Scott Elkin

Category: Windows

  • 0.0.0.0 Gateway Causing No Internet Access

    Sometime last week, I stopped being able to get access to the internet while at work.  I could get an IP address from DHCP, but couldn’t get any traffic past our firewall/gateway. I thought it was DHCP server, and was ready to buy a new one as it is 5 years old.  But then I…

  • Delete Files Older Than Date Using Batch Files

    This problem has nagged at me for years.  Here is a batch command to delete files on a Windows 2003 machine. Forfiles -pC:\backup -s -m*.* -d-5 -c “cmd /c del /q @path” This will delete all files in my backup directory older than 5 days. To test it first, use this: Forfiles -pC:\backup -s -m*.*…

  • Deauthorize iTunes Before Reformatting

    I added this to my Reinstall Windows Todo List, but felt I should devote one blog on it because of its importance. To put it simply, iTunes allows you to play or “authorize” your music on up to 5 computers. If you reformat your machine before “deauthorizing” it, you waste one of those licenses. As…

  • Reinstalling Windows

    Something great happens when you finally succumb to the inevitable fact that you need to wipe your machine. That happened for me at 4 PM yesterday. Over the last few weeks, I tried everything to speed it up, but no amount of defrag’ing, deleting, uninstalling was doing it. But when you finally relent to what…

  • Windows 2003 SP1 Errors

    Since I installed SP1 here are the problems I am having: MSN Messenger gives me 4 script errors each time I sign in: Line 373, Char 2, Unspecified error, URL: http://t.msn.com/en-us/default.aspx?ver=7.0.0777&did=1 MSN Messenger will prevent me from using the ENTER key when sending a message. Once I restart it, it will work for awhile before…