IT Knowledgebase Articles

Lately, it seems as though everyone that I talk to is interested in virtualizing at least some of the servers in their organization. Although Hyper-V does a great job as a virtual server hosting solution, it does have some quirks that you might not expect. In this article, I want to talk about some of…

If you have ever done much work with group policies, then you have undoubtedly found out that managing group policies are an organization wide basis can be a complicated endeavor. That’s primarily due to the hierarchical nature of group policies. Group policy settings can be applied at the OU, site, domain, and local computer levels….

In the previous article, I showed you how to install the Print Management console. In this article, I will continue the discussion by showing you how to migrate other network print servers to the  network print server that you’ve created. Network Printer Migration Now that you have an enterprise print management server in place, you…

Need to keep AD running in top shape with Windows Server 2008? Brien Posey shows you how.

As we all know, Exchange Server 2007 is a lot different from previous versions of Exchange.  One of the changes that Microsoft made in creating Exchange Server 2007 was to get rid of the Recipient Update Service.  In case you’re not familiar with the Recipient Update Service, it was the mechanism responsible for stamping e-mail…

The Exchange Server 2003 Setup program was designed from the very beginning to allow you to uninstall Exchange server should you have the need. Even so, removing Exchange Server 2003 from and Exchange Server 2007 organization requires a little bit more work than what you might initially expect. In this article, I’ll show you the…

One of the things that always seems weird about wireless networking is that companies typically go to great lengths to make sure that their wireless networks are secure, but often times do nothing to ensure that employees are actually connecting to the correct network. In fact, I recently received an e-mail from someone who had…

This article provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the included Outlook Inbox Repair Tool, also known as Scanpst.exe From time to time, the .pst or Personal Folders file used for everything (email, calendar, contacts, tasks & more) in Outlook gets corrupted, damaged, or otherwise negatively affected on a seemingly regular basis. Luckily there’s…

Often when an employee departs, they take important Excel passwords with them. This guide outlines how to use a simple Excel password recovery application to crack lost or forgotten passwords, allowing you to unlock password-encrypted Microsoft Excel documents quickly as possible. Step 1: Download and Install the Office Password Recovery Utility To perform the following…

VMware ESX Server 3i is a full featured, very powerful, Enterprise virtualization platform. It has recently been renamed from “ESX 3i” to “ESXi”. It is NOT a scaled down version of ESX Server. (BOLD) While the “service console” has been removed from 3i vs the traditional ESX Server 3.x, this is actually a benefit to…