LogOn electronic ID Card Reader

The last few years I filled in my tax forms electronically using www.TaxOnWeb.be and authenticated using a Token.

Token

You can get a token card quickly (I got it within 2 or 3 days if I recall correctly, but I heard it’s not always that quick :-( …), and it’s simple to use.

But since I received an electronic ID a few months ago I just acquired an eID reader. I found one from LogOn (found it at 14,95€ and 19,99€ in another shop).

LogOn

The ReadMe file noted: supports Win 2000 SP4/Win 2003/XP SP2/VISTA 32-bit operating system, but I installed it on a Windows Vista Business 64bit PC without problems.

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REMProf and other free tools

What is RemProf ?

From the ctrl-alt-del site:

RemProf is a command-line utility to delete local user profiles that are NOT in use when this command is executed.

This utility was written to replace the command DELPROF.EXE currently found in the MS Windows Resource Kit. This utility offers extra features that will be of benefit to all admins. REMPROF has the ability to delete user profiles on the local machine based on age, username, or SID association. REMPROF does not currently function on Microsoft Vista due to Vista’s new permission structure on profiles.

In you create a Scheduled Task to run RemProf after every restart of your Citrix servers (e.g. daily), you can keep the profiles on the Citrix servers reduced to a minimum !

For more info and lots of other free tools, check out: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au/CAD_TSUtils.htm

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Citrix no longer Auto Creating printers

We encountered this issue on one of the Citrix Servers (version: Citrix Presentation Server 4.0).  Apparently there was a problem with the account used for the Citrix Print Manager Service. By default this is Ctx_SmaUser. After changing log on as to Local System Account Auto Creating printers worked again.

After using the CTX_SmaUser Re-creation Tool, the normal situation was restored: the Citrix Print Manager Service used the Ctx_SmaUser and the Auto Creating functionality still worked. Run this tool from the Cmd prompt on the Console (or Console session) – not from an RDP session. See http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX111464 for more info.

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CamStudio: a free video capture tool

If you need to record screen activity into an AVI file, with or without audio (and more) using a simple free application, look no further: http://camstudio.org/.

CamStudio

You can find more info on the link above.

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Firefox 3.5 final is released

FireFox35

There it is, the final version of Firefox 3.5, a few days after RC3. I did not notice Firefox updating the version and now everywhere it clearly states 3.5 instead of RC3. There were probable not a lot of changes between RC3 (or no changes at all) and the final version 3.5 …

Anyway both versions seem snappy. Up to version 4 now ;-)

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How to back up and to restore Outlook Express data

You easily find all the necessary info in the following Microsoft support document: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270670. If your Windows XP has crashed and you don’t want to copy a complete profile, the default location is C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{GUID}\Microsoft\Outlook Express . May be handy sometime …

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GPO to prevent event log to become too large

You can create a GPO to avoid that the application, security and system log become too large.

This is a Computer policy: Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, Security Settings, Event Log

- Retention method for application log, Overwrite events as needed.
- Retention method for security log, Overwrite events as needed.
- Retention method for system log, Overwrite events as needed.

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Firefox 3.5 RC3 is available now

Will this be last RC before the final release of Firefox 3.5. We’ll see …

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ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0 DAT file in master repository is some versions behind

The solution for this issue is relatively simple. In ePo, go to Software, click Pull Now , and select DAT.

On an occasion I encountered another problem: the message Failed to download site status file was displayed, and I could not select the package to pull. I found the solution on the McAfee community site. Define the proxy server manually in Software, Configure Proxy Settings, Proxy server settings . This indeed solved the issue.

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How do I remove the U3 Launchpad from my flash drive using a PC?

I just bought a SanDisk Cruzer 4GB U3, but did not need the U3 functionality. Click here to find how to remove the U3 Launchpad.

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ADModify .net: CDOEXM Modifications disabled

It is not possible to modify settings from “Terminal Services Profile”; everything is grayed out, and “CDOEXM Modifications disabled” is displayed.

Solution: run ADModify from Windows Server 2003.

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Bulk modification in Active Directory and more: ADModify .net

No this is not a new tool. I just needed to do some bulk modifications on AD, and wanted to find back some variables. You can find information on all this in this Microsoft Technet article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996216(EXCHG.65).aspx.

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Mozella Firefox 3.5 is almost out

Firefox 3.5 RC 2 is available now (see freewarefiles.com), so I guess it won’t take much longer before we will see the final version 3.5 coming. I have been testing the latest 3.5 Beta versions together with version 3.0.x of Firefox without any problems. They both run stable on the same system (just installed in another folder; 3.5 nicely took over the settings from 3.0.x).

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New: Google Chrome 3.0.189.0 Beta

I found it at MajorGeeks.com this time. Nothing special to notice; no issues encountered.

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Creating an USB boot key the easy way

NetBooks: as long as everything is working fine — great; but what if you cannot boot anymore from your OS ? Usually this is Windows XP, and you don’t have a build-in CD-ROM to use a rescue bootable CD, or use the Windows XP CD to try to repair your XP installation.

This is where a bootable USB key would come in very handy ! The faster you could make one, the better !

I’ll describe some easy methods to create such a bootable USB key.

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New: Google Chrome 3.0.187.0 Beta

I found it at Filehippo.com, and installed it. Worked without problems.

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IIS 6.0 FTP logging

Logfiles by default can be found in %windir%\system32\Logfiles. Without further customization outgoing requests can be found in these logfiles.

Recently I had issues with incoming FTP requests, which are more difficult to pinpoint. With TCPView from Sysinternals I could find which machine caused this, which helped me solving the problem.

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How to switch on auditing of logon events

Go to Administrative Tools, Local Security Policy (on domain controllers: Domain Controller Security Policy).

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Safari 4 released

Apple Safari 4 for PC and Mac is available and can be downloaded here. I have tried it for a short time now: impressing, quick, nice features like visual Top Sites and History.

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Little Google Chrome problems

I recently installed version 3.0.182.2 Dev and encountered weird font and layout issues, so I uninstalled it and reinstalled Google Chrome 2.0.172.28.

Today I found Google Chrome 3.0.183.1 Beta at http://www.majorgeeks.com/Google_Chrome_d5974.html. This version works without any problems. One remark though: why doesn’t Google put all Google Chrome versions on their website, so everyone can easily download the version they would like to test (instead of having to search on freeware sites …) ?

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