Subj : Re: Toolin' around (was Re: B
To   : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : MRoblivious1bmf@noooospamonyahoodot.com
Date : Sat Jul 30 2005 06:34 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Mindless Automaton wrote:
>   To: Mindless Automaton
> Mindless Automaton wrote:
> 
>>Mindless Automaton wrote:
>>
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>>>Is there any way to set maintenance items up so they are killed if 
>>>they run too
>>>long? Once I got home and ended the process, everything was speedy again.
>>>
>>>Barring the BBS doing it, is there some way to set up WinXP to do it?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Mindless Automaton
>>
>>
>>FYI:
>>
>>I've been using VNC & Process Explorer to kill off any wild 
>>door/maintenance
>>processes.  Recently I found out Sysinternals has (free!) command line 
>>tools that you
>>can run from ;SHELL remotely..
>>
>>http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PsTools.html
>>
>>Have fun..
>>
>>-Mindless Automaton
> 
> 
> Also, I came across this one: http://www.monkeyjob.com/BMSTDOS.htm
> 
> "This free Windows utility will run from your "Send To" menu. Send a file or folder to a 
> DOS prompt which will open in the folder that you sent. An environment variable will be 
> set to the file or folder name."
> 
> Anyways, you right click in explorer on the folder you want and do Send To > DOS
> and you get a DOS window with that directory pulled up..
> 
> -Mindless Automaton
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that is so dumb when all you need to do is open up registry editor, and 
create a key which will appear in your context menu.
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