Category Archives: windows

Windows 32 (x86) or 64 (AMD64) detection in batch files

By jacob | Published: October 20, 2009
While there are a lot of ways to detect for a 64 bit version of windows. you can test for %programFiles(x86)%, but handling the output and writing the IF comparisons is messy. In Batch files, you can easily check for architecture by using the “processor_architecture” variable. x86 versions of windows will have this set to “x86″, [...]
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Uninstall ALL Versions of WinZip Batch Script

By jacob | Published: October 6, 2009
I have been struggling with this for quite a while, and ran into a lot of issues with all of the different versions on our network. There are people with 100 line .vbs scripts to do this, and I think this is much simpler: @echo off REM REM REM    Detects winzip and silently uninstalls REM    There is a un-stoppable pop-up [...]
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Set Windows Environment variables through registry.

By jacob | Published: February 11, 2009
The system variables are in there, so you can change and add to them permanently. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
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Remotely change power options in XP

By jacob | Published: January 12, 2009
First of all, get the pstools and set them up. then run psexec \\[workstation name] powercfg /query Field Description Value ----------------- ----- Name [...]
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Logitech webcam drivers

By jacob | Published: December 30, 2008
Logitech drivers are packed in with an awful, bloated program. Just want the drivers and nothing else? I did this with a Quickcam 4000 Pro. The same basic steps may apply to other cams: 1. Download the Program from logitech.com 2. use 7-zip, winRAR, or some other decent compression program to extract the contents of the .exe [...]
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