AutoRuns

Ever wondered why your computer is taking forever to start up? Well then AutoRuns is for you! This is the most comprehensive application that I have seen for killing automatic processes. I think I am going to be using AutoRuns a lot in future! I love sysinternals!

Bulk Modify Active Directory Users Accounts

Basically my friend upgraded his old server and migrated active directory to the new server. Active directory pointed their profile paths to the server name or IP address of the old server. So he needed to be able to modify all his users profile paths so that they pointed to the new server. He could do it one at a time, but after doing a couple of hundred I am sure he would have gone insane!

I found this tool: ADModify.net

Snippet from their website:

"ADModify.NET is a tool primarily utilized by Exchange and Active Directory administrators to facilitate bulk user attribute modifications."

This tool is awesome! It does exactly what is says it does! It allows you to bulk edit active directory user accounts. You can bulk modify almost any setting in an AD user account using this tool! I am definitely going to keep this one for future, it makes life so much easier!

Some Google Chrome Features

I have been playing with Google chrome today and found some usefull features that others may enjoy:

Application Shortcuts

This allows you to place shortcuts on your computer that link you to web applications such as Gmail or Facebook. The cool thing about this is that it opens up the application in its own window without all the browser controls etc. This allows you to view more of the application as the screen real-estate is not taken up by the other browser controls.

Incongnito Window

The incognito window feature is pretty cool. It allows you to open a "Special Window" that will not "remember" any information about where you went or what you did. i.e. All cookies, URL's and sessions will not be stored in your history or browser cache. This is a nice feature that will allow you to surf your internet banking or "other" sites (naughty naughty) without the fear of the information being stored on your computer for someone else to find.

Javascript Speed

According to many reports on the internet the implemenation of Javascript in Google Chrome is significantly faster than in other browsers. This is pretty visible when browsing the internet. I think that this browser is much faster than anything I have used before.