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Let me please explain the scenario what I went through. I have a Transcend SSD which I use to boot my PC which I upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. I have two other hard disk drives (one tera byte and other is 320 GB). Yesterday I received a notification from the SSD utility […]

I would like to copy files from one drive to another, but I only want to copy source files that are newer than the destination file.  BUT, I also want to only copy source files that have been changed after a certain date. I know I can use xcopy to do either one of these

Windows seems to have a length limit on file names when trying to delete, though it won’t prevent those files from being created. Our build process creates a number of temporary files (many build off of a WSDL) that run afoul of this limit.  Our ant script is somehow able to delete them when doing

I have bought Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000. It’s working just as I want it except that “back” button on the left side. I constantly hit it with the thumb and browser goes back. I am not used to this behavior, since my older mouse didn’t have such a button. I just want to get

How do you enter a carriage return or CHAR(13) in a worksheet cell manually ? I’m not talking about a line feed or CHAR(10). I’ve seen this in a file and the carriage return had a very weird effect on the cell contents, but I can’t reproduce it manually. UPDATE There are very good answers

From the Windows NT-based (Windows XP and 7 specifically) command prompt, how can I get the serial number of a hard drive as a variable? The one I’m looking at is the serial number of the physical hard disk drive Solution: Try this command   vol C: this will get the volume serial number given

I accidentally disabled my admin account. After I login to another account I found I can not get admin rights, because all admin accounts on my computer are disabled. I clicked on ‘run as administrator’ but only see a smart card choice (all the admin accounts are disabled so no choice provided) I don’t want

I have a wifi connection that requires to authenticate using a web form once the wireless link is established.I know how to automate the authentication with a script that uses curl/curlIE. But how can I ask Windows to call my script every time I connect to a particular network connection? I would be also interested

I can create a collection of pictures giving a 360-degree view from a certain spot, just taking a bunch of photographs from the same spot but in a different direction.  However, what software could I use (on Windows) to stitch these images together to get one big image? I prefer something that would stitch them

Does Windows (XP or later) have a built-in way to create persitent drive mappings, like the ones SUBST creates? I found a 3rd party tool psubst. Is there a way to do it without 3rd party tools? Solution: Well Wikipedia mentions: C:>SUBST /?Associates a path with a drive letter.SUBST [drive1: [drive2:]path]SUBST drive1: /D  drive1:        Specifies