There are many ways for a system administrator to deploy software to computers on a domain. This post describes how to create a Group Policy that will deploy a Scheduled Task to your target machines that will run a batch file to perform the installation. You might ask why I would bother with a Scheduled […]
Tag Archives: Software
GEDCOM Backups
I’m typically pretty good at backing up my computers. One of my most prized piece of data is the GEDCOM file that contains a decade of genealogy research — more than 18,000 linked relatives. I often upload a copy of my genealogy database once a quarter to sites like www.ancestry.com, jasonpearce.tribalpages.com, and www.rootsweb.com about once […]
Podcasts x2
Prior to last week’s iPhone 3.0 upgrade, I listened to about four hours of podcasts a week; now I listen to twice as many thanks to the x2 playback option. Although playback is twice as fast, the pitch is unchanged so it doesn’t sound like chipmunks. I now consume more podcasts than I watch TV […]
Microsoft Security Essentials Beta no longer available
On Tuesday, 22 Jun 2009, Microsoft released a beta version of its upcoming free anti-virus product, code named Morro. When I checked the site this morning (24 Jun 2009), the download link had been removed and the following Alert was posted: Thank you for your interest in joining the Microsoft Security Essentials Beta. We are […]
In Stitches about AutoStitch
This weekend I played with a few free panorama photo stitching programs. In particular, I tested out freeware AutoStitch, freeware GigaPan Stitcher, and open source Hugin (with plugins Panorama Tools, Enblend, and Autopano-SIFT). In short, AutoStitch was the easiest tool to use and produced panorama/stitched photographs equally as well or better than GigaPan or Hugin. […]