SS64.com – multi-platform command line reference
Lately I’ve been messing with command line and file copy especially to automate some stuff.
SS64 site came up a lot in google searches so I went over it properly. It is minimalistic and extensive guide on command line for multiply platforms.
Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector – radar for wireless access points
I had power blackout for most of Friday evening so spent time hugging my notebook and went over some non-desktop software.
Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector is app that simplifies locating wireless access points and helps troubleshoot connections issues.
File-Extensions.org – file extensions and types catalogue
While back Petr Novotny had contacted me about his site as possible addition to my post on file extension databases. I rarely re-write past posts, unless there is need for considerable update.
So separate post on File-Extensions – another site about file extensions and types.
HP ProBook 4510s – nice small business notebook
I had set up three of these in less than a week so simply needed to write this post and get them off my mind. :)
HP ProBook 4510s is business notebook that belongs to that elusive stage when latest hardware hits mainstream but still far from outdated.
Stress test your video card with FurMark and GPU-Z
Video cards are kind of hardware that is created for sheer purpose of showing off. No other computer component gets more powerful at that unreasonable pace and manages to convince users it is still worth paying for. :)
While running latest game at unnecessarily high settings is fun enough, sometimes you need hard numbers to validate your purchase. FurMark is simple and fun video card benchmark, that also can (with help of GPU-Z) test system stability.
Parted Magic – LiveCD partition manager and more
I have mixed feelings about bootable tools, because of additional complexity to manage physical media for those. Still some tasks benefit greatly from clean independent boot (like cleaning viruses with DrWeb LiveCD).
Parted Magic is another Linux-based bootable disc for hard drive partitions manipulation and related tasks.
Microsoft Fix It solutions hubs
In the beginning of this year I had posted about Microsoft Fix It initiative to provide easy to use utilities for fixing common issues, described in Microsoft Knowledge Base. One of main issues at time was lack of centralized list of issues for which fixes are available.
In following months Fix It managed to get centralized (and fall apart a bit) into few hub pages.


