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When executing a batch file via scheduled task, cmd.exe is called by the user the task is running as. If you use the default user, or a user with administrative rights, it works perfectly. What happens when you want to lock down permissions and run the task as a non-administrative user? Chances are, you will [...]

Well, this summer season has been a busy one for me in the movie realm. I haven’t been a theater frequenter in a long time, but I definitely kicked it up this year. Here’s my list and a bit of a feedback on the films. Star Trek – Staring Chris Pine as James T. Kirk [...]

Network Woes? Hate the iPhone, Not AT&T – PC World Historically speaking, AT&T has always had horrible service reception, dropped calls and customer service. Not to mention frequent billing mistakes that take months to fix if they ever do get fixed. I personally had to call the FCC and PUCO to file federal disputes with [...]

Amazon slams Google book deal – Sacramento Business Journal: I can understand why NYLA (New York Library Association) and ASJA (American Society of Journalists and Authors) are against the idea of Google giving away / selling out of print books on their website and the courts should give them a fair ear. Amazon, Yahoo and [...]

In the Chicago Tribune article linked below, you can see a democrat finally making a bold move at a controversial tax policy change. Hynes wants to change the state’s flat tax rate into a sloped rate. Instead of taxing everyone 3%, he wants to tax the wealthy (those making over 200k / year) up to [...]

As a web developer, I like to know what browsers are likely to be hitting sites I design. There are many sources for this information on the net, but the numbers seem to vary greatly. Fortunately, I found a wikipedia page that has stats from several sources as well as the average among the listed [...]

SquareTrade, a 3rd party video game warranty company, released a report giving their statistics of failed game systems (X360, PS3, WII). Not surprisingly, the X360 has the highest failure rate (typical of everything microsoft?) and the WII has the lowest (typical of Nintendo’s history). In this report, the following is their summary: X360 Failure Rate: [...]

See the URL below – I can’t believe Stan sold out (although with him being a lakers fan, this shouldn’t surprise me too much). With Disney taking over Marvel, the franchise is bound for a quick and swift destruction. Although, there are a few possible interesting outcomes of this matchup. Video games with Aladdin vs. [...]

Well, learned a good lesson today/yesterday. Before clicking something when working with servers, be sure to know EXACTLY what will happen. If you don’t, and you click it anyway, bad things happen. Oh yea, and the other important lesson of the day, Microsoft Sucks and good friends ROCK!

2 more weeks of crazyness, then back to a somewhat normal life. Part of me can’t wait while part of me loves the craziness. Joseph opened quite successfully, cavs fell out of the playoffs (see ya LBJ. We know you’re leaving in 2010), saw a few new movies, blah blah blah. Anyway, check this (courtesy [...]