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Tool Time: Connect to Remote Machines with Royal TS
Royal TS is a great lightweight replacement for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Remote Desktop snap-in—and the older versions are free.
Windows IT Pro
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Dennis Wynne
Letters
Readers respond to another great PowerShell script from Bill Stewart, another strong collection of free tools from Douglas Toombs, the tone of Paul Thurrott's EU commentaries, and the coolness of our "What Would Microsoft Support Do?" column.
Windows IT Pro
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Various Authors
Further Adventures in Debugging
Get familiar with using the Windows debugger to identify the source of system-related problems by using five helpful tips.
Windows IT Pro
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Ryan Mangipano
Spicing Up SharePoint Search Results
You don't want a huge lesson in enterprise information architecture or a grand scheme for overhauling your SharePoint environment. You just want some tips and some free/inexpensive tools that will help you improve the structure and content of your data.
Windows IT Pro
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Ryan Thomas
Q. How can I copy all data from one drive to another with the xcopy utility?
FAQ for Windows
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John Savill
Tool Time: WinDirStat Simplifies Finding Where Your Disk Space Is Going
If you need to find out why a hard drive is running out of free space, try WinDirStat. This free tool provides multiple views of file-space usage.
Windows IT Pro
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Alex K. Angelopoulos
Using Setx to Parse a Text File
Windows Vista's Setx command is useful for extracting words out of text files that have regular structures, such as the captured output of a Ping command. But it requires judicious use of command options to get just right.
Windows IT Pro
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Mark Minasi
Essential Environment Variable Control with Set
Set is a basic Windows Server batch-file command that can help you with your environment variables. But it also has offers lesser-known functionality, such as the ability to generate random numbers and perform arithmetic.
Windows IT Pro
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Mark Minasi
Essential Environment Variable Control with Set
Windows IT Pro
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Mark Minasi
Dnscmd Versions Discrepancy
You can use the Dnscmd utility to create AD-integrated DNS zones easily—but make sure you're using version 5.2.3790 or later.
Windows IT Pro
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Rick Sheikh
Load Testing with Exchange 2010
Microsoft has released updated tools to help you test your planned Exchange Server 2010 implementation.
Windows IT Pro
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Paul Robichaux
The Reader to Reader 'Tool Time' Reference
In the Reader to Reader "Tool Time" column, readers recommend free tools that they've used. Here's what they're recommending.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
Tool Time: 175 Free Tools for the Taking
Find out about 175 freebies you can take advantage of when working with Windows OSs, virtual machines, Exchange servers, SharePoint sites, and even SQL Server setups.
Windows IT Pro
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Karen Bemowski
8 More Excellent Free Utilities
It's that time of year! Break out your USB stick and download this new collection of free tools that promise to make your job easier.
Windows IT Pro
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Douglas Toombs
Q. Is there any way to automate the removal of ei.cfg from a Windows 7 image, instead of modifying the ISO manually?
FAQ for Windows
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John Savill
Got High-CPU Usage Problems? ProcDump 'Em!
Use this brand-new free tool to save you much time and hassle the next time you run into a high-CPU problem.
Windows IT Pro
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Michael Morales
Powercfg on Battery Power
If you want to create custom power settings from the command line, you need to start using Powercfg. Here's how to use Powercfg to configure Windows to inform you when your battery power is low.
Windows IT Pro
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Mark Minasi
Tool Time: Export PDF Text with Pdftotext
If you occasionally need to export text from .pdf files to .txt files, try pdftotext. This free command-line tool automates the export process.
Windows IT Pro
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Alex K. Angelopoulos
Powercfg Gets Sleepy
The Vista/Server 2008 incarnation of Powercfg lets you bypass your system's annoying "hybrid sleep" behavior.
Windows IT Pro
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Mark Minasi
Tool Time: Portable Text Editing with PrimalPad
SAPIEN Technologies' new free text editor is a better text editor than Notepad. It has complete VBScript highlighting support and is truly portable.
Windows IT Pro
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Alex K. Angelopoulos
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