http://rixstep.com/
Xfile
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
MAC OS X Files/Folders Search Tools
Find Any File
EasyFind
If you like to search for data inside files, and Spotlight doesn't do it for you, have a look at EasyFind by DEVONtechnologies. It offers a few extra search options (e.g. wildcards), displays results a bit neater and has a single-window user interface which you might prefer. Since version 4.6 (released in Nov 2010) it also uses the fast disk search function that Find Any File uses (CatalogSearch), where appropriate.
If you want to search for specific text in a large set of files inside a directory, I recommend TextWrangler.
To see which files, applications and folders occupy the most space on your disk (FAF can't search for app sizes, only regular file sizes), consider DaisyDisk.
EasyFind
If you like to search for data inside files, and Spotlight doesn't do it for you, have a look at EasyFind by DEVONtechnologies. It offers a few extra search options (e.g. wildcards), displays results a bit neater and has a single-window user interface which you might prefer. Since version 4.6 (released in Nov 2010) it also uses the fast disk search function that Find Any File uses (CatalogSearch), where appropriate.
If you want to search for specific text in a large set of files inside a directory, I recommend TextWrangler.
To see which files, applications and folders occupy the most space on your disk (FAF can't search for app sizes, only regular file sizes), consider DaisyDisk.
RB App Checker Lite for Apple OS X
RB App Checker Lite
http://brockerhoff.net/RB/AppCheckerLite/
An easy way to check application signatures and receipt.
RB App Checker Lite helps users and developers to check code signatures and receipts for applications from any source. It will show certificates, requirements and entitlements, cross-check all this information for consistency, and check that the application’s resources have not been altered after signing. Check if your application is properly signed before submitting it to the App Store or publishing it elsewhere, or if the application you downloaded has been tampered with.
http://brockerhoff.net/RB/AppCheckerLite/
An easy way to check application signatures and receipt.
RB App Checker Lite helps users and developers to check code signatures and receipts for applications from any source. It will show certificates, requirements and entitlements, cross-check all this information for consistency, and check that the application’s resources have not been altered after signing. Check if your application is properly signed before submitting it to the App Store or publishing it elsewhere, or if the application you downloaded has been tampered with.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Typical gasoline prices around the world / Petrol prices around the world
Thursday, December 15, 2011
How to start gmail without the chat feature
How to start gmail without the chat feature
How to start gmail without chat...
https://mail.google.com/?chat=0
with chat...
https://mail.google.com/?chat=1
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To disable gmail chat via the url, use
https://mail.google.com?chat=off
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Can you shrink the sparse disk image of a Mac OS X guest OS in VMWare Fusion?
http://superuser.com/questions/325233/can-you-shrink-the-sparse-disk-image-of-a-mac-os-x-guest-os-in-vmware-fusion
In short: Erase free space on the guest OS’s disk from within the guest OS using Disk Utility, then shrink the guest OS’s disk from the host OS using vmware-vdiskmanager at the command line. In long: In the guest OS: Open Disk Utility. Select the guest OS’s partition. Go to the “Erase” tab. Click on the “Erase Free Space” button. Make sure “Zero Out Deleted Files” is selected, and erase the free space. Once it’s finished, close Disk Utility, and shut down the guest OS. In the host OS: Open Terminal, and type /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager -k, followed by a space, and then the path to your guest OS’s virtual disk file. Hit return. The guest OS’s virtual disk file is found within its virtual machine file. E.g. if your virtual machine file is at /Users/you/VM, the path to its virtual disk is /Users/you/VM.vmwarevm/VM.vmdk.
In short: Erase free space on the guest OS’s disk from within the guest OS using Disk Utility, then shrink the guest OS’s disk from the host OS using vmware-vdiskmanager at the command line. In long: In the guest OS: Open Disk Utility. Select the guest OS’s partition. Go to the “Erase” tab. Click on the “Erase Free Space” button. Make sure “Zero Out Deleted Files” is selected, and erase the free space. Once it’s finished, close Disk Utility, and shut down the guest OS. In the host OS: Open Terminal, and type /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager -k, followed by a space, and then the path to your guest OS’s virtual disk file. Hit return. The guest OS’s virtual disk file is found within its virtual machine file. E.g. if your virtual machine file is at /Users/you/VM, the path to its virtual disk is /Users/you/VM.vmwarevm/VM.vmdk.
Mac OS X Physical to Virtual (Mac OS X P2V)
How I can migrate physical Mac OS Server to virtual machine?
How I can migrate physical Mac OS Server to virtual machine? Article ID: 5403 Last Review: Jul, 29 2011 Views: APPLIES TO: Parallels Server 4.0 for Mac Parallels Server 3.0 for Mac Resolution To migrate physical machine running Mac OS X 10.x Server follow these steps: 1. Attach a USB external drive with size equivalent or more than your Mac Server hard drive. 2. Boot your physical Server from the Mac OS X installation CD. 3. When Install Mac OS X Server window appears go to Utilities menu and choose Disk Utility. 4. In Disk Utility choose your Mac server hard drive (not Macintosh HD). 5. Go to File -> New -> Disk Image from disk0xxx. 5. Under Save As specify the name for the image file. Under Where choose the external hard drive. 6. Then click Save and wait till the image is created. 7. Connect with Parallels Management Console to your Parallels Server for Mac where the resulting virtual machine should be stored. 8. In Parallels management Console (PMC) create a new Mac OS X Server virtual machine using the Mac OS X installation CD/DVD 9. After the new virtual machine is fully created attach the external hard drive with the image file to the Mac OS X virtual machine and copy that image file to the virtual machine hard drive. 10. Shut down the virtual machine and go to the Configuration menu (in PMC) -> Hardware .Click on + button and create the second Hard drive. 11. Start the virtual machine, open Disk Utility. Go to Restore tab. Under Source browse for the Mac OS X Image file (it is stored on the main hard drive). From the left column choose the second (newly created) Macintosh HD and drag and drop it into the Destination field. 12. Go to Images menu (on top of the mac screen) and choose Scan image for Restore. Wait till it is scanned. 13. Now click on the Restore button. wait till the image is restored to the chosen drive. 14. After restoring is complete please shut down the virtual machine. Go to Configuration menu -> Hardware and use - button to delete the first hard drive. 15. Start your virtual machine and check if physical Mac machine was deployed correctly.
How I can migrate physical Mac OS Server to virtual machine? Article ID: 5403 Last Review: Jul, 29 2011 Views: APPLIES TO: Parallels Server 4.0 for Mac Parallels Server 3.0 for Mac Resolution To migrate physical machine running Mac OS X 10.x Server follow these steps: 1. Attach a USB external drive with size equivalent or more than your Mac Server hard drive. 2. Boot your physical Server from the Mac OS X installation CD. 3. When Install Mac OS X Server window appears go to Utilities menu and choose Disk Utility. 4. In Disk Utility choose your Mac server hard drive (not Macintosh HD). 5. Go to File -> New -> Disk Image from disk0xxx. 5. Under Save As specify the name for the image file. Under Where choose the external hard drive. 6. Then click Save and wait till the image is created. 7. Connect with Parallels Management Console to your Parallels Server for Mac where the resulting virtual machine should be stored. 8. In Parallels management Console (PMC) create a new Mac OS X Server virtual machine using the Mac OS X installation CD/DVD 9. After the new virtual machine is fully created attach the external hard drive with the image file to the Mac OS X virtual machine and copy that image file to the virtual machine hard drive. 10. Shut down the virtual machine and go to the Configuration menu (in PMC) -> Hardware .Click on + button and create the second Hard drive. 11. Start the virtual machine, open Disk Utility. Go to Restore tab. Under Source browse for the Mac OS X Image file (it is stored on the main hard drive). From the left column choose the second (newly created) Macintosh HD and drag and drop it into the Destination field. 12. Go to Images menu (on top of the mac screen) and choose Scan image for Restore. Wait till it is scanned. 13. Now click on the Restore button. wait till the image is restored to the chosen drive. 14. After restoring is complete please shut down the virtual machine. Go to Configuration menu -> Hardware and use - button to delete the first hard drive. 15. Start your virtual machine and check if physical Mac machine was deployed correctly.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
How to completely remove Office for Mac 2011 / Remove Office for Mac 2011
How to completely remove Office for Mac 2011
Remove Office for Mac 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2398768
http://mac2.microsoft.com/help/office/14/en-us/admin/item/5d6c825e-5322-4328-b04f-86e106cc4b52?category=1dbf952e-1f61-47f6-85fa-196a22eaf824
Remove Office for Mac 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2398768
http://mac2.microsoft.com/help/office/14/en-us/admin/item/5d6c825e-5322-4328-b04f-86e106cc4b52?category=1dbf952e-1f61-47f6-85fa-196a22eaf824
Apple Technical White Paper: Best Practices for Deploying & Managing Mac Computers with OS X Lion
Apple Technical White Paper
Best Practices for Deploying & Managing Mac Computers with OS X Lion
Retrieving Hardware Specific Lion Builds Often when new Mac models are released there is a period between hardware release and an OS X Lion update to include support for the new hardware. If you need to create deployment images for the hardware in the meantime you can download them. Perform the following steps on the Mac for which you need the image. 1. Boot from Lion Recovery by holding down Command-R at power on. 2. Plug in an external hard disk. 3. From the Lion Recovery tools window select Reinstall OS X Lion. 4. In the installer, target your external disk. The download will begin automatically. Apple Technical White Paper Lion Deployment Best Practices 5 5. When the installer asks to restart, simply shut down the Mac. 6. Locate the folder named “Mac OS X Install Data” on your external disk. Inside that folder you’ll find an ESDInstall.dmg file that is appropriate for that Mac. After you’ve downloaded the hardware-specific disk image you can use it with System Image Utility or other popular imaging tools.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Uninstallers (removal tools) for common antivirus software
http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page=content&id=SOLN146
Uninstallers (removal tools) for common antivirus software
KB Solution ID: SOLN146|Last Revised: November 01, 2011
Running two antivirus products on the same computer can degrade performance and cause system instability. It is important that any previously installed antivirus software is uninstalled from your system before installing your ESET security product. Typical uninstallation* using the Windows removal tool (Add/Remove Programs) is often insufficient.
- Click the link associated with the antivirus software currently installed on your system and follow the prompts or instructions on the website.
- After uninstallation is complete, you will need to restart your computer. You may then proceed with installing your ESET security product.
*ESET does not take responsibility for any damages or loss of data caused by or during the uninstallation of any antivirus software.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Extend or Resize Boot Camp Partition
http://guides.macrumors.com/Extend/Resize_Boot_Camp_Partition
Paragon CampTune Paragon CampTune is a commercial product that is designed expressly for this task. http://www.paragon-software.com/home/camptune/ It consists of a downloadable ISO that needs to be burned to a disc and booted from in order to resize the partitions. During testing it was available free, but now costs US$19.95. MR user Rodus reports that it damaged their OS X partiton and a reinstall was required, so heed the warning and have a backup. [edit] GParted Live GParted Live is similar to CampTune as it is also distributed as a bootable image that needs to be copied to a CD/DVD or USB flash drive. As free and open source software, distributed under the GPL, it will always be available free. Since it has more functions than CampTune, it may be harder for folks who are not as experienced with partitioning hard drives. http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ [edit] iPartition Coriolis Systems' iPartition is a £29.95 ($44.95 US) utility that runs in Mac OS X and allows resizing of all of the relevant partition formats, including HFS+, FAT32, and NTFS. It provides a Mac-oriented user interface that may be easier to manage than some of the free utilities. As it is not capable of resizing the boot disk, it requires a bootable external disk or a boot DVD. (A tool to create a boot DVD is included.) [edit] Paragon Partition Manager From the makes of CampTune is a commercial tool that is similar in functionality to GParted Live, but has a more polished/friendly user interface than GParted Live. Previously only the US$79.95 Professional version supported all the features required for this, but as of version 11 the US$39.95 Personal version has also been reported to work. http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-personal/ [edit] Winclone/Disk Utility Winclone is a free tool for creating and restoring backup images of your Windows partition. One of its key features is that it can restore to a larger partition than the one the image was created from. NOTE: Winclone has been discontinued, but for now remains available and capable of completing these tasks (including creating and restoring Windows 7 images). Winclone updated to support Lion Winclone updates and download Disk Utility can resize HFS+ (Mac OS) partitions, but is currently incapable of resizing NTFS partitions, so you could use it to reduce the size of the HFS+ partition and create a new larger placeholder MS-DOS (FAT) partition The full process would be: Backup Windows partition with Winclone. (if the new Windows partition is smaller than the old one make sure you set the preferences in Winclone to save the image as an uncompressed dmg) Resize Mac OS (HFS+) partition Delete old Windows partition Create new Windows partition as MS-DOS (FAT) in free space after Mac OS partition. (If the new Windows partition is smaller than the old one an additional step is required: shrink the filesystem on the image by selecting Tools->Shrink Windows (NTFS) Filesystem) Restore Winclone partition over new Windows partition An alternate Winclone based process is described in the External Guides section [edit] Native OS utilities MR user Kazyua reports that you can use the disk management utilities provided with the current operating systems if you want to do it manually. Windows 7 and OS X both have partition resizing functions built in. In OS X, open Disk Utility and manually shrink the mac HFS+ partition by dragging the lower right corner. Then in windows go to the start menu and type "disk management" into the search box then hit enter. You should get an overview of the drives you have and the individual partitions. Right-clicking on the partition gives an "Extend Volume" option. The Windows NTFS volume should then be extended into the free space you created with Disk Utility. This method has not worked for other users, so try at your own risk. [edit] Resizing under VMWare Fusion If you are looking to allocate more space to Windows under VMWare please refer to the following thread http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=828182 [edit] External Guides http://dustyreagan.com/how-to-increase-or-decrease-your-boot-camp-partition/
Paragon CampTune Paragon CampTune is a commercial product that is designed expressly for this task. http://www.paragon-software.com/home/camptune/ It consists of a downloadable ISO that needs to be burned to a disc and booted from in order to resize the partitions. During testing it was available free, but now costs US$19.95. MR user Rodus reports that it damaged their OS X partiton and a reinstall was required, so heed the warning and have a backup. [edit] GParted Live GParted Live is similar to CampTune as it is also distributed as a bootable image that needs to be copied to a CD/DVD or USB flash drive. As free and open source software, distributed under the GPL, it will always be available free. Since it has more functions than CampTune, it may be harder for folks who are not as experienced with partitioning hard drives. http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ [edit] iPartition Coriolis Systems' iPartition is a £29.95 ($44.95 US) utility that runs in Mac OS X and allows resizing of all of the relevant partition formats, including HFS+, FAT32, and NTFS. It provides a Mac-oriented user interface that may be easier to manage than some of the free utilities. As it is not capable of resizing the boot disk, it requires a bootable external disk or a boot DVD. (A tool to create a boot DVD is included.) [edit] Paragon Partition Manager From the makes of CampTune is a commercial tool that is similar in functionality to GParted Live, but has a more polished/friendly user interface than GParted Live. Previously only the US$79.95 Professional version supported all the features required for this, but as of version 11 the US$39.95 Personal version has also been reported to work. http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-personal/ [edit] Winclone/Disk Utility Winclone is a free tool for creating and restoring backup images of your Windows partition. One of its key features is that it can restore to a larger partition than the one the image was created from. NOTE: Winclone has been discontinued, but for now remains available and capable of completing these tasks (including creating and restoring Windows 7 images). Winclone updated to support Lion Winclone updates and download Disk Utility can resize HFS+ (Mac OS) partitions, but is currently incapable of resizing NTFS partitions, so you could use it to reduce the size of the HFS+ partition and create a new larger placeholder MS-DOS (FAT) partition The full process would be: Backup Windows partition with Winclone. (if the new Windows partition is smaller than the old one make sure you set the preferences in Winclone to save the image as an uncompressed dmg) Resize Mac OS (HFS+) partition Delete old Windows partition Create new Windows partition as MS-DOS (FAT) in free space after Mac OS partition. (If the new Windows partition is smaller than the old one an additional step is required: shrink the filesystem on the image by selecting Tools->Shrink Windows (NTFS) Filesystem) Restore Winclone partition over new Windows partition An alternate Winclone based process is described in the External Guides section [edit] Native OS utilities MR user Kazyua reports that you can use the disk management utilities provided with the current operating systems if you want to do it manually. Windows 7 and OS X both have partition resizing functions built in. In OS X, open Disk Utility and manually shrink the mac HFS+ partition by dragging the lower right corner. Then in windows go to the start menu and type "disk management" into the search box then hit enter. You should get an overview of the drives you have and the individual partitions. Right-clicking on the partition gives an "Extend Volume" option. The Windows NTFS volume should then be extended into the free space you created with Disk Utility. This method has not worked for other users, so try at your own risk. [edit] Resizing under VMWare Fusion If you are looking to allocate more space to Windows under VMWare please refer to the following thread http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=828182 [edit] External Guides http://dustyreagan.com/how-to-increase-or-decrease-your-boot-camp-partition/
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows NTFS partitions
Sunday, October 2, 2011
SamsungDive
http://www.samsungdive.com/
Since a smart mobile contains a lot of data including personal information, your personal information may be compromised if you lose it. The SamsungDive service enables you to minimize the possibility of your personal information becoming public using the remote locking and remote wipe-out functions when you lose your mobile. In addition, you can find the location of your lost mobile using the Find My Mobile function. You can use the SamsungDive service as follows.
http://v2.samsungdive.com/help/guideRemoteControls.do
Since a smart mobile contains a lot of data including personal information, your personal information may be compromised if you lose it. The SamsungDive service enables you to minimize the possibility of your personal information becoming public using the remote locking and remote wipe-out functions when you lose your mobile. In addition, you can find the location of your lost mobile using the Find My Mobile function. You can use the SamsungDive service as follows.
http://v2.samsungdive.com/help/guideRemoteControls.do
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Mac OS X Antivirus
Symantec Norton Internet Security 5 for Mac
ESET Cybersecurity for Mac
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011 for Mac
Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition
F-Secure Anti Virus for Mac
Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac
Intego
Avast!
McAfee VirusScan for Mac
Panda Antivirus for Mac
Avira Free Mac Security
Dr.Web Anti-virus for Mac OS X
(Symantec) PC Tools iAntiVirus
ESET Cybersecurity for Mac
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011 for Mac
Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition
F-Secure Anti Virus for Mac
Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac
Intego
Avast!
McAfee VirusScan for Mac
Panda Antivirus for Mac
Avira Free Mac Security
Dr.Web Anti-virus for Mac OS X
(Symantec) PC Tools iAntiVirus
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7; marketed as OS X Lion)
Installing Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) as a virtual machine in Fusion 4
(http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2005334)
Lion Recovery Disk Assistant
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4848
http://www.macworld.com/article/161087/2011/07/install_lion_over_leopard.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/161069/2011/07/make_a_bootable_lion_installer.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/161203/2011/07/should_you_clean_install_lion.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/161064/2011/07/installing_lion_complete_guide.html
BaseSystem.dmg
"Install Mac OS X Lion.app"
InstallESD.dmg
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/08/make-a-bootable-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-installer-from-a-usb-flash-drive/
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/02/re-download-mac-os-x-lion-from-app-store/
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1829265#1829265
How to create Lion Virtual Machine using Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac
"it's much easier to simply drag the App Store downloaded "Install Mac OS X Lion.app" or InstallESD.dmg to the New Virtual Machine Wizard -- if you have either of those, it is entirely unnecessary to use a USB drive. (And, incidentally, I still seem to be able to re-download Lion from the App Store only by holding Option while clicking on the "Purchases" button at the top of the App Store window, from either 10.7.0 or 10.7.1. YMMV.)"
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2009990
Upgrading to Mac OS X Lion in a Virtual Machine To upgrade an existing virtual machine to Mac OS X 10.7: Obtain the Mac OS X 10.7 application from the Mac App Store, or the Mac OS X 10.7 USB media from a retail outlet. Ensure that at least 2GB of RAM is allocated to the virtual machine. Connect the Lion media to the virtual machine: If you are using the USB media, connect the USB DVD drive to the virtual machine. If you are using the Mac App Store, connect the DVD drive to the InstallESD.dmg found in Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/Shared Support. Open the DVD within the virtual machine and launch Install Mac OS X Lion. Allow the Lion upgrade to proceed. When the virtual machine restarts to continue installation, wait for the Apple logo to appear before you shut down the virtual machine (by going to Virtual Machine > Shut Down > Force Shut Down). Go to Settings > General and change the virtual machine type to Mac OS X 10.7: The virtual machine can now be started and the Lion installation completes. Once the installation is complete, reinstall VMware Tools.
(http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2005334)
Lion Recovery Disk Assistant
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4848
http://www.macworld.com/article/161087/2011/07/install_lion_over_leopard.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/161069/2011/07/make_a_bootable_lion_installer.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/161203/2011/07/should_you_clean_install_lion.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/161064/2011/07/installing_lion_complete_guide.html
BaseSystem.dmg
"Install Mac OS X Lion.app"
InstallESD.dmg
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/08/make-a-bootable-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-installer-from-a-usb-flash-drive/
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/02/re-download-mac-os-x-lion-from-app-store/
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1829265#1829265
How to create Lion Virtual Machine using Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac
"it's much easier to simply drag the App Store downloaded "Install Mac OS X Lion.app" or InstallESD.dmg to the New Virtual Machine Wizard -- if you have either of those, it is entirely unnecessary to use a USB drive. (And, incidentally, I still seem to be able to re-download Lion from the App Store only by holding Option while clicking on the "Purchases" button at the top of the App Store window, from either 10.7.0 or 10.7.1. YMMV.)"
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2009990
Upgrading to Mac OS X Lion in a Virtual Machine To upgrade an existing virtual machine to Mac OS X 10.7: Obtain the Mac OS X 10.7 application from the Mac App Store, or the Mac OS X 10.7 USB media from a retail outlet. Ensure that at least 2GB of RAM is allocated to the virtual machine. Connect the Lion media to the virtual machine: If you are using the USB media, connect the USB DVD drive to the virtual machine. If you are using the Mac App Store, connect the DVD drive to the InstallESD.dmg found in Install Mac OS X Lion.app/Contents/Shared Support. Open the DVD within the virtual machine and launch Install Mac OS X Lion. Allow the Lion upgrade to proceed. When the virtual machine restarts to continue installation, wait for the Apple logo to appear before you shut down the virtual machine (by going to Virtual Machine > Shut Down > Force Shut Down). Go to Settings > General and change the virtual machine type to Mac OS X 10.7: The virtual machine can now be started and the Lion installation completes. Once the installation is complete, reinstall VMware Tools.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Tor (anonymity network) - www.torproject.org
https://www.torproject.org/
Tor (short for The Onion Router) is a system intended to enable online anonymity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_anonymity#Anonymity_on_the_Internet
https://www.torproject.org/
Tails: Live CD/USB distribution preconfigured to use Tor safely. (http://tails.boum.org/)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amnesic_Incognito_Live_System
The Amnesic Incognito Live System or Tails is a Linux distribution aimed at preserving privacy and anonymity. It is the next iteration of development on the Incognito Linux distribution. It is based on Debian, with all outgoing connections forced to go through Tor. The system is designed to be booted as a live cd or usb and no trace is left on local storage unless explicitly told to.
Tor (short for The Onion Router) is a system intended to enable online anonymity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_anonymity#Anonymity_on_the_Internet
https://www.torproject.org/
Tails: Live CD/USB distribution preconfigured to use Tor safely. (http://tails.boum.org/)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amnesic_Incognito_Live_System
The Amnesic Incognito Live System or Tails is a Linux distribution aimed at preserving privacy and anonymity. It is the next iteration of development on the Incognito Linux distribution. It is based on Debian, with all outgoing connections forced to go through Tor. The system is designed to be booted as a live cd or usb and no trace is left on local storage unless explicitly told to.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Independent testing on all the major virus scanners / antivirus software tests / AMTSO
Two sets of guidelines covering principles for testing security software for performance and testing entire security suites were adopted by the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO).
http://www.amtso.org/
AV-Test.org and Virus Bulletin
Virus Bulletin, AV-Comparatives, West Coast Labs and ICSA Labs, AV-Test.org
http://www.amtso.org/members.html
http://www.amtso.org/
AV-Test.org and Virus Bulletin
Virus Bulletin, AV-Comparatives, West Coast Labs and ICSA Labs, AV-Test.org
http://www.amtso.org/members.html
Deploy a Certificate by Using the Command Prompt
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732061(WS.10).aspx
If the certificate is self-signed, and cannot be traced back to a certificate that is in your Trusted Root Certification Authorities, then you must place a copy of your certificate in that store as well.
certmgr.exe -add MyCert.cer -s -r localMachine root
If the certificate is self-signed, and cannot be traced back to a certificate that is in your Trusted Root Certification Authorities, then you must place a copy of your certificate in that store as well.
certmgr.exe -add MyCert.cer -s -r localMachine root
Friday, May 20, 2011
Symantec System Recovery Server Edition (formerly Backup Exec System Recovery - BESR) / Symantec Recovery Disk (SRD)
Symantec Recovery Disk (SRD)
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH62273
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/resources/sites/BUSINESS/content/live/TECHNICAL_SOLUTION/62000/TECH62273/en_US/307033.pdf
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH62273
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/resources/sites/BUSINESS/content/live/TECHNICAL_SOLUTION/62000/TECH62273/en_US/307033.pdf
The Symantec Recovery Environment can be copied to a USB thumb, USB flash or other type of USB media and booted directly from the media rather than booting from a CD. This document uses the Kingston DataTraveller DT400/8GB USB flash drive as an example.
Monday, May 16, 2011
takeown icacls
takeown /f C:\access_denied
icacls C:\access_denied /grant username:F
takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\*.*
cacls C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\*.* /G Username:F
icacls C:\access_denied /grant username:F
takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\*.*
cacls C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\*.* /G Username:F
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Remote agent for Backup Exec System Recovery cannot be push installed
Remote agent for Backup Exec System Recovery cannot be push installed
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH64772
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Ubuntu Linux Terminal command to Log Out
gnome-session-save --kill --gui
gnome-session-save --kill --silent
gnome-session-save --kill
gnome-session-save --kill --silent
gnome-session-save --kill
Set a password during a Ubuntu LiveCD session
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
Setting a Password
You can set a password during a LiveCD session by opening a terminal, and typing in:
$ sudo passwd ubuntu
http://nerdnotes.org/2006/05/can-i-ssh-into-ubuntu-live-cd/
Can I ’ssh into ubuntu live cd’ ?
Answer: Yes you can! But you first need to install the ssh daemon:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install openssh-server
The server is started automatically after installing. To login remotely, you’ll need to set the password for ubuntu:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo passwd ubuntu
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
…or create another user on the system:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo adduser brammeleman
Adding user `brammeleman‘…
Adding new group `brammeleman’ (1000).
Adding new user `brammeleman‘ (1000) with group `brammeleman’.
Creating home directory `/home/brammeleman‘.
Copying files from `/etc/skel’
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for brammeleman
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []: Brammeleman
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct? [y/N] y
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
From another box, you can now login to the system running the live cd. Use the ubuntu username with the password you set or use the newly created account.
Setting a Password
You can set a password during a LiveCD session by opening a terminal, and typing in:
$ sudo passwd ubuntu
http://nerdnotes.org/2006/05/can-i-ssh-into-ubuntu-live-cd/
Can I ’ssh into ubuntu live cd’ ?
Answer: Yes you can! But you first need to install the ssh daemon:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install openssh-server
The server is started automatically after installing. To login remotely, you’ll need to set the password for ubuntu:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo passwd ubuntu
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
…or create another user on the system:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo adduser brammeleman
Adding user `brammeleman‘…
Adding new group `brammeleman’ (1000).
Adding new user `brammeleman‘ (1000) with group `brammeleman’.
Creating home directory `/home/brammeleman‘.
Copying files from `/etc/skel’
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for brammeleman
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []: Brammeleman
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct? [y/N] y
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
From another box, you can now login to the system running the live cd. Use the ubuntu username with the password you set or use the newly created account.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Delprof2 – User Profile Deletion Tool
http://helgeklein.com/free-tools/delprof2-user-profile-deletion-tool/
Delprof2 is the inofficial successor to Microsoft’s Delprof which does not work with operating systems newer than Windows XP.
Delprof2 is the inofficial successor to Microsoft’s Delprof which does not work with operating systems newer than Windows XP.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Irreligion by country
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_by_country
Irreligion (encompassing agnosticism, atheism, nontheism, ignosticism, antireligion, skepticism, freethought, antitheism, apatheism, non-believer, secular humanism, marxism, or deism) varies in the different countries around the world.
1.1 billion people (16% of the world population) are considered non-religious.
Irreligion (encompassing agnosticism, atheism, nontheism, ignosticism, antireligion, skepticism, freethought, antitheism, apatheism, non-believer, secular humanism, marxism, or deism) varies in the different countries around the world.
1.1 billion people (16% of the world population) are considered non-religious.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817878
Attachments remain in the Outlook Secure Temporary File folder when you exit Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007, or Outlook 2003
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Guida all'acquisto di un'auto nuova
Guida all'acquisto di un'auto nuova
http://www.corrieredeimotori.it/guide-e-consigli/acquistare-un-auto-nuova.asp
http://www.webcitation.org/5xKBzsjvF
L'ACQUISTO DI UNA NUOVA AUTO
http://www.trendmotori.com/consigli-per-acquistare-auto-nuove.htm
http://www.webcitation.org/5xKD5Ao1w
COME ACQUISTARE UN'AUTO NUOVA
http://www.libertadiscelta.com/come-acquistare-un-auto-nuova.html
http://www.webcitation.org/5xKLaFxWX
Le Pratiche di acquisto Auto Nuova
http://www.praticheautomobilistiche.it/pratiche-acquisto-auto.cfm
http://www.webcitation.org/5xKM5Qgh9
http://www.corrieredeimotori.it/guide-e-consigli/acquistare-un-auto-nuova.asp
http://www.webcitation.org/5xKBzsjvF
L'ACQUISTO DI UNA NUOVA AUTO
http://www.trendmotori.com/consigli-per-acquistare-auto-nuove.htm
http://www.webcitation.org/5xKD5Ao1w
COME ACQUISTARE UN'AUTO NUOVA
http://www.libertadiscelta.com/come-acquistare-un-auto-nuova.html
http://www.webcitation.org/5xKLaFxWX
Le Pratiche di acquisto Auto Nuova
http://www.praticheautomobilistiche.it/pratiche-acquisto-auto.cfm
http://www.webcitation.org/5xKM5Qgh9
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Well, it's one line in PowerShell, assuming you have all 50 computers in comp.txt in current folder, one workstation per line:
Invoke-WmiMethod -ComputerName (Get-Content comp.txt) -Class Win32_Process -Name Create -ArgumentList 'netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled'
You may have to elevate powershell first. If your account is not admin on remote side you will probably need -Credential there as well.
I've just tested it and it worked as expected. :)
Invoke-WmiMethod -ComputerName (Get-Content comp.txt) -Class Win32_Process -Name Create -ArgumentList 'netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled'
You may have to elevate powershell first. If your account is not admin on remote side you will probably need -Credential there as well.
I've just tested it and it worked as expected. :)
To allow the regular domain users to install the printers in Windows 7 without having admin privileges on a 2k3 domain you will need to add a couple of keys in the registry on the users workstations.
Import this in the registry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\PointAndPrint]
"Restricted"=dword:00000001
"TrustedServers"=dword:00000001
"ServerList"="FullyQualifiedPrintServerName1;FullyQualifiedPrintServerName2"
"InForest"=dword:00000000
"NoWarningNoElevationOnInstall"=dword:00000001
"UpdatePromptSettings"=dword:00000002
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\PointAndPrint]
"Restricted"=dword:00000001
"TrustedServers"=dword:00000001
"ServerList"="FullyQualifiedPrintServerName1;FullyQualifiedPrintServerName2"
"InForest"=dword:00000000
"NoWarningNoElevationOnInstall"=dword:00000001
"UpdatePromptSettings"=dword:00000002
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Office 2010 ospp.vbs ospprearm.exe
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Title of post to be decided
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624057(WS.10).aspx
Rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry
Automates many printer configuration tasks. Printui.dll is the executable file that contains the functions used by the printer configuration dialog boxes. These functions can also be called from within a script or a command-line batch file, or they can be run interactively from the command prompt.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179062.aspx
Customize Outlook profiles by using an Outlook Profile (PRF) file
http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internet/jsi-tip-5130-how-can-i-manage-internet-explorer-security-zones-via-the-registry-.aspx
How can I manage Internet Explorer Security Zones via the registry?
Rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry
Automates many printer configuration tasks. Printui.dll is the executable file that contains the functions used by the printer configuration dialog boxes. These functions can also be called from within a script or a command-line batch file, or they can be run interactively from the command prompt.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179062.aspx
Customize Outlook profiles by using an Outlook Profile (PRF) file
http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/internet/jsi-tip-5130-how-can-i-manage-internet-explorer-security-zones-via-the-registry-.aspx
How can I manage Internet Explorer Security Zones via the registry?
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Information about the User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0 update
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2023591
Upgrade and Migration / User State Migration Tool 4.0 User's Guide
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee461274(WS.10).aspx)
Step-by-Step: Basic Windows Migration using USMT for IT Professionals
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd883247(WS.10).aspx)
This article describes the User State Migration Tool (USMT) software update. The update includes fixes and support for migration scenarios for when the source or destination computer have Microsoft Office 2010 installed. You can download the USMT 4.0 update from the Microsoft Windows Download Center.
This update is required if the source or destination computers in a USMT migration have Microsoft Office 2010 installed.
About USMT
USMT is included in the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK). Administrators can use USMT to migrate user data and user settings. The tool supports several operating systems, application settings, and user data migration scenarios that include the following scenarios:
Migrating operating system settings, application data, or user data from a Windows installation that is running on an older computer to a Windows installation that is running on a newer computer.
Migrating operating system settings, application data, or user data from an older Windows installation to a newer Windows installation that are running on the same computer in a "refresh" scenario.
USMT migrates user data, operating system settings, and application settings for applications such as Microsoft Office.
Upgrade and Migration / User State Migration Tool 4.0 User's Guide
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee461274(WS.10).aspx)
Step-by-Step: Basic Windows Migration using USMT for IT Professionals
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd883247(WS.10).aspx)
This article describes the User State Migration Tool (USMT) software update. The update includes fixes and support for migration scenarios for when the source or destination computer have Microsoft Office 2010 installed. You can download the USMT 4.0 update from the Microsoft Windows Download Center.
This update is required if the source or destination computers in a USMT migration have Microsoft Office 2010 installed.
About USMT
USMT is included in the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK). Administrators can use USMT to migrate user data and user settings. The tool supports several operating systems, application settings, and user data migration scenarios that include the following scenarios:
Migrating operating system settings, application data, or user data from a Windows installation that is running on an older computer to a Windows installation that is running on a newer computer.
Migrating operating system settings, application data, or user data from an older Windows installation to a newer Windows installation that are running on the same computer in a "refresh" scenario.
USMT migrates user data, operating system settings, and application settings for applications such as Microsoft Office.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Creating a default windows 7 profile before imaging - outlook 2010
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/594eebea-a37a-4fd6-89ae-9eea83b7f24f
Regarding the white background, I would suggest that you create your own theme with required settings and then save the settings as a file and apply this within the sysprep xml file. This should be set in the specialize, microsoft-windows-shell-setup section.
(The below is the process I use for Outlook 2007 and haven't yet tried it with 2010, but I assume it's the same)
For Outlook, it sounds as though you might have run Outlook on the master workstation before creating your master image.
For installing and configuring Outlook I would firstly create an Outlook PRF file that configures Outlook as you require, including defining which server to use etc.
You then need to set a couple of settings within the registry of the user that will become Default User (Administrator code probably) to define which PRF file to use, and that the Outlook profile has not been configured and so needs configuring.
To do this, import the following REG file, obviously with the PRF file in c:\prf for this example. A network share would be a better option though really.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Setup]
"First-Run"=-
"ImportPRF"="C:\\PRF\\Outlook.PRF"
Regarding the white background, I would suggest that you create your own theme with required settings and then save the settings as a file and apply this within the sysprep xml file. This should be set in the specialize, microsoft-windows-shell-setup section.
(The below is the process I use for Outlook 2007 and haven't yet tried it with 2010, but I assume it's the same)
For Outlook, it sounds as though you might have run Outlook on the master workstation before creating your master image.
For installing and configuring Outlook I would firstly create an Outlook PRF file that configures Outlook as you require, including defining which server to use etc.
You then need to set a couple of settings within the registry of the user that will become Default User (Administrator code probably) to define which PRF file to use, and that the Outlook profile has not been configured and so needs configuring.
To do this, import the following REG file, obviously with the PRF file in c:\prf for this example. A network share would be a better option though really.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Setup]
"First-Run"=-
"ImportPRF"="C:\\PRF\\Outlook.PRF"
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Dell Client Manager / Dell Management Console
Dell and Altiris (Symantec)
How to Easily Evaluate Intel vPro Technology Features on Dell Optiplex Systems
How to Easily Evaluate Intel vPro Technology Features on Dell Optiplex Systems
Dell Management Console, powered by Symantec
Because Dell and Symantec have released a new version of Dell Client Manager that can
coexist with the Dell Management Console, no migration utility is provided. Dell Client
Manager functionality is expected to be incorporated into future releases of the Dell
Management Console, at which time a migration tool is expected to be provided
Dell Client Manager
Dell Management Console
Are you talking about the Dell Management Console (DMC) , or the Dell Client Manager (DCM) ? ... DMC is more server centric, and DCM being more client (Optiplex) centric.
DMC will manage all "non-workstation" h/w. To manage workstations and notebooks, you also need to install Dell Client Manager. DCM is also on the DMC install media. That will manage Optiplex, Precision and Latitude. Once you install, follow the quickstart steps on the DCM portal page. You will need to push the Altiris agent and OMCI.
http://www.dmcswat.com/
Dell Management Console, powered by Symantec
DMC for Clients = Dell Client Manager
Because Dell and Symantec have released a new version of Dell Client Manager that can
coexist with the Dell Management Console, no migration utility is provided. Dell Client
Manager functionality is expected to be incorporated into future releases of the Dell
Management Console, at which time a migration tool is expected to be provided
Dell Client Manager
Dell Management Console
Are you talking about the Dell Management Console (DMC) , or the Dell Client Manager (DCM) ? ... DMC is more server centric, and DCM being more client (Optiplex) centric.
DMC will manage all "non-workstation" h/w. To manage workstations and notebooks, you also need to install Dell Client Manager. DCM is also on the DMC install media. That will manage Optiplex, Precision and Latitude. Once you install, follow the quickstart steps on the DCM portal page. You will need to push the Altiris agent and OMCI.
http://www.dmcswat.com/
Dell Management Console, powered by Symantec
DMC for Clients = Dell Client Manager
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Vista's MBR Disk Signature
http://www.multibooters.co.uk/mbr.html
The Disk Signature and Drive Letters
The Disk Signature and Drive Letters
Windows NT operating systems will remember the drive letters that have previously been assigned to partitions and drives. This differs from Win9x where drive letters are assigned on every bootup in a default order as the partitions and drives are discovered, which means changes to partitions or the adding of drives can cause letters to change. With NT the current hard drive partition drive letters can be maintained by linking them to a partition by using a unique number that is assigned to each partition and stored in the Windows registry. This unique partition number is generated from the disk signature of the hard drive and the partition offset. On Windows bootup the partition number is compared with the disk signature and if they match then the partition will be assigned the same drive letter that had previously been allocated to it.
If a disk signature is changed then Windows unique partition numbers become invalid. They no longer match the MBR disk signature and therefore drive letter assignments are lost. On first reboot after a signature change each partition on the affected drive will have its unique number recreated to match the new disk signature, then be reassigned a drive letter. These reassigned letters may not match the originals and so your drive letters may change. (You will also be informed that your new device/s have been installed and a reboot is required).
When you are using the Windows built-in bootmanager to dual or multiboot it is vital to maintain drive letters because Windows might not see itself as the default C: drive. If you have a Windows install that considers itself to be say the E: drive and a disk signature change causes this assignment to be lost, then during early bootup Windows will reassign drive letters in the default order, which will be the System partition as C: and the Boot partition as D:, which means later in the boot process the registry paths such as E:/Windows and E:/Documents and Settings, will be invalid. Windows 2K and XP cannot recover from such a drive letter change, but Vista seems to be a bit more adaptable and will struggle to the desktop, from where it is possible to edit the registry to restore the required drive letters, (see Drive Letter Problems). Be aware that with Vista it is possible when using the Microsoft bootmanager to have the Vista install see itself as the C: drive even when it is in fact a Boot partition to a different System partition. In this situation a drive letter re-ordering event caused by a signature change will assign the default D: letter to the Boot partition, causing the aforementioned problems.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Registry Replacer - This is a simple program used to do a quick Search or a Search and Replace of Strings in your Registry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry
Registry Replacer
http://bladesdev.com/regreplace.htm
This is a simple program used to do a quick Search or a Search and Replace of Strings in your Registry.
Others:
RegEditX 3.0 - Tweaks for the Windows Registry Editor (REGEDIT)
http://www.dcsoft.com/products/regeditx/
Funduc Registry Toolkit
http://www.funduc.com/registry_toolkit.htm
Registry Replacer
http://bladesdev.com/regreplace.htm
This is a simple program used to do a quick Search or a Search and Replace of Strings in your Registry.
Others:
RegEditX 3.0 - Tweaks for the Windows Registry Editor (REGEDIT)
http://www.dcsoft.com/products/regeditx/
Funduc Registry Toolkit
http://www.funduc.com/registry_toolkit.htm
Friday, January 7, 2011
ImgBurn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImgBurn
http://www.imgburn.com/
ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!
It has several 'Modes', each one for performing a different task:
Read - Read a disc to an image file
Build - Create an image file from files on your computer or network - or you can write the files directly to a disc
Write - Write an image file to a disc
Verify - Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
Discovery - Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing
ImgBurn is a freeware program that allows the recording of many types of CD/DVD images to recordable media (.cue files are supported as of version 2.4.0.0).[3] Starting with version 2.0.0.0, ImgBurn can also burn files and data directly to CD/DVD.
ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, CCD, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI.
http://www.imgburn.com/
ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!
It has several 'Modes', each one for performing a different task:
Read - Read a disc to an image file
Build - Create an image file from files on your computer or network - or you can write the files directly to a disc
Write - Write an image file to a disc
Verify - Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
Discovery - Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing
ImgBurn is a freeware program that allows the recording of many types of CD/DVD images to recordable media (.cue files are supported as of version 2.4.0.0).[3] Starting with version 2.0.0.0, ImgBurn can also burn files and data directly to CD/DVD.
ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, CCD, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
ISO images via Virtual Drives
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/aa948864.aspx
Writing ISO images to CD-Rs and DVD-Rs
The Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit includes the DVDBURN.EXE command line tool. Though it has not been tested by Microsoft, many customers also report success using ISO Recorder.
Testing CD-Rs and DVD-Rs
After a CD/DVD-R has been written, you can use the CRC tool to verify that the process was successful.
Accessing ISO images via Virtual Drives
Certain tools exist which create a virtual disc drive on your PC and mount an ISO image on that drive. These tools typically assign a new drive letter to this drive, and the contents of the image can be accessed by opening “My Computer” and double clicking on the new drive.
Though they have not been tested nor are supported by the Subscriptions team, customers report that Daemon Tools offers such capability as well as Microsoft Virtual CD Control Tool.
Other products like IsoBuster and WinRar can access the contents of ISO images directly and verify ISO files, but also have not been tested nor are supported by the Subscriptions team.
Using ISO Image Files
Many products are posted as ISO-9660 image files. An ISO-9660 image file is an exact representation of a CD or DVD, including the content and the logical format. The most common use of an image file is to write it to a blank CD-R or DVD-R, resulting in an identical copy of the original disc including file name and volume label information. ISO image files may also be opened and their contents copied to a local folder, much like ZIP files. ISO files may also be virtually mounted and accessed as a device. These three methods of using ISO images are described below. Note: you may have to rename the file extension from .IMG or .UDF to .ISO, depending on your software.Writing ISO files to CD-R or DVD-R
Most CD-R/DVD-R writing software includes a feature to create a disc from an image file. Note: you must use the special "copy image to CD" or "burn image" functionality. See your software’s Help for detailed information.Writing ISO images to CD-Rs and DVD-Rs
The Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit includes the DVDBURN.EXE command line tool. Though it has not been tested by Microsoft, many customers also report success using ISO Recorder.
Testing CD-Rs and DVD-Rs
After a CD/DVD-R has been written, you can use the CRC tool to verify that the process was successful.
- The CRC305.exe tool can be downloaded from MSDN Subscriber Downloads in the Tools and Resources folder.
- From a command prompt, run CRC305 filename (where filename is the image file name.)
- Run CRC305 x: (where x is the drive letter of the drive containing the CD/DVD-R). The CRC values should match.
Accessing ISO images via Virtual Drives
Certain tools exist which create a virtual disc drive on your PC and mount an ISO image on that drive. These tools typically assign a new drive letter to this drive, and the contents of the image can be accessed by opening “My Computer” and double clicking on the new drive.
Though they have not been tested nor are supported by the Subscriptions team, customers report that Daemon Tools offers such capability as well as Microsoft Virtual CD Control Tool.
Other products like IsoBuster and WinRar can access the contents of ISO images directly and verify ISO files, but also have not been tested nor are supported by the Subscriptions team.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Flashgot JDownloader Orbit IDM Real-Debrid download manager
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=Flashgot+JDownloader+Orbit+IDM+%22Real-Debrid%22+OR+%22download+manager%22&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
Flashgot JDownloader Orbit IDM Real-Debrid
download manager
http://www.jdownloader.org/
JDownloader Alternative:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&tbo=1&prmdo=1&q=%2Bjdownloader+AND+%2BMipony+AND+%2BFreerapid&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
+jdownloader AND +Mipony AND +Freerapid
Mipony (http://www.mipony.net/)
FreeRapid (http://wordrider.net/freerapid/)
Flashgot JDownloader Orbit IDM Real-Debrid
download manager
http://www.jdownloader.org/
JDownloader Alternative:
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&tbo=1&prmdo=1&q=%2Bjdownloader+AND+%2BMipony+AND+%2BFreerapid&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
+jdownloader AND +Mipony AND +Freerapid
Mipony (http://www.mipony.net/)
FreeRapid (http://wordrider.net/freerapid/)
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Uninstallers
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=%2B%22Total+Uninstall%22+AND+%2B%22Revo+Uninstaller%22+AND+%2B%22ZSoft+Uninstaller%22+AND+%2B%22Your+Uninstaller%22+AND+%2B%22Ashampoo+UnInstaller%22+AND+%2B%22IObit+Uninstaller%22&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
1) Total Uninstall
2) Revo Uninstaller
3) ZSoft Uninstaller
4) Your Uninstaller
5) Ashampoo UnInstaller
6) IObit Uninstaller
1) Total Uninstall
2) Revo Uninstaller
3) ZSoft Uninstaller
4) Your Uninstaller
5) Ashampoo UnInstaller
6) IObit Uninstaller
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Sysprep - Description of the Windows XP Corporate Deployment tools and documentation
Sysprep
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321880
The Windows XP Corporate Deployment tools contain the following tools and documentation:
Deploy.chm: This is the "Microsoft Windows Corporate Deployment Tools User's Guide" documentation.
Ref.chm: This is the "Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Reference" documentation.
Factory.exe, Setupcl.exe, and Sysprep.exe: These are the Sysprep components. Sysprep is a tool that prepares the hard disk on a source computer for duplication on other computers with the same hard disks.
Oformat.com: This is a command-line tool to create a volume that uses the FAT32 file system. The tool creates a FAT32 volume with clusters that are aligned in an optimal way for later conversion to the NTFS file system.
Cvtarea.exe: This is a command-line tool to create files and to analyze the placement of those files on a volume that uses the FAT32 or FAT file system. You can use this tool to create a contiguous file in a specific location on the disk. This may be useful if your manufacturing processes requires you to format a hard disk with the FAT or FAT32 file system before you convert the hard disk to the NTFS file system. You can use the Cvtarea tool to create a reserved, contiguous, placeholder file that is to be used for the NTFS metadata files after the conversion. This causes the resulting file system to be less fragmented and more efficient.
Setupmgr.exe: This is the Setup Manager Wizard. You can use this to create or to modify the files that control an unattended Setup.
Readme.txt: This is the Readme documentation for the Windows XP Corporate Deployment tools.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321880
The Windows XP Corporate Deployment tools contain the following tools and documentation:
Deploy.chm: This is the "Microsoft Windows Corporate Deployment Tools User's Guide" documentation.
Ref.chm: This is the "Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Reference" documentation.
Factory.exe, Setupcl.exe, and Sysprep.exe: These are the Sysprep components. Sysprep is a tool that prepares the hard disk on a source computer for duplication on other computers with the same hard disks.
Oformat.com: This is a command-line tool to create a volume that uses the FAT32 file system. The tool creates a FAT32 volume with clusters that are aligned in an optimal way for later conversion to the NTFS file system.
Cvtarea.exe: This is a command-line tool to create files and to analyze the placement of those files on a volume that uses the FAT32 or FAT file system. You can use this tool to create a contiguous file in a specific location on the disk. This may be useful if your manufacturing processes requires you to format a hard disk with the FAT or FAT32 file system before you convert the hard disk to the NTFS file system. You can use the Cvtarea tool to create a reserved, contiguous, placeholder file that is to be used for the NTFS metadata files after the conversion. This causes the resulting file system to be less fragmented and more efficient.
Setupmgr.exe: This is the Setup Manager Wizard. You can use this to create or to modify the files that control an unattended Setup.
Readme.txt: This is the Readme documentation for the Windows XP Corporate Deployment tools.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Good AntiMalware
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malwarebytes%27_Anti-Malware
http://malwarebytes.org/
Hitman Pro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitman_Pro
http://www.surfright.nl/en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malwarebytes%27_Anti-Malware
http://malwarebytes.org/
Hitman Pro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitman_Pro
http://www.surfright.nl/en
Create ISO from folder
Folder2Iso just creates an iso from any kind of folder (with the subfolders).
Its a GUI of mkisofs
mkisofs, a CD filesystem image creator. Because these tools don't include any GUI, many graphical front-ends have been created
http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareFolder2Iso.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cdrtools
Its a GUI of mkisofs
mkisofs, a CD filesystem image creator. Because these tools don't include any GUI, many graphical front-ends have been created
http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareFolder2Iso.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cdrtools
Cdrtools - Highly portable CD/DVD/BluRay command line recording software
http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/cdrecord.html
Monday, December 13, 2010
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Clean Up Utility
The utility removes Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 and its components from Windows
Description
Acronis Clean Up Utility is a console application that removes Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 and its components from Windows.
The utility is written using plain commands of command line interpreter (cmd.exe) included in Windows 2000 and higher.
Restore to Dissimilar Hardware
P2V restoration:
V2P restoration:
Dissimilar hardware restoration:
Restore to different hardware:
Troubleshooting tips and tricks for the Restore Anyware Option (RAO)
Using the Hidden Options for Restore Anyware when restoring an image from the Symantec Recovery Disk (SRD)
V2P restoration:
Dissimilar hardware restoration:
Restore to different hardware:
- StorageCraft Shadowprotect - "Hardware Independent Restore" (HIR)
- Acronis Backup & Recovery - "Universal Restore"
- Symantecs Backup Exec System Recovery - "Restore Anyware"
Troubleshooting tips and tricks for the Restore Anyware Option (RAO)
Using the Hidden Options for Restore Anyware when restoring an image from the Symantec Recovery Disk (SRD)
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Hardware Identification Programs / System Profiler Software
computer diagnostics, system profiling, benchmark, overclocking, troubleshooting, hardware and software installed.
system profiler software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_profiler
Hardware Identification Programs:
Sandra, Everest/Aida, HWInfo
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=%2BSandra+%2BEverest+%2BHwinfo&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
How to Find Device ID’s to Resolve Unknown Device Problems
(http://www.webcitation.org/5uvnKqRwc)
http://www.pcidatabase.com/
To identify the device by its PCI ID, refer to http://pciids.sourceforge.net/
http://driveragent.com/
http://biosagentplus.com/
http://esupport.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Technologies
eSupport.com Partners With FinalWire Ltd., the Creators of AIDA64 Extreme Edition)
Newest version of AIDA64 Extreme Edition features DriverAgent & BIOSAgentPlus
http://www.aida64.com/
Phoenix Technologies(R) Helps Consumers Recover Lost Files With New FileRestorePlus(TM)
Upgraded FileRestorePlus expands PC tools and Optimization products available through eSupport.com
http://filerestoreplus.com/
system profiler software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_profiler
Hardware Identification Programs:
Sandra, Everest/Aida, HWInfo
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=%2BSandra+%2BEverest+%2BHwinfo&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
How to Find Device ID’s to Resolve Unknown Device Problems
(http://www.webcitation.org/5uvnKqRwc)
http://www.pcidatabase.com/
To identify the device by its PCI ID, refer to http://pciids.sourceforge.net/
http://driveragent.com/
http://biosagentplus.com/
http://esupport.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Technologies
eSupport.com Partners With FinalWire Ltd., the Creators of AIDA64 Extreme Edition)
Newest version of AIDA64 Extreme Edition features DriverAgent & BIOSAgentPlus
http://www.aida64.com/
Phoenix Technologies(R) Helps Consumers Recover Lost Files With New FileRestorePlus(TM)
Upgraded FileRestorePlus expands PC tools and Optimization products available through eSupport.com
http://filerestoreplus.com/
Friday, December 10, 2010
SysTracer - Track file and registry changes in your computer
http://www.blueproject.ro/systracer
SysTracer v2.2: trace your system changes
SysTracer is a system utility tool that can scan and analyze your computer to find changed (added, modified or deleted) data into registry and files.SysTracer can scan your system and record information about:
- changed files and folders
- modified registry entries
- system services
- system drivers
- applications that are configured to run at computer startup
- running processes
- loaded dlls
Recording the snapshot usually takes a few minutes depending on your system complexity. You can choose to scan only specific parts from folders or registry, in order to speed up the recording process.
By comparing snapshots from before and after a new program installation or execution, you can determine which files or registry entries were added, changed, or deleted.
You can create as many snapshots as you may want or need, and you can compare anytime any pair of them, having the possibility to export differences to HTML list.
SysTracer Pro
SysTracer Pro is an enhanced version of SysTracer. SysTracer Pro have advanced functionality like exporting and importing snapshots, useful in order to compare snapshots taken on different computers.With SysTracer Pro you can search for files, folders and registry information into recorded snapshots.
SysTracer Pro have command line support, for automating recording snapshots and exporting snapshots differences.
Visit SysTracer features section for a detailed comparison matrix between SysTracer and SysTracer Pro.
Remote scanning - track changes from network computers
SysTracer have support for remote scanning, providing you an easy way to take snapshots of your network computers.In order to allow scanning, each computer from your network will have a SysTracer executable installed as windows service.
The management of the entire process is done from a single computer (server) with a SysTracer instance running in normal desktop mode. From this server you will be able to control each SysTracer client by selecting scan targets, sending scan commands and receiving resulted snapshots.
Portable version
SysTracer can be used with or without installation.Using the portable version - without installation - you can take snapshots of your system without making any changes to the current files or Windows registry.
The application can be used directly from the HDD or from an USB flash drive.
http://www.blueproject.ro/systracer
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Elevation PowerToys / Execute programs elevated from command prompt
Microsoft Elevation PowerToys
Elevation from command line
Run elevated from CMD
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.06.elevation.aspx
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/0/fd05def7-68a1-4f71-8546-25c359cc0842/Elevation2008_06.exe
Elevation from command line
Run elevated from CMD
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.06.elevation.aspx
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/0/fd05def7-68a1-4f71-8546-25c359cc0842/Elevation2008_06.exe
Powershell scripts
$Win32_OS = Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem -computer PutHereComputerName -credential domain\administrator | select *
Delete Windows User Profile
The users hive is located under their user directory (NTUSER.DAT) so deleting the directory with an
If the user logs in and the directory doesn't exist, it'll be created again.
Unfortunately, without having them elevate themselves as admins, they won't be able to delete user profiles.
Batch file:
rmdir /s /q {username} should suffice. The only part that wouldn't be deleted is under the profile list in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList but all that does is map the SID to a profile location.If the user logs in and the directory doesn't exist, it'll be created again.
Unfortunately, without having them elevate themselves as admins, they won't be able to delete user profiles.
Batch file:
set /p USERTODEL=Enter the username to delete: set USERTODEL=C:\Users\%USERTODEL%
if exist "%USERTODEL%" rmdir /s /q %USERTODEL% Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE)
How to uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) client silently using the command line
Repair Microsoft Security Essentials using MSE Restore Tool v1.0
http://wpkg.org/MSSecurityEssentials
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/updating-microsoft-security-essentials-using-command-line/
http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=1647
Repair Microsoft Security Essentials using MSE Restore Tool v1.0
http://wpkg.org/MSSecurityEssentials
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/updating-microsoft-security-essentials-using-command-line/
http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=1647
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Circumventing Group Policy as a Limited User
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=gpdisable+cmd+GPCul8r+OR+bpmtk&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
Quanto sono sicure le Group Policy? – How secure is Group Policy?
DisableCMD DisableRegistryTools DisableTaskMgr
Group Policy Registry Reference (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms815238.aspx)
The command prompt has been disabled by your administrator: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/disablecmd.htm
Quanto sono sicure le Group Policy? – How secure is Group Policy?
DisableCMD DisableRegistryTools DisableTaskMgr
Group Policy Registry Reference (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms815238.aspx)
The command prompt has been disabled by your administrator: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/disablecmd.htm
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Windows XP Recovery Console / Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
Friday, October 15, 2010
Microsoft Windows SteadyState alternatives
- Returnil
- Deep Freeze
- Comodo Time Machine (CTM)
Vedere anche: Fortres Grand
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=%2B%22Fortres+Grand%22+%2Bcomodo+%2B%22time+machine%22+%2Breturnil+%2B%22deep+freeze%22+%2Bsteadystate&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=276210
http://alternativeto.net/software/sandboxie/?platform=windows
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
SteadyState for Windows 7
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg176676(WS.10).aspx?ITPID=sprblog
http://blogs.technet.com/b/stephenrose/archive/2010/09/27/steady-state-for-windows-7.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/seanearp/archive/2010/09/11/a-steady-state-without-steadystate.aspx
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2010/09/27/steady-state-for-windows-7.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SteadyState
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowssteadystate/threads
http://www.infoworld.com/t/malware/microsoft-releases-steadystate-documents-windows-7-234?source=footer
http://www.instantfundas.com/2010/09/5-alternatives-to-windows-steadystate.html
http://blogs.technet.com/b/stephenrose/archive/2010/09/27/steady-state-for-windows-7.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/seanearp/archive/2010/09/11/a-steady-state-without-steadystate.aspx
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2010/09/27/steady-state-for-windows-7.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SteadyState
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowssteadystate/threads
http://www.infoworld.com/t/malware/microsoft-releases-steadystate-documents-windows-7-234?source=footer
http://www.instantfundas.com/2010/09/5-alternatives-to-windows-steadystate.html
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Internet Explorer extensibility
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer#Extensibility
Internet Explorer Architecture
Internet Explorer Browser Extensions
Adding Toolbar Buttons
Adding Menu Items
Class for Adding Buttons, Menu Items and Explorer Bars to Internet Explorer
SpicIE - Simple Plug-In Creator for Internet Explorer
SpicIEContrib - SpicIE plug-in samples & guidance
Sample showing how to handle refresh and drop down buttons in IE
Internet Explorer Architecture
Internet Explorer Browser Extensions
Adding Toolbar Buttons
Adding Menu Items
Class for Adding Buttons, Menu Items and Explorer Bars to Internet Explorer
SpicIE - Simple Plug-In Creator for Internet Explorer
SpicIEContrib - SpicIE plug-in samples & guidance
Sample showing how to handle refresh and drop down buttons in IE
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Powershell GUI IDE RAD editor
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1440&bih=704&q=powershell+quest+PowerGUI+sapien+PrimalForms+OR+PrimalScript&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=%2BpowerShell+%2BISE+%2Bquest+%2Bpowergui+%2BSAPIEN+%2Bidera&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
PowerShell Editor Roundup: Who's the Winner?
(cache: http://www.webcitation.org/5tLsyzgv5)
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=%2BpowerShell+%2BISE+%2Bquest+%2Bpowergui+%2BSAPIEN+%2Bidera&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
PowerShell Editor Roundup: Who's the Winner?
(cache: http://www.webcitation.org/5tLsyzgv5)
- Quest PowerGUI (http://www.powergui.org / http://www.quest.com/powershell/)
- Sapien PrimalForms OR PrimalScript (http://www.sapien.com/)
- Idera PowerShell Plus (http://www.idera.com/products/powershell/)
- Microsoft Windows PowerShell ISE (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd367962(VS.85).aspx / http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd315244.aspx)
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Anti-Virus Testing Websites
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=Andreas+Marx+www.av-test.org+Andreas+Clementi+www.av-comparatives.org+VirusBulletin&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
http://www.av-test.org
http://www.av-comparatives.org
http://www.virusbtn.com
Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO)
http://www.av-test.org
http://www.av-comparatives.org
http://www.virusbtn.com
Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO)
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK)
Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEAK
Managing Browser Settings Through IEAK 8 Profile Manager (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc985349.aspx)
Automatic configuration .ins file
The default name of this file is Install.ins
IEAK Profile Manager
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961382.aspx)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEAK
Managing Browser Settings Through IEAK 8 Profile Manager (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc985349.aspx)
Automatic configuration .ins file
The default name of this file is Install.ins
IEAK Profile Manager stamps each .ins file with a version number. The version number combines the date that the .ins file was modified and the number of times the file has been revised. For example, 2007.02.14.01 shows that the file was modified only once and that modification occurred on February 14, 2007.
IEAK Profile Manager
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961382.aspx)
Files Generated by the IEAK Profile Manager
When you update and save your configuration settings, the IEAK Profile Manager generates the following files:
Auto-configuration .ins file - This file contains the browser and component settings that Internet Explorer uses to update the browser configuration on users' computers. You can specify these settings in the Wizard Settings section of the IEAK Profile Manager.
Cabinet (.cab) files - These files are used to organize the installation files that are downloaded to the users' computers. You should digitally sign the .cab files created by the IEAK Profile Manager. For more information about signing your .cab files, see Chapter 12 , "Preparing for the IEAK."
The auto-configuration .cab files also contain information (.inf) files.
Information (.inf) files - These files contain the system policies and restrictions that the operating system uses to update the system configuration on users' computers. You can specify these settings in the Policies and Restrictions section of the IEAK Profile Manager.
Each .inf file also contains version information. When you change configuration settings, the IEAK Profile Manager updates the affected .inf files and their version information and repackages the companion .cab files.
Internet Explorer downloads and processes the contents of the auto-configuration .ins file and makes the necessary configuration changes on the users' computers. Internet Explorer also downloads and unpacks the companion .cab files for the operating system to process. If the version number of the auto-configuration .ins file does not change, new .cab files are not downloaded. The version number consists of the date the .ins file was modified and the number of times the file has been revised.
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