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Windows authorization: Adding/Removing users from local groups

Though there are API ways to add users to local groups in Delphi, you need the JwaLmAccess unit from the JEDI API library project to import those.
Sometimes that is not feasible, and sometimes you want to just script things.
For those, you can use the Windows net localgroup command (if you have... more »

batch files: getting directory and parent directory

In some situations, batch files are the only thing you have.
In this case, I needed the parent directory of a batchfile.
i.e. not the directory of the batch file itself, but the

echo batchfile=%0... more »

Mac OS X Lion reveals passwords in sleep mode? | The Digital Home – CNET News

If you have a Mac, and enabled automatic login, then it is vulnerable to a FireWire password snooping bug.
Looking at that article, you should either:

turn it off
disable FireWire... more »

Javascript PC Emulator – Technical Notes

Fabrice Bellard wrote a brilliant piece of code: a PC x86 Emulator running in JavaScript.
It can run JSLinux inside your (FireFox 4.x, Chrome 11+, Opera 11.11 and Internet Explorer 9) browser
Some links: News, FAQ, Notes and JSLinux.
–jeroen
via: Javascript PC Emulator – Technical... more »

@NShispeed: OV Chipkaart en #NS-Businesscard perikelen

Zo maar een greep van de afgelopen weken waarin ik met een NS-Businesscard (een soort OV-Chipkaart voor zakelijke reizigers) die wordt geadverteerd als “Met één kaart voordelig reizen van deur-tot-deur”.
NS-Businesscard als OV Chipkaart
De eerste ervaring was goed: door de zomer... more »