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Network Adapter Priority Windows Server 2008 R2

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What you do is go to Network and Sharing Center and click on the change adapter settings link. From there, if you have the Desktop Experience installed, you might not have the menu bar running across the top. You need to hit the Alt button on your keyboard in order to get the menu bar to show up. From the Advanced menu option, click Advanced Settings.

What will load is a funky little window with your adapters in the top part, and the bindings associated with the adapters on the bottom. For our purposes, you can ignore the bottom part of the window. We are only concerned with the top part.
In the top part you see all of your network adapters. You will also notice two arrows on the right of the selection window. What you are seeing is the adapter connection priority. The highest priority is on the top, running to the lowest priority on the bottom.
All that you need to do to set an adapter with a higher priority is to highlight the adapter, and click the up arrow. That’s it. Simple solution to a difficult problem.

Use Windows 7’s Previous Versions to Go Back in Time and Save Your Files

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Previous Versions is an incredibly useful feature built into Windows 7, which allows the OS to record and view earlier versions of files without a flux capacitor. Here’s a detailed guide to using this excellent feature.

This feature goes beyond the functionality of the Recycle Bin as it allows you to:

Recover files you may have permanently deleted.
View or restore a version of a file which you have saved over.
Allow you to compare current and/or previous versions of a file side by side.

With a little bit of dedicated hard drive space, an automation script and scheduled task, you can leverage this feature to guard against inadvertent file deletions and overwrites which traditional backups may not adequately cover.

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Close All Open Windows with a Single Click

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This program lets you close all running applications with just a single click. It doesn’t use system resources because it only flashes a ‘close’ signal to all open applications on the desktop and then ceases. Just create a shortcut to the tool in the Start Menu, Quick Launch, Windows 7 Taskbar or elsewhere.

You can always add a hotkey to this shortcut. It is really very handy if you are running ~20 applications and want them all to quit instantly. It works just as if you were pressing the close button for each application.

How To Install

Close All Windows is a very simple utility that doesn’t require installation. No settings are stored in the Windows Registry or file system. Just follow the steps below to set it up on your computer.

      1. Download the ZIP archive and extract it somewhere on your hard drive.
      2. Open the extracted folder, right-click CloseAll.exe and choose Send To -> Desktop (create shortcut) from the context menu.
      3. Switch to the Desktop and rename the created shortcut to “Close All” or whatever you want.
      4. Now you can drag this shortcut to the Quick Launch Bar or to the Windows 7 Taskbar for quick access.

Advanced Options

If you want to prevent certain applications from being to be closed by Close All, you can add a simple exclusion list to the CloseAll.exe command line.

    1. Right-click the shortcut and choose Properties from the context menu:
    2. Go to the Shortcut tab, Target and add -x=”app-to-exclude.exe”:

You can separate multiple values with “|” (pipe), example:

-x=”explorer.exe|firefox.exe|msnmsgr.exe”

Click OK to save the shortcut properties. Remember, you’d better test it before using it!

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NetApp commands

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A few handy NetApp commands:

Login to the console using SSH.

Check deduplication: df -s
Restart CIFS: cifs restart
Check shares: cifs shares
Domain connection: cifs domaininfo

System Configuration
General information sysconfig
sysconfig -v
sysconfig -a (detailed)
Configuration errors sysconfig -c
Display disk devices sysconfig -d
sysconfig -A
Display Raid group information sysconfig -V
Display aggregates and plexes sysconfig -r
Display tape devices sysconfig -t
Display tape libraries sysconfig -m
Environment Information
General information environment status
Disk enclosures (shelves) environment shelf [adapter]
environment shelf_power_status
Chassis environment chassis all
environment chassis list-sensors
environment chassis Fans
environment chassis CPU_Fans
environment chassis Power
environment chassis Temperature
environment chassis [PS1|PS2]
Fibre Channel Information
Fibre Channel stats fcstat link_stats
fcstat fcal_stats
fcstat device_map
SAS Adapter and Expander Information
Shelf information sasstat shelf
Expander information sasstat expander
sasstat expander_map
sasstat expander_phy_state
Disk information sasstat dev_stats
Adapter information sasstat adapter_state
Statistical Information
All stats stats show
System stats show system
Processor stats show processor
Disk stats show disk
Volume stats show volume
LUN stats show lun
Aggregate stats show aggregate
FC stats show fcp
iSCSI stats show iscsi
CIFS stats show cifs
Network stats show ifnet

Cleaning up the WINSXS folder in Windows 7 SP1

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Earlier I wrote about the WINSXS directory in Windows Vista and Windows 2008.

In Windows 7 the cleanup tool is changed. Just like it changed with Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista en Windows 2008. :)

The new command is:
DISM /online /Cleanup-Image /SpSuperseded

Remember: This command requires elevated command prompt and you cannot uninstall the Service Pack after it completes!

ShareWatch

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ShareWatch allows you to see who is connected to a computer and what files they are accessing. Have you ever wondered why your hard drive or modem is active, but you aren’t doing anything to cause it to be active? It is possible a remote user is accessing your computer. Have you ever had a file locked but you don’t know why? ShareWatch can tell you if a network user is using the file and allows you to disconnect them so that you can edit/delete the file. Have you ever wanted to shutdown a computer, but don’t want to drop people using the computer. ShareWatch will show you all resources in use by remote users.

http://stevemiller.net/sharewatch/

CurrPorts

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CurrPorts runs under Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. There is a separate download of CurrPorts for 64-bit versions of Windows.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html

How To Wipe The BlackBerry® Clean And Set It Up Again

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To erase all the data on your BlackBerry device, complete the following steps. This option is available with
BlackBerry Device Software 3.8 and later.

  1. In the device Options, click Security.
    If you are using BlackBerry Device Software 4.1, click Security Options > General Security.
  2. Click the trackwheel and select Wipe Handheld.
  3. Click Continue.
  4. Type “blackberry”. All the data on the BlackBerry device is erased.

On some new versions of BlackBerry software, the menu navigation is slightly different.

  1. Go to Options.
  2. Select Security Options.
  3. Select General Settings.
  4. Click the Menu key.
  5. Select Wipe Handheld.
  6. Click Continue.
  7. Type “blackberry”. All the data on the BlackBerry device is erased.

Once it is wiped, hard-reset the handheld and perform BlackBerry Wireless Activation again.