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No third party utilities required.
Merge two file names ( may.csv and may1.csv ) into a new file called may2.csv, use the following from a command window:
copy/b may.csv +may1.csv may2.csv <Enter>
How do I merge or join files from the command line?

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Alcohol 52 is emulation software allowing users to play CDs DVDs without the need for the physical disc. Notebook users and PC Game players would benefit the most from Alcohol 52%. It supports 25 plus languages and can handle up to 6 virtual CD DVD-ROM drives, all at once. The reading speed of a virtual [...]

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Have a 40GB external USB drive you’re trying to use with Ghost? If you format the external drive with the XP formatting tool, the maximum size XP will format it to is 32 GB. To format the drive to a full 40 GB, use Windows 98 or ME formatting tools — yes that means booting [...]

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Free (released under the GNU General Public License) disk defragment and optimize utility for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use, fast, low overhead, with several optimization strategies, and can handle floppies and USB disks/sticks. Included are a Windows version, a commandline version (for scheduling by the task scheduler or for use from [...]

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Undelete Plus is a quick and effective way to retrieve accidentally deleted files, NTFS files, files removed from the Recycle Bin, in a DOS window, from a network drive, from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down. Free utility software that does not have to be “installed” before using.
Undelete Plus. Free file recovery software. [...]

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Windows NetMeeting is already installed but hidden on your Windows XP computer.

From the -> Start button, select -> Run…
In the run field, type -> CONF and press -> OK.

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In Windows XP or Windows 2003, open an entire command window and type -> GPUpdate <enter>. All of the current policy settings affecting your computer (or server) and your account are displayed.
You can also see a history of the application of group policies by inspecting the registry.
To inspect the group policies applied to your local [...]

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To get a complete memory dump from computers that have 4 GB RAM or more, it is still necessary to use the /MAXMEM switch in the Boot.ini file. One of the page files on the system partition must still be 1 MB larger than the amount of RAM installed in the computer to successfully create [...]

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Simple Microsoft how-to to install an .adm file in your GPO.
Add or remove an Administrative Template (.adm file)

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AT&T finally is delivering on the $10 month DSL pricing it promised when it gobbled up Bellsouth this year.
$10 month buys 768 Kbps down and 128 Kbps up speeds and this price lasts for 30 months when you sign up as a new DSL customer.
$15 month buys 768 Kbps down and 384 Kbps up speeds [...]

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