An annoying problem Do you accidentally hit CAPS LOCK all the time? Its placement on keyboards next to the 'A' key puts it in a heavy-traffic area. Now solved http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/disable_caps_lock/ Using the information...

The Scenario One needs to retrieve a couple of files from a windows installer package (.MSI file). One could install the MSI and find the files in the *Program Files* folder but there are problesm: can take too long to perform the installation...

Remote Desktop is disabled when installing Windows XP or Windows 2003. To enable this feature you can: Use the UI. Right-Click on My Computer and select Properties. Enable Remote Desktop on the Remote Tab. Use the simple script below VBScript...

The Scenario One has a lot of oddly named files such as thsoe produced by a digital camera. Example of what a digital camera might produce: pic383718.jpg pic120453.jpg pic938889.jpg pic109012.jpg pic433590.jpg pic219093.jpg...

The Inspiration This Dave Winer post on firefox ( http://www.scripting.com/2005/11/19.html#convincingFirefoxToSelectallOnClick ) reminded me to post my thoughts on UX consistency. My Observation By default when we design a User Experience...

My recent work involved writing a C# to automating the installs of server products. A lot of the work involved using WMI. Generally, working with WMI in scripting languages like Perl, Python, or VBScript is easy but using it in C# can be difficult...