Adam Wilkinson's blog http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/ en Copyright 2009 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:51:01 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.17 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Shrink Windows XP disk partitions Use the diskpart tool that ships with Windows Vista to shrink Windows XP disk partitions:

http://smallbusiness.itworld.com/4373/nlswindows070612/page_1.html

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2007/06/shrink_windows.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2007/06/shrink_windows.html Windows Tricks & Tips Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:51:01 -0500 Easily create and use regular expressions Do you find creating regular expressions as painful as I do? Check out Regex Buddy, which makes the process a lot easier.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2007/02/easily_create_a.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2007/02/easily_create_a.html Software Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:07:04 -0500 Arconis Migrate Easy 7.0 I recently needed to copy the contents of a failing, partitioned hard drive to a new disk. I ran across Arconis Easy Migrate 7.0 for $40. It did the job, and was very easy to use. It will dynamically resize partitions, so moving from my existing 160GB drive to a 300GB disk was easy. The interface is simple -- anyone that can physically install a hard drive in their system should be able to use this tool to copy their system.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/migrateeasy/

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/12/arconis_migrate.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/12/arconis_migrate.html Software Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:31:51 -0500 Copy songs *from* your iPod iPodCopy 7.20 allows you to copy songs from your IPod to your Windows PC. This is handy if your music library gets wiped out without a backup.

http://www.download.com/iPodCopy/3000-2169_4-10352431.html?tag=nl.e415

I haven't tried this product myself, but I'm noting it here as I know people that wished for this functionality in the past.

Also, supposedly iTunes (at least v7.0.2 and later, maybe earlier versions as well) now offer this ability. You just need to authorize the computer in question.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/12/copy_songs_from.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/12/copy_songs_from.html Software Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:28:21 -0500 Automatically Lock a Windows Session after Automatic Login http://smallbusiness.itworld.com/4379/nls_windows_tulloch061002/page_1.html

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/10/automatically_l.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/10/automatically_l.html Windows Tricks & Tips Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:59:14 -0500 View File Extension Information Thanks to Jim Caldwell for finding this. This free utility allows one to easily view how file extension are defined on a particular computer. It's called ShellExView and is available from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/08/view_file_exten.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/08/view_file_exten.html Software Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:44:53 -0500 A New Twist on Reporting Spam Blue Security has an interesting approach to dealing with SPAM:

http://www.bluesecurity.com/solutions/consumer.asp

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/03/a_new_twist_on.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/03/a_new_twist_on.html Security Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:18:58 -0500 Terminal Server Printer Redirection Wizard This tool scans your event log for printer mapping problems, presents an interface to allow you to match the problematic printer up with an existing driver, then creates the NTPrintSubs.INF file for you!

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9AD27BE9-40DB-484F-862E-38A094EEEAF7&displaylang=en

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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/03/synctoy_-_synch.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/03/synctoy_-_synch.html Software Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:50:42 -0500 Conference XP http://www.conferencexp.net/community/default.aspx

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]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/03/classsroom_pres.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/03/classsroom_pres.html Tablet PC Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:45:01 -0500 Cat5e Line Splitter Allows you to run two devices over a single CAT5e drop.

Cat5e 100baset Line Splitter, 2pk at Cyberguys.com

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/01/cat5e_line_spli.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/01/cat5e_line_spli.html Hardware Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:09:29 -0500 Free Windows Backup Software Cobian's site - The home of Cobian Backup

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/01/free_windows_ba.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/01/free_windows_ba.html Software Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:28:53 -0500 Background Who am I? What do I do?

I work for IT Central Services (ITCS) here at the University of Michigan, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Specifically, I'm in the User Services portion of ITCS, where my responsibilities include:


  • Telephone and email consulting for 764-HELP

  • Anti-virus support as a member of the UM Virus Busters team

  • Administering the campus FootPrints request-tracking system

  • System administration for 764-HELP, including maintaining the Terminal Server environment we use

  • Application and tools development for 764-HELP and other User Services groups

I work in both Windows and Linux environments for the tools we use and I support/develop, depending on what suits our needs. 764-HELP consultants use thin client computing, tied to Windows Terminal Servers to access these tools, allowing them to use the Intel and Macintosh computers at their stations to reproduce customer problems without fear of losing access to their tools or call notes.

Most of the tools I develop or maintain are written in Perl, with a judicious amount of shell scripting thrown in where approriate.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/01/background.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/01/background.html General Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:38:53 -0500 Welcome Welcome to my blog. I don't expect to post here often, but who knows? I might just get into this. Regardless, my posts will probably be articles and links about interesting things in IT and how it affects us, with a focus on security and privacy issues.

]]> http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/01/welcome.html http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~awilkins/archives/2006/01/welcome.html General Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:35:04 -0500