From the monthly archives:

February 2007

Microsoft Releases SP2 for SQL Server 2005

February 19, 2007

Microsoft announced today that they have released Service Pack 2 for SQL server 2005. This is the long awaited update that makes it Vista compatible. Key enhancements to SQL Server SP2 include the following: — Data Mining Add-ins for the 2007 Microsoft Office system enable data mining functionality from SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) to [...]

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Simplify UNC usage in command line batch files

February 19, 2007

Many times a UNC path does not work properly in a command line bat file. This is a hold over from DOS, a compromise to ensure backward compatibility. I have found a little known command (At least to me). Actually there are two of them. PUSHD, and POPD Call PUSHD with a UNC share as [...]

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Create a date and time stamp in your batch files

February 16, 2007

Here is an interesting one. I found a way to take the %date% environment variable, and turn it into a valid string for a filename – without any extra programs or scripts. For the longest time I used a little utility I created to do this. The problem with that is the utility needs to [...]

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Verify Install of Windows Daylight Saving Patch

February 11, 2007

We have just added a new feature to Network Administrator. It allows you to audit and verify that the Daylight Saving patch (For USA and Canada) has been installed. This works for our patch, and Microsoft’s. (It will even tell you when you have the older, incorrect version of the MS patch) In addition we [...]

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Windows 98, ME DST Patch

February 8, 2007

I would have never thought we would have gotten so many emails for a Windows 98 DST Patch. If you missed it, we have created an unofficial patch for Windows 2000 that updates it to the new Daylight Saving Time enacted here in the United States. Microsoft is not providing one since Windows 2000 is [...]

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New vulnerability discovered in Excel

February 5, 2007

Seems like we see a new one of these every day. The unfortunate fact is that you can’t really trust any attachment you get in your email these days. Microsoft has released security advisory 932553. It allows an attacker to execute code on your PC if they can get you to open a specially crafted [...]

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