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I had to look up this gem to share it with someone again. Thanks to Microsoft’s ‘The Scripting Guys’ for summarizing the standard warning about touching the Windows registry:

“Warning: Don’t ever change a value in the registry. Ever. We know we just told you to do that, but would you jump off a cliff if we told you to? Don’t ever change a value in the registry. Don’t even say the word registry. We know a guy once who said the word registry, and three days later he was hit by a bus. True story. As a matter of fact, you shouldn’t even have a registry on your computer. If you suspect that you do have a registry on your computer, call us and a trained professional will be dispatched to your office to remove the registry immediately. If you accidentally touch the registry, wash your hands with soap and water and call a doctor. Do not swallow the registry or get it in your eyes!”

from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd939960.aspx

To the tune of ‘My Favorite Things’.

Pointers to pointers, And references dereferenced, C strings escaped, and a registry preferenced. Serialized instances sorted in stacks, These are a few of my favorite hacks.

(chorus) When the thread locks, and MEM hits max. when I’m out of luck… I simply remember my favorite hacks, and then I don’t feel so stuck.

Wix MSI and some installs by OneClick. Registry rollback when PC is a brick.

Backgrounded install for all service packs, These are a few of my favorite hacks.

(repeat chorus)

127.zero.oh-one Localhost loopback and self-serving test runs.

Localized SqlLite storing some MACs. These are a few of my favorite hacks.

(repeat chorus)

Shared folder data, import through a spreadsheet, WordMerge then parse back, and upload and repeat. Specialized servers turn emails to fax. These are a few of my favorite hacks.

(repeat chorus)

Php Escape string, and regex in taint mode, use strict or warning, but never use globals.

Update your language or suffer attacks, these are a few of my favorite hacks.

Continuing with articles about connecting to the network at the University of Illinois from an Ubuntu computer, here’s a hint about connecting to the UiWpa2 Wireless:  Ubuntu may not automatically choose a certificate authority for you; you may need to browse for a CA certificate.

Choose the Thawte Premium Server CA – it will work at Illinois (and quite a lot of other places, actually): /etc/ssl/certs/ThawtePremiumServer_CA.pem

As usual, enter your NetId for your username, and you can use your Active Directory password.

If you’re still having trouble getting online, check out the CITES Homepage for more information on Illinois network resources.