The SendMail function for PowerShell will send an e-mail through an SMTP server. I’m currently using it for backing up a web server to a virtual machine and sending a confirmation by e-mail on the status of the backup. Usage is very simple:           SendMail Host From To Subject Message UserName Password The Host is [...]

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Redirecting web pages becomes necessary when a web site is updated and old pages are replaced with new ones. This is very common when a site is upgraded to a CMS which typically displays pages as folders (i.e. www.website.com/about) as opposed to www.website.com/about.htm. Its important to redirect old pages to new ones because if the [...]

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I somehow got background images enabled on my Windows XP desktop. There is no obvious solution to fixing this problem. It took some time experimenting and researching, but I finally found how to fix it. Icons with a background image look like this: They should look like this: While I found several solutions to fix [...]

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