utils Archives | ITFixed Computer Services https://www.itfixed.com/category/utils/ Complete Home and Small Office IT Services Sun, 29 Oct 2017 23:22:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.itfixed.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 utils Archives | ITFixed Computer Services https://www.itfixed.com/category/utils/ 32 32 137173680 How to have Device Manager show non present devices. https://www.itfixed.com/2013/02/how-to-have-device-manager-show-non-present-devices/ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:25:00 +0000 Here are a few small commands that a colleague of mine showed me. These commands will start the Windows Device Manager and allow you to see devices that have been removed […]

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]]> 206 How to Extend any Windows2008 Disk Partition https://www.itfixed.com/2010/11/how-to-extend-any-windows2008-disk-partition/ Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:15:00 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/2010/11/how-to-extend-any-windows2008-disk-partition/ I had the need today to extend a Windows 2008 Server disk partition to add the rest of the unused hard drive space to the C: drive. A collegue of […]

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]]> 221 Command line options for XCOPY https://www.itfixed.com/2009/04/command-line-options-for-xcopy/ https://www.itfixed.com/2009/04/command-line-options-for-xcopy/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:36:00 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/2009/04/command-line-options-for-xcopy/ Many people are not aware of some additional command line switches for most if not all dos commands.  In this article I will briefly try to explain one or more […]

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]]> https://www.itfixed.com/2009/04/command-line-options-for-xcopy/feed/ 5 291 How to find files over X days old on Linux https://www.itfixed.com/2009/02/how-to-find-files-over-x-days-old-on-linux/ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/2009/02/how-to-find-files-over-x-days-old-on-linux/ This has come up a few times and I thought I would share it. If you need to find files in a directory over 60 days old /usr/bin/find /directory/to/look/in -atime […]

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]]> 311 How to add a Swap Partition https://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/how-to-add-a-swap-partition/ Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:51:00 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/how-to-add-a-swap-partition/ These steps will create an additional swap partition on your system. 1. Create swap partition (This example uses IDE 2nd drive (/dev/hdb), 2nd partition). Use n command and make partition. […]

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]]> 312 How to FTP files automatically. https://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/how-to-ftp-files-automatically/ Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:04:00 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/how-to-ftp-files-automatically/ The below script may come in handy for someone that needs to pull files for whatever reason to a separate location for processing. I realize that this is not the […]

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]]> 314 7 Ways to Backup Your Data https://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/7-ways-to-backup-your-data/ https://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/7-ways-to-backup-your-data/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/7-ways-to-backup-your-data/ I have been asked many times by friend, coworker, employees and class students “What is the best way to back up my data?” There really is no correct answer that […]

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]]> https://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/7-ways-to-backup-your-data/feed/ 4 318 Gathering Linux DIsk I/O Stats https://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/gathering-linux-disk-io-stats/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/gathering-linux-disk-io-stats/ Here is a small Linux command that I have used frequently to look at disk performance on some of my Linux servers. iostat -xdkt 30 360 >> iostat-results.txt The above […]

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]]> 321 Recuva – Product Review https://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/recuva-product-review/ Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:28:00 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/recuva-product-review/ I have come accross another decent free program for your pc repair bag of tricks.This one is called Recuva ( I tested V1.22.384) From the website Recuva (pronounced “recover”) helps […]

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]]> 322 Top Free Software Download Sites https://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/top-free-software-download-sites/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.itfixed.com/2009/01/top-free-software-download-sites/ Here is a list of what I believe to the Best Free Software Download sites. www.download.com – One of the best I have found to get free software. Sorted by […]

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