it was not Genuine, and that I needed to activate it. Of course it is Genuine, and it had already been activated, so I […]
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Upgrade to Windows XP 64 bit and new system
Well, I finally did it. I decided it was time to upgrade my P4 1.2 Ghz to a shiny new Athlon 64 Dual Core 3.2 Ghz. This was brought on because of a couple of problems. First I only had 1GB of RAM in my old system, and on certain occasions I found myself running […]