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While fooling around with Camstudio the other day, I thought “Hmmm, why don’t I actually make a video about something useful?” So I thought about it for a bit, and decided to pick something that I consider really basic, but something many administrators and PC experts overlook. It’s a custom toolbar to hold your common administrative shortcuts. While the actual toolbar creation is nothing earth-shattering, I think the idea of organizing administrative functions into such a toolbar is. I know this because time and time again I am asked “How did you get that toolbar down there?”

Therefore, here you go…a short crude video narrated by yours truly…on how to create an Admin Toolbar, and what I think you should put in it. If you can manage to make it through all my “ummms” and “uhhhs”, and the fact that I’m a bit nasally from a cold, you just might find it semi-useful. Just remember that I did this without any rehearsal, and did it in a single 15-minute take…so if it sucks, don’t send me hate mail! Who knows, maybe one of these days I’ll do another one of these on a more interesting topic, with a bit more preparation.

Video – Creating a Handy Admin Toolbar

Oh, and by the way, if you ever need to put together a PC training video or capture activity on your computer into video, I highly recommend CamStudio. It’s a free open source program and it works excellent. Far better than anything out there in my opinion. Install it and you’ll be making videos in minutes. Check it out.

In this article I’m going to show you how to positively and directly kill unresponsive applications using some standard command-line tools. I’ll also present you with a couple batch files to make this process as easy as possible. Armed with these commands and scripts, you will be able to quickly end tasks the right way, take control over your system, and say goodbye to unresponsive applications.

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If you’re going to be using more than a handful of scripts to perform common tasks, it’s important to setup your PC properly to do this. Many people, looking for a script to solve a problem, will download that script and just stick it in any random folder on their PC. While this might not present any problems on a one-time basis, it can be difficult to manage down the road, especially if you ever change PC’s or want to use that script for some other purpose. By designating an area for scripts, making it accessible to the system, and creating an organized structure, you’ll ensure that any scripts you write or download will be easily accessible and can be better managed.

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