Clearing an Active Directory user field with VBScript
This week I needed to clear the 'logon script' field of all AD users (who had one set). While working on…
Speed up folders with many similar named files
This is a little known reghack: When Windows stores files in a folder on an NTFS partition, it still creates…
Windows Explorer search for text in ALL files
You are sure that the text files in a folder contain a certain string, but the Windows Explorer search doesn't…
Network share connections using logical DNS name
Situation: You have an application server, but its network name is like abcx0143.domain.intra, which is just too hard to remember…
Reghack: DosHere, but on files too!
Annoying: You want a command shell, but there is no folder in view in the Windows Explorer, just the files…
Balloon tips OFF in windows
Want to get rid of those nasty balloon tips, hovering over the task tray? Here's the registry command: reg add…
Suppress printer warning popups on Windows Server
Want to get rid of the popups that appear on your Windows Print server when print jobs are to be…
Cmd.exe: Workaround for “if not exist *.*” and other uses for the FOR command
One of the annoying things in Windows XP/2003 and later, is that the construct if not exist c:\test\*.* echo No…
CMD.exe recursion in batch: Deleting empty subdirectories
This article addresses one specific use case for recursion in batch: Recursively looping through a directory (also called a folder)…