The Pain of Running As Non-Admin
If you choose not to make a user’s domain account a member of the local Administrators group on their machine, the user is likely to complain loudly for a number of reasons including the following:
When they try and install software on their machine, the install will usually fail with an [...]
There are several ways to lock your Windows XP computer, but all of them use the same command line. The method you choose is a matter of personal preference.
via the keyboardThe easiest way to lock Windows XP is by simply pressing the Windows logo key and the letter L (for Lock) on a Microsoft Natural [...]
Outlook 2000, 2003, 2007 problems
When running Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2007. A Exchange 2007 users can no longer logon their mailbox using MAPI. They can using OWA and if I give another user full mailbox access this user has no problem logging on using MAPI.
Creating a new Outlook 2003 profile gives same error and [...]
You can repair a corrupted registry in Windows XP. Corrupted registry files can cause a variety of different error messages. See the Microsoft Knowledge Base for articles about error messages that are related to registry issues. This article assumes that typical recovery methods have failed and access to the system is not available except by [...]
Expired Domains is FREE desktop program to easily find soon to expire domains, organize search sets of keywords, apply rules and more.
Expired Domains is free Windows desktop application which greatly helps you find domain names that are expiring soon. This tool is developed for in-house use but we decided to release it to public [...]
To enabling Remote Desktop using regedit, follow these steps:
Run REGEDIT from Start>Run
Click on File, then select Connect Network Registry
Type the remote computer IP or host name in the Enter the object name to select and the click OK.
Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server, in the right panel, seelct fDenyTSConnection (REG_DWORD). Change the value data from 1 (Remote [...]
open up Regedit.exe and manually change the registry value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters\srvcomment.
Note. Be forewarned that even though this change is made in the registry the new description might not take effect until the computer has rebooted. Just something to keep in mind.
Connection to a remote Registry how to: Run -> regedit -> File -> Connect [...]
Computers in a school computer lab or an Internet café, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to, no matter who uses them. Windows SteadyState is easier to download, set up, use, and maintain than Shared [...]
The shutdown command can be use via the command prompt, the remote shutdown dialog window, or in a batch file. You can logoff, shutdown, or restart a computer with this tool. You can even set the shutdown tool to perform a task at a certain time on certain days and to many computers at one [...]
Windows Vista/Windows XP/2000/Me/98
Backup the Windows registry
1 . Click the Start button and then click All Programs > Accessories > Run.
2 . In the Run dialog box, type the following text:
regedit
3. Click OK.
4. In the User Account Control window, click Continue.
5. On the File menu, click Export.
6. In the File name box, type a name that [...]
For enhanced security, you might choose to disable the printer redirection feature for clients that connect via the Remote Desktop Web Connection client. You can disable printer redirection by using the Do not allow printer redirection Terminal Services Group Policy.
No more Event Id 1111 errors
Source: TermServDevicesCategory: NoneEvent ID: 1111
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457106.aspx#ECAA
ow to Setup Terminal Services Group Policy [...]
If you double-click a drive or folder, Search Companion may start and the drive or folder may not open. If you configure settings for other actions that are associated with drives or file folders (for example, Open Command Window Here or Print Directory Listing), Windows may perform one of these actions instead of [...]
Open up windows explorer
Tools -> Folder Options.
File Types Tab
Select the Folder file type
Click Advanced
Click New
For the Action type what ever you want the context menu to display, I used Command Prompt.
For the Application used to perform the action use c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe (note on win2k you will want to specify the [...]
Creates connections to terminal servers or other remote computers, edits an existing Remote Desktop Connection (.rdp) configuration file, and migrates legacy connection files that were created with Client Connection Manager to new .rdp connection files.
How to connect to the windows console on a Win2k3 machine via remote desktop:mstsc -v:servername /F -console
mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [...]
The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.
Belarc Advisor (Remote)
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe [...]
