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February 2005 - Posts

Friday, February 11, 2005 9:23 PM

Changing the system date, time and/or time zone

Addressing one of the most common complaints about running as non-admin
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005 11:58 PM

Ctrl-C doesn't work in RUNAS or MakeMeAdmin command shells

Repro: · Use RunAs or MakeMeAdmin to get a CMD shell running in a different security context. · Run “ DIR /A /S C:\ ” to list every file and folder on the C: drive. · Try to stop the output with Ctrl-C. Result: Nothing happens. “DIR” continues to execute.
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005 11:57 PM

Managing Power Options as a non-administrator

As I mentioned in previous posts, the “Power Options” Control Panel applet is a particular sore spot for non-administrators. Because clicking “OK” causes per-machine and per-user settings to be written, the only way to change the per-user settings is
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005 11:57 PM

Remembering Calculator and Character Map Settings

Here’s an odd little one you might not have noticed. The Windows Calculator applet remembers whether it was last displayed in “Standard” or “Scientific” view, and whether digit grouping was selected, and restores those settings the next time you use it.
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