Update Symantec without an uninstall password

December 9, 2008 ~ Leo Petrazickis ~ Leave a comment

I had to update an old XP Home test machine to run the latest Symantec Suite of Crap. Installation of new Symantec stuff requires a manual uninstall of old Symantec stuff. Here, I ran into a problem -- it prompted for an "uninstall password". The default password is "symantec", but that wasn't my issue. Apparently, … Continue reading Update Symantec without an uninstall password

Creating Start Menu shortcuts with Javascript

August 14, 2007 ~ Leo Petrazickis ~ Leave a comment

While preparing the installer for the Web 2.0 Starter Toolkit for IBM DB2, I had to set up Start Menu shortcuts. The way to do that is to work through the Windows Scripting Host (WSH). The WSH supports two built-in languages â€“ VBScript and Jscript â€“ and a theoretical number of third-party alternatives. VBScript is … Continue reading Creating Start Menu shortcuts with Javascript

Utilities for Windows I

March 9, 2007 ~ Leo Petrazickis ~ Leave a comment

Hard Drive Cleanup WinDirStat is an excellent utility for visualizing your used disk space and drilling down to files that you can clean up, back up, and delete. It's similar to SequoiaView and Steffen Gerlach's Scanner, but even more powerful. You can drill down through a folder tree as well as highlight filetypes in the … Continue reading Utilities for Windows I