XML Notepad 2007.

XML Notepad 2007 provides a simple intuitive user interface for browsing and editing XML documents.

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Opening System Properties from a command line.

To open System from a command line as an administrator, type:

runas /user:computername\Administrator “rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL sysdm.cpl”

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DL.TV: Buying Guide for LCD HDTV.

32″ LCD Reccos for Akshay in NYC: Robert rates Sharp’s LC-32D40U Aquos as tops, followed by the Westinghouse LTV-32w3 HD. Vizio’s L32 isn’t the steal the 50 inch Vizio P50 HDM is.

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Make a Bootable USB Key.

What do you do when your computer won’t boot, your most recent backup is three months old, and you don’t have an emergency CD? What if you’re using a laptop that doesn’t even have a CD drive? Kiss your data goodbye – or just whip out the bootable USB key (or thumb drive) you prepared in advance. The key will boot into a free Windows-based system called BartPE (that’s Bart’s Preinstalled Environment), devised by Bart Lagerweij, from which you can copy files on your hard drive to the key or, in some cases, send them over a network to another machine.

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Quote of the Week.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. – Lyndon B. Johnson, 1908-1973, 36th President of the United.

One-Liners.

• Always remember that you’re unique … just like everyone else.
• If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
• Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
• A closed mouth gathers no foot.
• No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.

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How to Enable System Restore Using a Script.

here’s a script that enables System Restore on a computer running Windows XP:

strComputer = “.”

Set objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\” & strComputer & “\root\default”)

Set objItem = objWMIService.Get(“SystemRestore”)
errResults = objItem.Enable(“”)

The script itself starts out in typical fashion, connecting to the WMI service on the local computer. (Although, like all good WMI scripts, this one will also work against remote computers; just assign the name of that computer to the variable strComputer.) One thing to watch out for, however: unlike most WMI scripts this one doesn’t connect to the root\cimv2 namespace; instead, it connects to the root\default namespace. Why? That’s where all the System Restore WMI classes reside.

After making the connection use the Get method to bind to the SystemRestore class; that’s what we do here:

Set objItem = objWMIService.Get(“SystemRestore”)

At that point you can enable System Restore on all drives by simply calling the Enable method and passing an empty string (“”) as the sole parameter.

To enable System Restore on a particular drive; Here’s a script that enables System Restore only for drive D on the local computer:

strComputer = “.”

Set objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\” & strComputer & “\root\default”)

Set objItem = objWMIService.Get(“SystemRestore”)
errResults = objItem.Enable(“D:\”)

The only difference to the first script lies with the parameter passed to the Enable method.
To enable System Restore on all drives pass an empty string to this method; to enable System Restore only on drive D pass the Enable method this parameter: D:\. In other words, the drive letter (D) followed by :\ is passed. To enable System Restore on drive E and drive E only use this line of code:

errResults = objItem.Enable(“E:\”)

Etc.

If you later want to disable System Restore on a computer; Here’s a script that disables System Restore for all the drives on a computer:

strComputer = “.”

Set objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\” & strComputer & “\root\default”)

Set objItem = objWMIService.Get(“SystemRestore”)
errResults = objItem.Disable(“”)

The only difference to the first script is that this time the Disable method is called instead of the Enable method. System Restore can be disbaled for a specific drive too. Tired of running System Restore on drive D then:

strComputer = “.”

Set objWMIService = GetObject(“winmgmts:\\” & strComputer & “\root\default”)

Set objItem = objWMIService.Get(“SystemRestore”)
errResults = objItem.Disable(“D:\”)

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New Sysinternals TechCenter Now on TechNet.

Check out the new Windows Sysinternals TechCenter on Microsoft TechNet as well as a new utility called Process Monitor released by Mark and Bryce. The Sysinternals TechCenter provides you with advanced utilities and technical information for IT pros and developers for detailed troubleshooting and analysis of Windows software. You won’t find these Windows internals tools anywhere else.