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In the following article, I will demonstrate how to Record Secure Remote Access SSL VPN Gateway Sessions, using Terminal Services/ in conjunction with ObserveIT. In this deployment, all secure remote access SSL VPN sessions are routed through one or more central remote access gateways, with secondary remote desktop sessions serving as the method to access…

In this article I would like to use the opportunity to tell you a bit about ObserveIT – A company which I have recently began working for (read more about my new job at my “My new job – VP Technologies for ObserveIT – Enterprise Scale Window Server Session Recording” article). Do you use any…

Where can I set an administrative e-mail address, so that if an e-mail is sent to a recipient that does not exist or is misspelled, the e-mail message will be forwarded to the Exchange administrator? The easiest way is to go to the properties of your virtual server and go to the ‘Messages’ tab. Add…

How can I reboot my Alcatel SpeedTouch Pro by using a shortcut or a script? Sometimes you’ll need to reboot your modem in order to make is synchronize with your network carrier, or just to save changes you’ve made to its’ configuration. The easiest way I’ve found it to use a simple Telnet script. The…

How can I raise the forest function level in a Windows Server 2003-based Active Directory? Functional levels are an extension of the mixed/native mode concept introduced in Windows 2000 to activate new Active Directory features after all the domain controllers in the domain or forest are running the Windows Server 2003 operating system. When a…

How can I raise the domain function level in a Windows Server 2003-based domain? Functional levels are an extension of the mixed/native mode concept introduced in Windows 2000 to activate new Active Directory features after all the domain controllers in the domain or forest are running the Windows Server 2003 operating system. When a computer…

…Yes. There are at least 3 ways I can think of right now. Method #1 The easiest way is to run the command ​eventvwr.exe ”computername where computername is the name of the computer you want to view. Method #2 Another way is to run eventvwr.exe and then right click Event Viewer (local) and choose Connect…

How can I quickly shut down all the computers on my network? Use the FOR command combined with the SHUTDOWN command: ​FOR /L %i in (1,1,254) DO shutdown ”192.168.0.%i Windows XP will let you log-off all users in one line: ​FOR /L %i in (1,1,254) DO shutdown ”192.168.0.%i /l Change 192.168.0 to match you own…

How can I quickly open a new e-mail message and send it? Method #1: Using Outlook If you’re using Microsoft Outlook, you can send a quick e-mail message by using the mailto command: Go to Start then choose the Run command. Type ​mailto: in the Open text box and click OK. You’ll see a new…

How can I quickly search the web from my web browser? Searching the web for specific articles, sites and links can be quite tiresome as you go from one search engine to another. If you make a habit of always using the same search engine, be it Google, MSN Search, Yahoo! or any other site,…