FREE: SetACL – Manage access control lists (acl)
The free version of SetACL allows you to manage permissions for Windows objects such as folders or printers by manging their access control list on the command line.
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FREE: Console – Windows Command Prompt alternative for Windows and PowerShell
Console is a free portable Windows Command Prompt alternative that supports multiple-line copy and paste, comfortable window resizing, and tabs.
By Michael Pietroforte - g+ - Tue, August 23, 2011 - 9 comments Michael Pietroforte is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with more than 28 years of experience in system administration.
Free BAT to EXE converter – 4 ways to convert a batch file to an EXE file
The four ways to convert a batch file to an EXE file are IEXPRESS.EXE the free Bat To Exe Converter tool, the Sysadmin Geek’s BAT to EXE converter script and commercial BAT to EXE compilers.
By Michael Pietroforte - g+ - Fri, December 3, 2010 - 10 comments Michael Pietroforte is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with more than 28 years of experience in system administration.
Four ways to stop a shutdown or reboot
The number of reasons for Windows reboots has decreased considerably over the years. But, sometimes, it seems odd to me that operating systems still have to reboot at all. I think, the rise of tablets will force system developers to rethink this weakness. Until then, we have to shut down and reboot our computers at [...]
By Michael Pietroforte - g+ - Thu, October 7, 2010 - 7 comments Michael Pietroforte is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with more than 28 years of experience in system administration.
DOSBox – Run DOS programs on 64-bit Windows
Who says that WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS doesn’t run on Windows 7 x64? I was tempted to write this blog post with WordPefect, because I once was a great fan of this text processing software. Well, of course it doesn’t run natively on a 64-bit Windows. I used the free DOS emulator DOSBox. I suppose, [...]
By Michael Pietroforte - g+ - Fri, December 11, 2009 - 18 comments Michael Pietroforte is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with more than 28 years of experience in system administration.