Monthly Archives: January 2011

SQL Tips: Powershell Basics for DBAs

We have been discussing about PowerShell in a regular interval. In such a way, this is another tip for you about PowerShell. Using PowerShell is as easy as it presents you with things as drives. If you wish to use C drive, you can use “CD C:” in PowerShell as you do in DOS. Moreover, if you wish to access your registry, you can do it by typing “CD HKLM:”. If you wish to access SQL Server via PowerShell, it is required to type “CD SQLSERVER:”. Now, let’s try connecting to a SQL Server and to a specific DB. If you wish to do so, you can simply type the following command.
>cd SQLServer:\SQL\ServerName\Default\Databases\DBName
As you’ve clearly understood the structure of PowerShell, you can easily switch between servers, databases or any other objects as you’ve to replace the name of the objects and leave the rest the same. Now, let’s have a look about the different drives with you can work. The command we’ve provided is “psdrive” and it is required to type it as follows in the PowerShell Prompt.
>psdrive


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Gadget: MSI WindPad U100W Windows 7 Tablet starts rocking from next month

We have already discussed about so many models of tablets in our site. Even more, we have discussed about MSI gadgets too. In such a way, this is another gadget comes from MSI. The name of the device is MSI WindPad U100W Windows 7 Tablet. It will be launched in France by next month. The tablet has come out with MSI’s custom wind Touch UI, a 10 inch touchscreen display and a 1.66GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor.


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Shortcut keys for Facebook

Nowadays, each and everyone uses the shortcut keys for simplifying the work. The keyboard shortcuts are the strokes that are pre-assigned to trigger the pre-defined actions like opening and closing a file like pressing Ctrl + N and Alt + F4. Moreover, the shortcut keys are widely used by the gamers to increase or decrease the gaming reaction speed. Now, this is applicable even for the biggest Social Bookmark giant Facebook. Have you ever has such an idea to use the shortcut keys in Facebook? We have provided the list of shortcuts that can be used in Facebook for simplifying the work. The shortcut keys are applicable for the Internet Explorer and the Google Chrome browsers. If you’re a firefox user, it is required to hold the Shift key together with the below provided key combination. Now, try it out.
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Software: Disk Recovery Wizard recovers the lost data from the damaged or the corrupted storage devices

Data loss is one of the major concerns nowadays. If you lose the data of the computer, it is not such a possible task to recover the deleted data. We have to strain a lot to rescue the lost data. In that scenario, we may use any data recovery tools to recover the lost data from the computer. One of such tools is Disk Recovery Wizard. It is a handy and reliable tool that assures you a safe recovery of files and data from damaged, corrupted and inaccessible disks. Along with the data loss, the damaged, corrupted and lost disk data may also cause economic impact for you.
The tool has come out with an advanced technology along with an intuitive wizard like interface. Therefore, you can recover data from damaged, corrupted and inaccessible disks safely.


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Tips: Spreading Promotions In Orkut Easily

One of the greatest ways to promote and share information is Orkut Promotion. You can just create a promotion and Orkut will show it to all of your friends who can share it with their friends. Now, let’s discuss about spreading the promotion even further. In this article, we have provided a promo URL. For the every promotion you create, it  generates a web address that you can use to share the promotion in your scraps or outside of Orkut. All you’ve to do is just copy and paste it anywhere you wish. If anyone clicks on it, they’ll see your promotion on the top right corner of your Orkut profile.


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