Use repadmin.exe from the Support Tools and add 1 line for each of your domain controllers: repadmin /syncall DC1.Yourdomain.com dc=Yourdomain,dc=com repadmin /syncall DC2.Yourdomain.com dc=Yourdomain,dc=com repadmin /syncall DC3.Yourdomain.com dc=Yourdomain,dc=com
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June, 2004 Archive
How can you use SMS Remote Control, without a clients permission
When you use SMS Remote Control, and the client is NOT present to respond to the ‘permission’ prompt, you have a problem. When the client is a server with no one logged on, you clearly need a solution. You can use Regedt32 on the client, to navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftSMSClientClient ComponentsRemote Control. Edit or Add Value […]
A quick way to determine the owner of a file
A quick way to determine the owner of a file is to open a CMD prompt and type dir /q FolderFileName.Extension.
Grey Hair colour ..
Hair Color of the “Person” Icon for a User Group Becomes Gray If the Group Contains More Than 500 Users. If you want to change the number: Link
How do I Start/Stop an ISA Server service from the command-line?
You can individually Stop / Start these services, using the long or short names: “ISA Server Packet Filter Extension Driver” Mspfltex “Microsoft Web Proxy” W3proxy “Microsoft Firewall” Fwsrv “Microsoft ISA Server Control” Isactrl
Access MSN messenger from mobile / pda / web / wap
Yes its possible to access MSN messenger even if your pda / phone does not have the MSN software. As long as you can browse the web can you talk to your buddies ! Connect here: Link
How do I place the Windows XP Administrative Tools on the Start menu?
1. Use the Registry Editor to navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced. 2. Double-click the StartMenuAdminTools Value Name, a DWORD data type. 3. Set to data value to: 0 – Don’t display this item. 1 – Display on the All Programs menu and the Start menu. 2 – Display on the All Programs menu. 4. Press OK.
Exchange ‘Visual’ mapper
Exmap is a an extremely useful tool, which will automatically generate a Visio diagram of your Exchange Organization. It may take a little trial and error to get the desired layout, however this tool can save a tremendous amount of time for a large Exchange Topology scenario. It can run on NT 4.0, however the […]
PING: transmit failed, error code 10050 or code 65
When you issue a PING command, you may receive either of the following: PING: transmit failed, error code 10050 PING: Transmit failed, error code 65. This failure is generally the result of having a firewall program blocking the PING or blocking ICMP Echo and/or Echo Reply packets. Check your program documentation for how to allow […]
No administrable services found
When you open Services and Applications (right-click My Computer and press Manage), you receive: No administrable services found. When you install the server tools on Windows 2000 Professional, IIS is selected by default, but the IIS snap-in is not properly configured. To fix the problem: 1. Control Panel / AddRemove Programs / AddRemove Windows Components. […]