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Windows Server 2008 holds some major key benefits in Terminal Services technology. Some of these are discussed in various articles on my site (see Related Articles section below). One of these features is Display Data Prioritization. Display Data Prioritization in Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services allows for automatic control over the virtual channel traffic that…

As written in the first part of this set of articles, there are two ways to assign Logon scripts. The first is done on the Profile tab of the user properties dialog in the Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC). The second is done via Group Policy Objects (GPO). This article will focus on the…

You can use Active Directory logon scripts to assign tasks that will be performed when a user logs on to a particular computer. These scripts can carry out operating system commands, set system environment variables, and call other scripts or executable programs. Some tasks commonly performed by logon scripts include: Mapping network drives Installing and…

How do I restrict a User’s Logon hours on my Windows XP machine? Local and domain users can be restricted from logging on to the computer (or to the network) at specific hours or days. You can only restrict when a user can log on to the system. On a stand alone computer (one that…

This is an article following my previous one about the PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs) tool – read “Quickly Analyze your Server’s Performance Monitor Logs ". Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Performance Advisor v2.0 is the latest version of Server Performance Advisor, which is a simple but robust tool that helps you diagnose the root causes…

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) tackles email address forgery. Without SPF it is very easy to send e-mails using someone else’s email address. Often you get spam from yourself – this is because the spammer puts your e-mail address as the sender. In order for SPF to work you need to publish a list of IP…

How can I quickly send files to Notepad for quick editing? This is one of my favorite tweaks, and it will amaze you how you lived all these years without knowing it (or did you? you wouldn’t be here if you did…) The easiest way of all is to do the following: Go to %SystemDrive%documents…

How do I quickly send a file as an attachment to a mail recipient via MAPI? To send any file as an attachment to a mail recipient via MAPI you can do the following: Go to %SystemDrive%’documents and settings’%username%’sendto (or ‘Windows’SendTo in Win9X). Right-click in the right hand panel and select New > Text Document…

How can I send an e-mail message from a script? There are a few simple ways to send e-mail messages from the command prompt or from within a script. Here are 5 of my favorites (listed at no particular order): Method #1: MAILSEND If you want to send a single e-mail message or hundreds of…

Why is the SELF permission the only permission seen on the Mailbox Rights properties on Exchange 2000/2003 mailboxes? MS KB 272153 has more info: In Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, when you create new mailbox-enabled accounts in Active Directory, they do not have inherited mailbox rights. The only object that is…