howto pause for a finite number of seconds in a dos batch file

You can leverage the choice command for pausing for <x> number of seconds:

choice /D y /T 1 >NUL

(substituting the '1')

Tortoise SVN password decryption

Need to retrieve the locally stored encrypted password that Tortoise SVN stores for each of your repositories?

http://www.leapbeyond.com/ric/TSvnPD/

Saved my bacon today :)