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Friday, December 28, 2007 8:33 PM

Usability Issue in Windows Recycle Bin on the Desktop

If you put a Recycle Bin on the desktop, you might empty it by right clicking it and click "Empty Recycle Bin" form the menu. But you may have noticed that there is another option in the menu called "Delete" which is for deleting the...
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:49 AM

How to manage Terminal Services through commend-line tools

A new article I write regarding some useful command line tools for managing terminal services. (Beginner Level) http://www.howtonetworking.com/ RemoteAccess /tsmanager10.htm
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:17 PM

Differences between Remote Desktop Connection in Windows XP and Terminal Services in Windows Server

I wrote another article for howtonetworking.com. Differences between Remote Desktop Connection in Windows XP and Terminal Services in Windows Server (Beginner Level) http://howtonetworking.com/RemoteAccess/rdc&TS1.htm The article describes the differences...
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Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:20 PM

How to Use Terminal Services Manager

You may be interested to take a look at my new How-To article at howtonetworking.com: How to Use Terminal Services Manager (Beginner Level) http://www.howtonetworking.com/RemoteAccess/tsmanager.htm The article describes how to use the Terminal Services...
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Sunday, January 29, 2006 12:02 PM

A Quick Note Regarding Safe Mode with Networking

Please always remember, there is NO wireless network connection enabled when Windows is running in "Safe Mode with Networking". Use a wired network if you want to diagnose the Windows in Safe Mode with Networking.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:14 AM

Let's celebrate the launch of Windows Server 2003 R2

Yes. R2 was released yesterday, on 12/06/2005. This is the first major Windows Server update release since Windows Server 2003. R2 provides a number of new features as well as security improvements based on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. Most people...
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Thursday, December 01, 2005 11:49 AM

Creating Partitioned Table in SQL Server 2005

SQL Server 2005 supports partitioned table to enable database developer to separate tables horizontally to different file groups. This post shows how to create partitioned tables in SQL Server 2005. Click “Start”, click “All Programs”...
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Friday, November 04, 2005 12:48 PM

EventCombMT.exe - A Good Tool To Collect Event Logs

A good tool called EventCombMT.exe in the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit or Account Lockout and Management Tools may help network administrators to export specific kinds of event logs to a single text file. Log files may be overwritten and need to be...
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Friday, October 21, 2005 7:45 PM

Move Operations Master Roles by ntdsutil

What would happen if we didn't either use dcpromo to demote the first domain controller before removing it from the domain or move each Operations Master role seperately before removing the computer? We could use command line tool to assign the Operations...
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Sunday, October 16, 2005 11:28 PM

Don't Forget The Operations Masters

Many IT people would add DCs to the existing Windows network some times after the first implement. At the same time, many IT people like to remove some early DCs from the network because their newly added ones are more powerful. However, many IT people...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005 12:44 AM

Add NICs to Existing Virtual PC

Virtual PC is a fantastic tool to help us build test or experimental environment of Windows Server System. Suppose now we are building a test environment for Windows Server 2003 and its updates. The purpose is to simulate the company's real network environment...
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Saturday, October 08, 2005 12:07 PM

Where to Find IP Security Monitor in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP?

Microsoft has changed the way IPSec Monitor runs in Windows Server 2003. Dislike it's in Windows 2000, we can't start IPSec Monitor by clicking “start”- “Run” then enter “ipsecmon”. In Windows Server 2003, IPSec Monitor...
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Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:23 AM

Good Network Connections Diagnostics Tool - Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

You got a new computer or server, and you spent a long time configured all network settings. Now you want to make sure the software, hardware and network connections are functioning normally. A buit-in tool in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 can help...
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Sunday, September 18, 2005 5:42 PM

PageDefrag - Defragment Page Files and Registry Hives

Windows NT Defragment Tool doesn't defragment pages files and the registry hives. However, in some situations, we need to do this. For example, when we installed a new version of Windows Operating System with the upgrade install option. PageDefrag can...
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Saturday, September 17, 2005 4:56 PM

Funny Windows XP Pro Installation Experience

I bought a new Dell Dimension 9100 computer last week with Windows XP Home. As an IT person, Windows XP Home edition is obviously not powerful enough for me. Luckily, I have an MSDN Universal subscription, so I planned to install Windows XP Professional...
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Sunday, September 11, 2005 12:03 PM

Good KB to Read: logon screen turns black after you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to log on

The following KB describes why the logon screen turns black after you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to log on to Windows Server 2003 and how to solve this problem. It's pretty useful. This article also remind us, small problems may have serious effects and make...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2005 1:35 AM

Talk something about MMC, the Microsoft Management Console

IT Administrators may use MMC every day. Almost all Microsoft Windows Administrative Tools are built into MMC. For example, Active Directory Users and Computers, Internet Information Server, DHCP, DNS, etc. However, not all administrators discovered all...
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Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:02 PM

Converting Numeric Error Messages to Text Messages in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

Have you ever met a problem displaying an error message like “Error 066“? You will want to know what these numeric error messages mean under Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Be sure, you can know that. Simple click “start - run”...
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Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:45 AM

Some Windows tips

SC.exe in Windows 2000 I have an old blog article regarding the use of SC.exe in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. SC.exe is a powerful commend line tool to control Windows services. It can delete a service without mannully modifying the registry. However...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:04 AM

Access-Based Enumeration - A new powerful funtion in Windows Server 2003

If you are an experienced IT Engineer or System Administrator, you must have met this situation: Some people in the organization have no permission to access some specific shared folders on the File Server. However, they are still able to see those shared...
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