Resubmitting a cancelled data migration job in CA ARCserve Backup

Resubmitting a cancelled data migration job in CA ARCserve Backup

We use a staging area for our daily backups and transfer the weeklies to tape (actually disks). One week we had a tape that was not properly erased to the backup filled it up during the migration process and then was waiting for a […]

Add x86 drivers to x64 print server

We decided some time ago to make our Windows Print Server a 64-bit system (Windows Server 2008 R2). By going with the highest level system (at the time) we should be assured of backwards compatibility. The issue arose with adding 32-bit (x86) drivers to the shared printers (although it seemed impossible to add 64-bit […]

Programmatically set FireFox as Default Browser

The issue for programmatically setting FireFox as the default browser came from our Citrix environment. We were using Internet Explorer 8 and did not have the ability to update to IE 9 to satisfy some specific browsing compatibility needs. Being able to do this programmatically is a must, and the manual ‘registry’ options […]

Freeing space on Windows 7

There is a nice command that cleans up after a Windows 7 SP1 installation:

DISM /online /cleanup-Image /spsuperseded

Fixes for Windows

Follow the suggestions listed below for a possible fix:

Method 1: I would suggest you to scan your computer with Microsoft Safety Scanner, which would help us to get rid of viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

The Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free downloadable security tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove […]

DON’T REJOIN TO FIX: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed

I found this article while searching for an answer to why some computers that were used every day would suddenly lose their trust relationship to the domain. This is a common problem for computers that are off for months at a time, but not for computers that are used frequently. I have yet to […]

Windows Server 2003 – Remove iSCSI Target

I have had trouble completely removing an iSCSI target from a Windows 2003 (not R2) server without rebooting. Of course if you remove the initiator and persistent targets it won’t reconnect, but how do you remove the drive letter without rebooting?

After a bit of research (and not finding the right answer…) I […]

Pruning Old Computer Accounts in AD

In large organizations the task of keeping Active Directory cleansed of inactive computer accounts can be daunting. Using the dsquery command we can easily find all of the computers in the directory that have not been logged into in a given time interval. As an example, the following command will find all computers in […]

Problems with “File Association” in Windows 7

I actually had this trouble trying to associate .tab files with Excel after an upgrade from Office 2007 to Office 2010.

Although I am able to go through the “regular” process to associate a program with an extension it doesn’t work. After going through the browse process and selecting the program it brings me […]

Additional Account Info tab in ADUC on Windows 7

Article after article says ‘Oh, just register the acctinfo dll from the Windows 2003 resource kit and it just works on Windows 7’. Then the person that posts the question says it doesn’t work and the article goes cold. If you have ever looked for information on this subject, you are likely as frustrated […]

Windows 7 Shortcuts Missing or Disappeared after System Maintenance

In Windows XP, there is a Desktop Cleanup Wizard that by default runs every 60 days to move unused desktop items to a folder named “Unused Desktop Shortcuts. This feature can be disabled by right clicking the Desktop, go to Properties > Desktop tab > Customize Desktop button > uncheck Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard […]

Windows 7 and Samba Issue – windows-7

Control Panel – Administrative Tools – Local Security Policy

Local Policies – Security Options

Network security: LAN Manager authentication level

Send LM & NTLM responses

Minimum session security for NTLM SSP

Disable Require 128-bit encryption

my SMB server worked after changing those two options

via Windows 7 and Samba Issue – windows-7.

Pruning Old Computer Accounts in AD

In large organizations the task of keeping Active Directory cleansed of inactive computer accounts can be daunting. Here are a few ways to ease the process.

In large organizations the task of keeping Active Directory cleansed of inactive computer accounts can be daunting. Using the dsquery command we can easily find all of the […]

View Additional User Information in AD Users and Computers

View Additional User Information in AD Users and Computers.

How can I view additional information about a user in the AD Users and Computers snap-in?

The Windows 2003 Resource Kit has a hidden .dll file called Acctinfo.dll. After registering the .dll with the following command, it will add a new property page, called […]

A good site for drivers

http://www.driverguide.com/ USER NAME is: drivers PASSWORD is: all

To access the guide, follow these steps:

Step 1: Go to http://www.driverguide.com/ Step 2: Click on the member login link. Step 3: You will be asked for your user name and password. (please make sure the user name and password are in lowercase)

Programatically Add Printers

Using a tool from the Windows Zero Administration Kit (ZAK), which is called con2prt.exe, you can connect to network printers from the command line (or through login script) and even set the default. ZAK can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/Recommended/Featured/NTZAK.asp – this mentions it’s for OS’s up to NT 4.0, but the only took I […]

Change Registry via Group Policy (GPO)

Here are a couple articles that explain how to make registry changes via Group Policy (GPO). This was used to get Screen Savers to work correctly when the regular user needed permissions to a registry key. Here is how you set registry permissions via GPO: http://channels.lockergnome.com/windows/archives/20050111_set_registry_permissions_using_group_policy.phtml

This is the change you need to make […]

Windows Server 2003 Alias Problem

If configured correctly, Windows 2003 will respond to aliases, CNAME’s, multiple names, etc. But this is broken as of SP1… http://www.mcse.ms/archive183-2005-5-1632584.html

Yep found an answer.

1. Locate the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

2. Add Value Value name: DisableLoopbackCheck Data type: REG_DWORD Radix: Decimal Value: 1

“Thierry Van de Vaerd” <thierry.vandevaerd@telenet.be> wrote in […]