MAC address lookup
article #354, updated 3881 days ago

Here is a tool which lets you find vendor name by MAC address, or MAC address by vendor name:

http://coffer.com/mac_find/

And another which just identifies vendors by MAC addresses.

http://hwaddress.com/

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Set a user's password to non-expiring via CMD
article #731, updated 3884 days ago

NET USE does not appear to be able to set a user’s password to non-expiring. However, we do have this:

WMIC USERACCOUNT WHERE "Name='username'" SET PasswordExpires=FALSE

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MSICUU2 for Windows Installer problems
article #309, updated 3886 days ago

msicuu2 is available here:

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Windows-Installer-CleanUp-Utility-Download-18442.html

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When IP Printers Won't Delete
article #720, updated 3890 days ago

  1. Change the Port, to “FILE:”, and then try to delete it again. If that doesn’t work:
  2. Go to this registry location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers

and delete the ones that you want gone. Then restart the Windows service named ‘spooler’.

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HP hardware diagnostic software
article #730, updated 3890 days ago

Try this!

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/hpsupportassistant/pc-diags.html?jumpid=va_r602_us/en/any/pps/pl_ot_ob_ds_pd/HP_PC_Hardware_Diagnostics_cc/dt

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To find out which process is locking a file in Windows
article #729, updated 3893 days ago

We have OpenedFilesView:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/opened_files_view.html

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Setting a Watchguard for Labtech Tunnelling
article #654, updated 3894 days ago

Here are some important settings in the Labtech documentation.

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Text communications including dial-up modem capability
article #728, updated 3895 days ago

There are a few left. One is Qodem:

http://qodem.sourceforge.net/

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When Windows updates fail
article #726, updated 3900 days ago

We have the System Update Readiness tool for workstations and DISM for servers:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821

For Vista/2008 SP1 and up through 8.1/2012R2 so far. One heads-up: according to this article by a Microsoft developer, it will take about 10 minutes to run, it takes the form of “checksur.exe”.

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A for-pay Exchange connection plugin for Thunderbird
article #723, updated 3902 days ago

Something new, $10/year. Working great for me as of this writing.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/exquilla-exchange-web-services/

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