If you don't want to use Group Policy for setting default printers for your users you can use VBScript. I know that the preferred method of setting the printer is via GPO, but this gives you an alternative in the event that you find yourself in a position where you can't use GPO for whatever…
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Install PHP 5 on IIS 6
There are millions of sites showing you how to install PHP 5 on IIS and believe me, most of those don't work. I have decided to do my own succinct version of PHP 5 and IIS so here it is. Hopefully it helps someone. This guide assumes you already have IIS up and running on…
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Force Shut Down of Windows Service
Sometimes when you are trying to stop or restart a Windows service you get the dreaded Status of "Stopping" and through the Services GUI you are stranded with no further options. There is a command line work around that I will outline here that forces the termination of a service. First we need to identify…
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