Category Archives: Tools

Outlook 2010 thumbnailPhoto in Active Directory

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

While testing Outlook 2010 on Exchange 2010, I found the GAL now supports photos (out of the box… almost) Requirements (GAL Photos in Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2010): Outlook 2010 (Note: Exchange 2010 OWA doesn’t retrieve AD photos). AD forest upgraded to … Continue reading →

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Collection of freeware tools

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

Over the years I have used many of the freeware utilities found on these sites: http://www.nirsoft.net/ http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027 http://www.cjwdev.co.uk/Software.html http://ninite.com/

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FreeMind – free mind mapping software

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

FreeMind is a Java-based, cross-platform mind mapping software. “A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, … Continue reading →

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Boxee Box web remote

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

I created a simple web remote to control the Boxee Box. (Limited due to api: http://developer.boxee.tv/Remote_Control_Interface ) ML Boxee Box Web Remote: Download Note: changing the commandiframe to display:block; will show the the iframe used to send the commands. If the … Continue reading →

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Copy large files using ESEUTIL

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

While looking for a better method to copy large 100+ GB files to a removable disk, I came across this blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2007/05/08/slow-large-file-copy-issues.aspx ESEUTIL (the exchange tool) can be used to copy one large file at a time, the preformance is around … Continue reading →

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yEd free Visio replacement

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

While looking for a free MS Visio alternative, I stumbled on yED Graph Editor by yWorks. This program is Java-based and you can either download an installer or launch it from the yWorks webpage. I found that the Launch option uses yed.jnlp … Continue reading →

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Sdelete

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

Using Veeam Backup and Replication, I found that this size of the backup file can be greatly reduced if you use Sdelete to zero out the free space in the VMs being backed up (Fixed Disk). I use a script from … Continue reading →

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Expand Windows boot volume

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

During a VMware VDI project, I ran into the situation of having to increase the system boot volume from a deployed template. I found that my options were: Boot VM with a Live CD containing Gparted. Follow these steps. Connect boot … Continue reading →

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