Category: Windows
A simple batch file which compresses every folder into a 7z Archive
For backing up old files I tend to sort into lots of different folders, anything I am finished with I […]
Rebuild a V1 DBCapture Database Queue
We have an issue where on a rare occasion a scan from V1 DBScanner to DBCapture can corrupt the queue […]
Updating a network location in Windows 2012
I had an issue where a server which was joined to a domain had incorrectly set its network as Public. […]
Filtering in Event Viewer Windows Server 2008 onwards
The Event Viewer from Server 2008 onwards is XML based. Filters based on XML syntax can be used such as: […]
Simple error checking when running batch files from T-SQL in SQL Server
A while ago we added error trapping to the batch file called by a SQL script, this was to ensure […]
Microsoft Access 2010 loader
Credits (As what I consider the hard stuff was actually done by other people): TheSmileyCoder for the solid awesome little […]
Why use ACCDE and then ACCDR Access Front Ends
Nearly every single Microsoft Access “database” I use has a proper database attached instead of using the internal Jet Engine, […]
Within a batch file run a program for a certain length of time before killing it
I needed to run a scheduled batch job and kill it off after a certain amount of time, this was […]
Windows 10 Remove Unwanted Bloat from Windows 10
A number of the default “apps” that Microsoft provide tend to get on my nerves, as I have Skype and […]
Outlook 2010: VBA delay sending of emails until the next working day if outside of reasonable hours
This Outlook 2010 VBA code was used to impose a time when emails could not be sent and were instead […]