Mar 27, 2012
Perform In-Place file edit with VBScript
Recently had the need to search and replace a configuration file on a system. This was part of an installation of an older program that required a variable to be replace with the computername. Being that the systems were Windows of several different releases (2000, 2003 and 2008) I could not use Powershell to complete the task and went with vbscript as the tool of choice. Here is what the script looks... read more
Mar 24, 2012
VLC v2.0.1 Released
The all-in-one VLC (Video Lan Media Player) has released a bugfix version of the best free cross platform player available. You can download it from here. This is my goto piece of software on Windows and Linux for playing all types of media. Many fixes available in this release. Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1: ——————————– Access: * fix... read more
Mar 22, 2012
Multiple Desktops in Windows 7
Continuing with the quest to get more of the features I like from Linux into Windows I now embark on having multiple desktops in Windows. This is a standard feature in Gnome and KDE and is very nice. There have been several for Windows in the past that are pay for, but I why pay when you can find a free version or one you can at least contribute to the author if you like it. As a Windows systems... read more
Mar 20, 2012
Install WordPress on Apache 2.4 on Windows
In following along with a previous post on installing Apache 2.4 PHP 5.4 and MySQL 5.5.21 on Windows, I will explain how to install WordPress 3.3.1. The installation is very easy to accomplish. First download the latest version of WordPress from here, which at the time of this post it is 3.3.1. Next you will need to unzip the file to c:\apache24\htdocs\ on your system. Next step is to create an empty... read more
Mar 20, 2012
Changing Windows Computer Description from a Command Prompt
By default the Windows OS installation doesn’t input a computer description. In most cases this is not an issues but, if you want to add one here’s how to do it. Typically the computer description is changed by using thew GUI in System > Advanced System Settings > Computer Description. This same task can be completed on the command prompt with the net config command. the syntax is: net... read more
