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Random harvest #
  • Long-time reader Firace kindly informs us of his PowrTaskr, a "simple, zero-configuration Windows program that makes Google Tasks ... as responsive as a native executable"
  • HDAT2 - If you use virtually any electronic data storage device (HDD, SSD, CD, etc), you need to check this out. Repair disks, access/edit/remove HPA/DCO, issue ATA commands like security erase, etc.
  • TAFT "is an ATA (IDE) forensics tool that communicates directly with the ATA controller. It can retrieve various information about a hard disk, as well as look at and change the HPA and DCO settings."
  • OSFClone "is a free, self-booting solution which enables you to create or clone exact raw disk images quickly and independent of the installed operating system."
  • Redo Backup and Recovery is a "bare metal restore solution with graphical interface on a live CD."
  • Trend Micro Rescue Disk is yet another live CD-based antimalware option from the makers of the venerable Sysclean.

/misc | Jan 31, 2012

Verify disk wipe #
After zero-filling a disk, verify with hexdump or md5sum and All-Zero Hash Calculator. On a 2.5" 500GB SATA drive, both hexdump and md5sum took 144m16s to run.

hexdump: 
   $ hexdump /dev/sda
   0000000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
   *
   7470c06000
7470c06000 hex = 500107862016 decimal, which is the number of bytes on disk.

md5sum and All-Zero Hash Calculator: 
   $ md5sum /dev/sda
   91564846bfd6055945b31bbd831378a7
You'll need the number of bytes or sectors (the latter may be listed on the drive sticker as LBA) to verify the hash: 
   $ fdisk -l /dev/sda
   Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB,  500107862016 bytes

   $ testdisk /dev/sda
   Proceed > None > Advanced > Size in sectors
                                976773168

/nix | Jan 29, 2012

Fix Windows XP BSOD after motherboard swap #
Possibly avoid a repair install after swapping motherboards by using FixIDE (from the author of D7, spotted on GSD).

/windows | Jan 28, 2012

Reset Trend Micro OfficeScan Password #
Change the values for 
Unload_Pwd=
UnloadProtect=
in 
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\OfficeScan Client\Ofcscan.ini
to 
!CRYPT!523D617DF57CBF0E9ACD37611537EBB612F9B6F1C471EB529B89772E71AD9D2431BC212ACF23B7767831E317364
and now the password to unload or uninstall OfficeScan is "test" (without quotes). Thanks, Chaos!

/windows | Jan 25, 2012

Import Thunderbird LDIF into Outlook 2010 #
under Windows 7:
  1. Export Thunderbird Address Book to LDIF (Address Book > Tools > Export...)
  2. Import LDIF into Windows Contacts:
    1. Start > username > Contacts
    2. click Import button on taskbar (if it's missing, try this)
    3. LDIF (LDAP server) > Import
  3. Import Windows Contacts into Outlook 2010:
    1. Outlook > File > Open > Import
    2. Import Internet Mail and Addresses
    3. Outlook Express 4.x, 5.x, 6.x or Windows Mail
    4. check "Import Address book"
    5. Next > Finish

/windows | Jan 24, 2012

CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories #
Use pushd instead of cd: 
C:\>cd \\server\share
'\\server\share'
CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories.

C:\>pushd \\server\share

Z:\>dir
Volume in drive Z has no label.
Volume Serial Number is XXXX-XXXX

Directory of Z:\

01/18/2012  05:04 PM    <DIR>          .
01/18/2012  05:04 PM    <DIR>          ..
01/18/2012  04:54 PM                 4 test.txt
              1 File(s)              4 bytes
              2 Dir(s)  978,217,558,016 bytes free

Z:\>popd

C:\>
More from Microsoft:
If you specify a network path, the pushd command temporarily assigns the first unused drive letter (starting with Z:) to the specified network resource. The command then changes the current drive and directory to the specified directory on the newly assigned drive. If you use the popd command with command extensions enabled, the popd command removes the drive-letter assignation created by pushd.

/windows | Jan 19, 2012

Another Deep Freeze freeware alternative #
Toolwiz Time Freeze 1.2.0.120 [1210k] "Reboot to restore" app similar to Deep Freeze; temporarily virtualizes OS for software testing, etc.  Screenshot

/windows | Jan 10, 2012

Four newly-listed apps #
Mohan kindly sends word of vTask Studio's tiny freeware apps. WhatChanged was mentioned back in '06 (when it still had a space between "What" and "Changed", and before the wise company name change from "Vista Software" to "vTask Studio").

Green Award QwikMark 0.4 [84k]+ Benchmarks CPU speed, FLOPS, memory bandwidth, and disk transfer. Also provides CPU details, instruction set, and more.  Screenshot
Green Award TinyTask 1.45 [32k]+ Record and playback mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes for automating repetitive tasks.  Screenshot
Green Award TyperTask 1.16 [52k]+ Text expander for inserting frequently-used snippets of text. Includes advanced automation features like program launching, window activation, delays, and mouse clicks.  Screenshot
Green Award WhatChanged 1.07 [96k]+ Takes before and after snapshots of filesystem and registry for tracking installers, etc.  Screenshot

/windows | Jan 10, 2012

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