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1. Firefox Updating Fix

   This is a problem I used to have with Firefox updates failing when I was running as a Limited User in Windows XP.

   Here are the steps to fix the problem:

   1. Close all running instances of Firefox.
   2. Open an Administrator command prompt by right-clicking on a Command Prompt icon, choose …

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2. DOS/Windows Environment Variables

   To view all environment variables

   set
   

   To view a specific environment variable, use one of the following

   set VARIABLE
   echo %VARIABLE%
   

   To set an environment variable

   set VARIABLE=VAUE
   

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3. Determining Uptime for Windows

   After my computer restarted overnight I became curious as to what time it restarted (I had something running overnight and was upset that it didn't finish. A quick Google search revealed that there are several ways to reveal this information:

   Uptime.exe Utility

   Microsoft provides a small utility that determines …

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