shutdown in the middle of Windows 7 setup

I have a brand new Lenovo laptop (one that boots this time). I want to sell it, as pristine as possible, with the windows setup intact, ready to boot for its new owner. I could leave it in the box and ship it out – but… The last Lenovo laptop (this one is a replacement)…

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cygwin tools

I love the cygwin shell. It makes windows marginally useful as a sysadmin platform. It's one of the first tools I add to a base windows install.     I go to Cygwin setup.exe, down load it and run it. I download first without installing.     Create a local package directory (I use 20120518_cygwin…

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adding HP jetdirect printer to windows XP

About every three to six months IT moves printers, upgrades printer and otherwise makes printer changes necessary. Most of our printers are HP with jetdirect cards (port 9100). There is a printer server. In UNIX this means translating windows shared printers, naming conventions and security features, through a rather cryptic graphic interface. Doable once in…

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windows printers and print jobs refuse to delete

Occasionally I’ll run into a situation where I have to adjust the printers on a laptop. Delete one, add a new and changed one, basically bring the printer configuration up to date with what is currently present on the network. Today I brought in my netbook, and I needed to print a few pages of…

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