Most Windows components can be uninstalled by going to Add/Remove Windows Components in the Control Panel. But what about ones that you don’t find? You know that they’re on there somewhere, so how do you get rid of them? Well, it’s actually not too hard to bring these out of hiding. Hidden in the C:WINNTINF […]
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SysPrep and RipRep behavior changes on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1?
When you deploy a SysPrep or RipRep image on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 with SP1, you may notice that customizations that you made to the default user account are missing AND/OR customization that you made to the Administrator account appear in new user accounts AND/OR modifications that you made to the […]
When my Dfs clients running Windows XP open an executable from a domain-based Dfs path, the user is prompted to confirm whether to run the executable file. How can I stop this behavior?
The client receives this warning because the Dfs path contains a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) as its Active Directory (AD)-stored root. Actually, this message is displayed any time a path to a resource contains a FQDN, not just Dfs paths. To avoid the message, add the domain to the client’s list of trusted local […]
When my Dfs clients running Windows XP open an executable from a domain-based Dfs path, the user is prompted to confirm whether to run the executable file. How can I stop this behavior?
The client receives this warning because the Dfs path contains a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) as its Active Directory (AD)-stored root. Actually, this message is displayed any time a path to a resource contains a FQDN, not just Dfs paths. To avoid the message, add the domain to the client’s list of trusted local […]
Wireless Hackers Demo
Very interesting flash demo on how wireless hackers access your data and the tools they use: Wireless Hackers (Thanks to Liz for the link)
How can I lock the UDP port that Microsoft Exchange Server uses to notify Microsoft Outlook clients that new mail has arrived?
The “New mail” notification that Exchange uses operates over a dynamically assigned UDP port that the Outlook client selects when it first connects to the Exchange server. If you need to lock down this port to enable notification through a firewall, you need to make a client-side registry change (this setting is supported only in […]
Windows update gives a 80246005 error
To fix this error, try: Click start-run type services.msc then press enter Look for the Automatic Updates Service, right click it and choose to stop Click start->run type %windir%SoftwareDistribution then press enter Open the DataStorage folder and delete its contents. Click start->run type services.msc right click the Automatic Update Service and choose to start Now […]
Error “Automation server can’t create object” while changing the User Account properties
When you try to change the User Account properties via the User Accounts Control Panel, you may receive this error: Automation server can’t create object This is due to the missing registry key given below: HKCRCLSID{66e4e4fb-f385-4dd0-8d74-a2efd1bc6178} This problem usually happens if you un-register the file shimgvw.dll (as an attempt to turn Off the Windows Picture […]
How can I hide the drop-down list of domains that appears on the logon screen of Windows XP and later machines?
To remove the domain drop-down list from the logon screen and force users to use their full user principal name (UPN), perform these steps: 1. Start the registry editor (regedit.exe). 2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon registry subkey. 3. From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD value. 4. Enter a name of NoDomainUI and press […]
Can you recover deleted items from a Microsoft Exchange Server public folder?
Yes, the same “Recover deleted items” option that’s available for a user mailbox is available for a public folder. However, unlike a mailbox, when you delete an item from a public folder, the item doesn’t go to a “Deleted items” folder. Instead, it’s simply hidden (by setting the PR_DELETED_ON property) and isn’t actually deleted until […]