http://www.nirsoft.net/

AlternateStreamView is a small utility that allows you to scan your NTFS drive, and find all hidden alternate streams stored in the file system. After scanning and finding the alternate streams, you can extract these streams into the specified folder, delete unwanted streams, or save the streams list into text/html/csv/xml file.

Frank Heyne Software - http://www.heysoft.de

LADS lists the name and size of every alternate data stream (ADS)it finds in the specified directory (with or without subdirectories).

http://www.tilti.com/

MetaChanger

Do you know that it is possible to add metainformation like “company” or “author” to files you are working with? Do you really want the recipient to get information about the files' creator and anyone who works with them? Do you have a lot of files needing to have summary information changed? You are not going to change them file by file, are you? MetaChanger allows the quick management of this type of information - It creates and updates files' metainformation. It allows the removal of not only summary information, but also all additional NTFS data streams. A free utility essentially facilitates the mass update of summary information from all types of documents. It is easy to choose a file or list of files and define the necessary metainformation. MetaChanger provides the possibility to create and save metainformation according to various profiles. All you have to do is to choose the profile and the metainformation's updating takes place automatically.

http://www.terryscomputertips.com/computers/speeding-up-windows-xp-fine-tuning-visual-effects/

Speeding Up Windows XP – Fine-Tuning Visual Effects By Terry Stockdale

http://www.pcwintech.com/increase-windows-performance-changing-visual-effects-xp-vista

Increase Windows Performance By Changing Visual Effects (XP, Vista & 7)

For some, including myself, don't care about how pretty things are in Windows. And a lot of times the visual effects aren't even noticeable in the first place.

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f31/solved-loose-internet-reboot-nec-ping-email-works-296843.html

local DNS caching service running?

ipconfig /all before and after browsing stops

ipconfig /flushdns

ipconfig /registerdn

http://ss64.com/nt/

Command line reference: Database and Operating Systems

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650

http://www.gaztronics.net/rsync.php

http://www.cobiansoft.com/forum/Default.aspx?g=posts&m=10714

' Creates a client-accessible shadow copy of drive C.
' original source from http://www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement/adminscripts/computermanagement/shadow/
' Adapted by Samuel29
 
Const VOLUME = "C:\"
Const CONTEXT = "ClientAccessible"
 
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set objShadowStorage = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ShadowCopy")
errResult = objShadowStorage.Create(VOLUME, CONTEXT, strShadowID)
 
 
if errResult <> 0 then
  Wscript.echo "Error, result code = " & errResult
else
  Wscript.echo "Volume created, ID = '" & strShadowID & "'"
    Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ShadowCopy where ID='"&strShadowID&"'")
 
    count = 0
    For Each objItem in colItems
        count = count + 1
        Wscript.Echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
        Wscript.Echo "Item n° "& count
        Wscript.Echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------------"
        Wscript.Echo "ID: " & objItem.ID
        Wscript.Echo "Client accessible: " & objItem.ClientAccessible
        Wscript.Echo "Count: " & objItem.Count
        Wscript.Echo "Device object: " & objItem.DeviceObject
        Wscript.Echo "Differnetial: " & objItem.Differential
        Wscript.Echo "Exposed locally: " & objItem.ExposedLocally
        Wscript.Echo "Exposed name: " & objItem.ExposedName
        Wscript.Echo "Exposed remotely: " & objItem.ExposedRemotely
        Wscript.Echo "Hardware assisted: " & objItem.HardwareAssisted
        Wscript.Echo "Imported: " & objItem.Imported
        Wscript.Echo "No auto release: " & objItem.NoAutoRelease
        Wscript.Echo "Not surfaced: " & objItem.NotSurfaced
        Wscript.Echo "No writers: " & objItem.NoWriters
        Wscript.Echo "Originating machine: " & objItem.OriginatingMachine
        Wscript.Echo "Persistent: " & objItem.Persistent
        Wscript.Echo "Plex: " & objItem.Plex
        Wscript.Echo "Provider ID: " & objItem.ProviderID
        Wscript.Echo "Service machine: " & objItem.ServiceMachine
        Wscript.Echo "Set ID: " & objItem.SetID
        Wscript.Echo "State: " & objItem.State
        Wscript.Echo "Transportable: " & objItem.Transportable
        Wscript.Echo "Volume name: " & objItem.VolumeName    ' <----- the client accessible path (\\?\{some_guid}\), how to dynamically tell cobian to use it ?
    Next
 
    if count = 0 then
      Wscript.echo "Sorry, no VSS found"
    end if
end if

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315539

http://buchatech.aiotechnology.com/

http://buchatech.aiotechnology.com/

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb795532.aspx

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistaprinting/thread/57201ba1-d2b0-430f-83f5-f424e35d92c9

• SEE: AnalyaisAndTestingBelarc HDScan
• From: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/productkeysactivation/tp/windows-product-keys.htm

http://magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/

http://www.rockxp.org/

http://www.winkeyfinder.com/remository-4.php

net use * /delete /yes

http://oreilly.com/windows/archive/server-hacks-remote-desktop.html

Fortunately, there's a workaround. Sit down at your desk and log on to your Windows XP workstation using your administrator credentials and start Registry Editor by Start –> Run –> regedit –> OK. Then select the Connect Network Registry option under the File menu

http://spugbrap.blogspot.com/2005/10/internet-explorer-explorerexe-versus.html

<html> <br>Add this registry value (and the key, too, if it's not there):<br></p> <table border=“1” cellpadding=“1” cellspacing=“2”><tbody><tr><td valign=“top”>Key:</td><td><table border=“0” cellpadding=“0” cellspacing=“1”><tbody> <tr valign=“top”><td>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\</td></tr><tr><td>Microsoft\WindowsCurrentVersion\</td></tr><tr><td>Explorer\BrowseNewProcess</td></tr></tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Value Name:</td> <td>BrowseNewProcess</td> </tr><tr> <td>Data Type:</td> <td>REG_SZ (String Value)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Value Data:</td> <td>Yes</td></tr></tbody></table><br>Phew! Adding that key did the trick, solving both my Developer Toolbar problem and my memory leak problem.</br> </html>

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265 <html> <script type=“text/javascript”>loadTOCNode(3, 'moreinformation');</script><table class=“list ol”><tbody><tr><td class=“number”>1.</td><td class=“text”>Double-click <b>My Computer</b>, and then right-click the hard disk that you want to check.</td></tr><tr><td class=“number”>2.</td><td class=“text”>Click <b>Properties</b>, and then click <b>Tools</b>.</td></tr><tr><td class=“number”>3.</td><td class=“text”>Under <b>Error-checking</b>, click <b>Check Now</b>. A dialog box that shows the <strong class=“uiterm”>Check disk options</strong>

is displayed, </td></tr><tr><td class=“number”>4.</td><td class=“text”>Use one of the following procedures: <table class=“list ul”><tbody><tr><td class=“bullet”>•</td><td class=“text”>To run Chkdsk in read-only mode, click <strong class=“uiterm”>Start</strong>. </td></tr><tr><td class=“bullet”>•</td><td class=“text”>To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, select the <strong class=“uiterm”>Automatically fix file system errors </strong> check box, and then click <strong class=“uiterm”>Start</strong>. </td></tr><tr><td class=“bullet”>•</td><td class=“text”>To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information, select the <strong class=“uiterm”>Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors</strong> check box, and then click <strong class=“uiterm”>Start</strong>. </td></tr></tbody></table><b>Note</b> If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you will receive the following message:

Click <strong class=“uiterm”>Yes</strong> to schedule the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the disk check.</td></tr></tbody></table>The following table lists the exit codes that Chkdsk reports

after it has finished:<br><table class="table" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Exit code</td><td>Description</td></tr><tr><td>0</td><td>No errors were found. </td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Errors were found and fixed. </td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Disk cleanup, such as garbage collection, was 
performed, or cleanup was not performed because <b>/f</b> was not specified. </td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Could not check the disk, errors could not be
fixed, or errors were not fixed because <b>/f</b> was not specified. </td></tr></tbody></table><br>For more information about Chkdsk, visit the following
Microsoft Web sites: 
<table class="list ul"><tbody><tr><td class="bullet">•</td><td class="text">Chkdsk: <div class="indent"><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx</a><span class="pLink"> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx)</span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="bullet">•</td><td class="text">Running Chkdsk to repair file systems:<div class="indent"><a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457122.aspx">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457122.aspx</a><span class="pLink"> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457122.aspx)</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> For more information about Chkdsk, click the following

article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: <div class=“indent”><a class=“KBlink” href=“/kb/314835/”>314835</a> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314835/) </html>

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