Miscellaneous Tools & Utilities
Merge INI
A utility similar to the one supplied by MS to merge two INI files. Useful for installing new settings.
Download: mergeini.zip (19 KiB)
Source Code: mergeini_src.zip (4 KiB)
XP Manifest
Utility to insert a common controls version 6 manifest into an executable file. This can be used when your IDE does not support this as part of the build process for your software, or for inserting a manifest into someone elses existing program to enable it to use the new Windows XP visual themes.
Download: xpmanifest.zip (17 KiB)
Source Code: xpmanifest_src.zip (4 KiB)
Cisco Password Decrypter
Cisco routers can be set to store passwords in a weak, reversible, obfuscated form. This can be seen in a Cisco config file
by setting the encryption mode to '7'. i.e. password 7 050A0B03420C
This simple price of JavaScript enables you to decode these passwords.
Outlook to SquirrelMail addressbook converter
A small utility to export contact information from MS Outlook 2003 into SquirrelMail WebMail .abook format. To install the address book copy into the prefs directory on the SquirrelMail server - possibly /var/lib/squirrelmail/prefs/ - as user@domain.abook
Download: exportcontacts.zip (9 KiB)
Disk Sector Dumper
Small utility to dump sectors from a physical drive on Windows XP. Includes source and pre-built binary. Useful for dumping the first few sectors off your Fusion PVR harddrive for diagnosis
Download: diskdump.zip (14 KiB)
Source Code: diskdump_src.zip (7 KiB)