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Problem using SC create under windows

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

When you want to create a new service under windows, the most obvious way is usage of sc.exe
A “normal” user will read a help, and write:

sc create MyService binPath=C:\path\my.exe

The sc.exe only displays help, but does not do anything. The solution is another space after the “=”, so the right command is

sc create MyService binPath= C:\path\my.exe

Enjoy….

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Move winsxs folder

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Winsxs takes up huge amount of space on your system drive, and sometimes you would like to put it on slower device.
Source: http://aspoc.net/archives/2007/12/05/how-to-move-the-winsxs-directory-in-vista/
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Prerequisites:

You will need two utilities: PendMoves and MoveFile.  Place them in \Windows\System32 directory for easy access.

Procedure:

In Windows Explorer navigate to the \Windows\WinSXS directory.  Right click the directory to bring up the quick menu [...]

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Maildrop & .mailfilter resending

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Spending long unnecessary time on the web searching for solution, how to resend or forward an email by maildrop in delivery mode, I finally found a solution, which is now shared with you…

if(/^To: blue@bla.com/)
{
xfilter “/usr/bin/reformail -I’Reply-To: blu@bla.com’”
cc ‘!test@bla.com’
to “$HOME/Maildir”
}

This sample will do the following: for each mail send to blue@bla.com it will first rewrite the [...]

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Google Chrome OS, news?

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Google Chrome OS, is it really innovative? Presto, SplashTop, even Moblin and gOS Cloud

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