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And the greed factor kicks in. Charge people a lot of coin for something that was given to them free in the first place.

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Ever get that pesky file stuck in your print queue that is stubborn and you can't seem to get rid of it? There is the sometimes effective ~hurl curses at your machine and reboot it method, or....

I wrote a small batch file to stop the print service, clean the print spooler sub-folder and restart the print service. One annoying block was that Windows wants this to be run in elevated privilege mode. Yes, there are ways around it like running it manually this the elevated privilege prompt, or saving the file somewhere, creating a shortcut to it, then assigning 'run as admin' rights to the shortcut....what a waste of time. Those steps might take at least another 5 seconds. I'm too busy for that.

So, a few more command lines took care of that little issue. However, you still do have to deal with Microsoft's UAC unless you want to turn it off entirely, which I do not recommend. For those of you brave enough to create your own batch file, here is the code. For anyone else interested, PM me your email address and OS build, although this should work for everything up to and including Windows 8.1. Win 10, probably, servers...might need a tweak but it isn't made for them. Cheers.

off

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
echo Requesting administrative privileges...
goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
set params = %*:"=""
echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c %~s0 %params%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

"%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
exit /B

:gotAdmin
pushd "%CD%"
CD /D "%~dp0"

reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

net stop spooler >nul 2>nul

del /q c:\windows\system32\spool\printers\*.* >nul 2>nul

net start spooler >nul 2>nul

reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

rem all done Microsoft sux
pause

With the release of Windows 10, it has so far been a mixed bag of results. Performance is slightly better, but battery life on your laptops will take a hit until new drivers are developed for power management. In addition, the interface is cleaner. I plan on posting to my business page to lowdown on new features, with what I like and dislike from personally using it. Several things;

1. Any IT person worth their salt will tell you that doing a clean installation of a new OS is the best practice AND remains the best practice. Microsoft is offering the upgrade route at no cost (for Win7/8/8.1), but not a clean install. Yes, it does involve more work, and reinstalling your programs, but you get a much more stable OS build on your system

2. Starting with Windows 8, Microsoft and the hardware manufacturers have virtually been at war over which party is responsible for building the drivers for the hardware and software to communicate. Case in point, I have had several clients install Windows 10, only to find out that neither side is and has built the correct driver. Some can be irritating, some a much bigger issue. I have seen workstations and laptops that now have no sound, or wireless capabilities, or even wired access (like the wire into your Comcast box).

3. Microsoft will allow you to run an app (you get it through doing your windows updates, registering for the free version).

You can following the instructions from the link below. That being said, I have run that on several machines that ended up being crippled and losing a major component even though this app green lighted everything. But it is a good place to start. And if for some reason, you are still paranoid, send me the make and model number of your workstation or laptop, and I can do a quick look for you.

http://www.intowindows.com/download-windows-10-upgrade-advisor/

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