Query AD Users

Query a user i.e. ‘Admin’. From the command prompt: dsquery user -name *admin* Result: "CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=microsoft,DC=co,DC=uk" "CN=ScomAdmin,CN=Users,DC=microsoft,DC=co,DC=uk"

Ninite Easy PC Setup and multiple app installer

If like me you spend a lot of time downloading installers for numerous websites then you might want to try Ninite. 1. Pick the apps you want. 2. Start your customised installer. 3. You’re done! It's not got everything I need but will defiantly shaves a few

Adding 301 permanent redirect code

If you want to redirect all pages of an entire site to the main page of another domain, add the following code to your .htaccess file: RedirectMatch 301 (.*) http://www.example.com/ The .htaccess file should be stored in the same location as the index page to your OLD domain

Wordpress permalinks on WAMP

WordPress and WAMPserver are one of the best buddies when you want to write a personal localhost’ed blog. Recently, when I installed wordpress and chose to use ‘pretty permalinks’, all I got is Error 404-File not found. i checked the .htaccess file if the changes have been written to

Redirecting mail using Thunderbird

Thunderbird, the Mozilla mail reader, comes with the ability to Forward an email (via an icon on the toolbar) which will send out the email under your name. Sometimes it’s desirable to Redirect (or “bounce”) a message. Although it’s possible to detect that a message has been redirected,

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Easy TOMTOM7 screen rotation

Change your registry settings to enable screen rotation: HKLM – System – GDI – Rotation – HideOrientationUI (Change from 1 to 0) Soft Reset your phone, once loaded map your call button to the rotation tweak: Settings -> Buttons -> Map with < Rotate Screen > When you would like to rotate

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Show thumbnails for Adobe CS2/CS3 files

When i moved to CS2 and then CS3 I noticed that the thumbnail views for Illustrator and Photoshop files had been disabled since the introduction of ‘Bridge’ (which I don’t like by the way). Heres the instructions. 1. Download this zip file. 2. Shut down any open Adobe programs.

Create Favicon from any picture

This is defiantly the easiest way to create excellent FavIcons without have to open a graphics package. Head over to HTML-Kit.com update any image you want and you’ll get your icon within a few seconds – its as easy as that. If you want to be old school check

Use Illustrator to fill a path with text

A little option called ‘Envelope Distort’ is what your after. Create your letters in the appropriate font. Make sure the path is the top object and choose the following: Object > Envelope Distort > Make with top Object Its best to duplicate the path layer before using the Envolpe Distort

Making .ICO files with Adobe Photoshop

Download the following Windows package, which you can also get by clicking here: http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/icoformat-win-1.3b3.zip Now all you have to do is extract icoformat.8bi to your plugins folder in adobe. Now the next time you start Adobe you will have the option

Quiet line test

The BT line test facility can be accessed from any BT line Unplug any extension phones, extension cables, answer machines or fax (anything except the phone you will use to do the test). Plug a normal touch tone phone directly into the BT master socket. Dial 17070, press option 2

Alter the security settings to run downloaded scripts

We need to change the security settings in order to run these files, the best way is from the PowerShell command line. To change the execution policy to RemoteSigned type the following: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned Thats it!