July, 2005 Archive

Why do 10 million people play World Of Warcraft ?

Posted by Ali on July 30, 2005 30 comments

A friend of mine recently sent me this email and I believe it answers the title of this post perfectly:

I guess it’s a combination of things. Work was taking up more of my time and WOW felt like a second job when just one job was already enough for me. But ultimately it came down to this. If I put in 10 hours pumping out presentations for my boss, reading about mutual funds online, etc. I came out the better for it. However, if I spent the same 10 hours playing, maybe I’d get a level up out of it but when I log off the game, what do I have to show for the last 10 hours of my life. Not much.

Propagate Public Folder Permissions On Exchange 2003

Posted by Ali on July 28, 2005 4 comments

You can use Exchange System Manager to propagate permissions for public folders using the following steps: Exchange System Manager Goto the public folder you want to adjust permissions on Properties Permissions Hold Ctrl while clicking Client Permissions You should now be able to set permissions to public folders and propagate to child objects

Import / Export IP Settings Using Netsh

Posted by Ali on July 22, 2005 No comments

To quickly export your IP (inc dns / wins) settings to a text file, use the following command: netsh -c interface dump > c:\work-net.txt When you connect to another LAN netsh -c interface dump > c:\home.txt Once you have everything in a text file, you can use this command to import the settings depending on […]

Un-hide Components from Add/Remove List

Posted by Ali on July 21, 2005 No comments

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 […]

SysPrep and RipRep behavior changes on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1?

Posted by Ali on July 13, 2005 One comment

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?

Posted by Ali on July 13, 2005 No comments

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?

Posted by Ali on July 13, 2005 No comments

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

Posted by Ali on July 6, 2005 No comments

Very interesting flash demo on how wireless hackers access your data and the tools they use: Wireless Hackers (Thanks to Liz for the link)