http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:16:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently I discovered after installing Windows Vista SP1 that the /console option was missing from the Remote Desktop Client.  Luckily, the functionality remains, only with a new command. Prior to version 6.1 of RDP, to access the console type "mstsc /console". Post version 6.1 of RDP, to access the console type "mstsc ... http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=14 Those of you looking for a simple backup setup for your SQL server 2005 databases are in luck! I've stumbled across this script, and modified it to work for me in my environment. I am not suggesting that your entire SQL server backup strategy should be to create backup files ... http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=13 Starting my 3rd major IT job in the last 5 years, I find myself talking companies into investing into tools that I use on a regular basis time and time again.  Naturally, when I found out that my new employer did not have an imaging solution in place for me ... http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=12 Google has forged ahead yet again! Many thought GMail's previous support of IMAP had finally made Google a major player in the online application industry.  However, one major downfall has always been the lack of standardized support to syncronize Google Calendar with the heavily used personal and business used Microsoft Outlook. Early ... http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=11 Symtoms: Slow or unresponsive Windows XP system. SPOOLSV.EXE high CPU usage (90-100%) Cause: Print spool service hung on a corrupted file stored in a temporary printer queue directory. Resolution: Restart the Windows XP workstation. Log into the workstation with an Administrative account. Delete the contents of the following directory: c:\windows\system32\spool\Printers\ Restart the print spooler service (and or the entire workstation). Anyone ... http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=9 Thanks to Chris Lynch for helping to refine the MKV to WMV conversion method. His original thread from xbox-scene.com can be found here. Click here to download the guide by Chris Lynch in PDF format. This guide demonstrates a very polished method of converting MKV files into WMV-HD video files with ... http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=8 **Update Visit http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=8 for a new polished tutorial similar to this one, to convert all of your MKV's to WMV (DTS support included). With all of the required software from Part 1, we are now ready to start converting x264 MKV video files to WMV-HD. Process: The first step is to separate the ... http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=6 Some of us have run across situations where we want to be able to keep user-mode programs running in a Linux TTY session, but still want to be able to manage them remotely through SSH or other means. One solution is the 'linuxvnc' utility, which can grab a TTY session and ... http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=7 **Update Visit http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=8 for a new polished tutorial similar to this one, to convert all of your MKV's to WMV (DTS support included). Thanks again to Cody Browning for helping many of us come up with this conversion method. His original thread from xbox-scene.com can be found here. The Xbox ... http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=5 The creation of a database driven website is very simple in concept; add content to the database, and display the content on pages. The work going on behind the scenes to make this concept function, is not always so simple. There are numerous methods and products that can ... http://www.ryanwalsh.ca/blog/?p=4