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How to Fix “You must type a file name” Error When Renaming Dot Folders and Files in Windows Explorer

Joe Kelly — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:27:07 +0000

When I tried to rename my son's backup minecraft folder from .minecraft.bak to .minecraft, Windows Explorer gave the error message "you must type a file name".

Windows Server 2008 Hangs During Startup After Installing SSL Certificate

Joe Kelly — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:37:07 +0000

I had no problem installing the SSL certificate on Windows Server 2008 and it worked well. However, when I rebooted the server it hanged.

How to Find Out Who is Logged On at a Windows Computer

Joe Kelly — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:17:00 +0000

Sometimes it’s handy to find out who is logged on at a remote Windows computer. For example, before rebooting a critical server after hours, you might want to make sure your boss isn’t logged in at his computer.

In Linux, this is easy. You simply login to the remote computer with ssh (or telnet…yikes) and run the who command. For example:

me@bosscomputer:~$ who boss tty7 2008-10-16 07:57 (:0) me

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How to Find Uptime in Windows

Joe Kelly — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:14:00 +0000

Sometimes it’s useful to find out the uptime for a Windows computer. For example, if you are rebooting a whole bunch of Windows computers and you aren’t careful about keeping track of which ones you have just rebooted, you can check the uptime.

In Linux, it’s easy to find out how long a computer has been up and running. You just runtime the good ol’ uptime command. For example:

me@mycomputer:~$ uptime 09:17:32 up 23 days, 19:13, 3

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