IT Knowledgebase Articles

How can I quickly copy the title and URL of a website? You’ve found the website you were looking for (use my Quickly Search the Web article for more info), and now you want to quickly copy the website’s URL and title in order to send them to a friend, to post them on a…

How can I quickly copy a file or a folder’s path in Windows 2000/XP/2003? While working with files and folders in your Windows operating system you might sometimes find the need to copy a file’s exact and full path. Besides needing these paths for programming needs you might might also need it for usage in…

While working with files and folders in your Windows operating system you might sometimes find the need to copy a file’s exact and full path. Besides needing these paths for programming needs you might might also need it for usage in the Run command, a Command Prompt window, e-mail messages, a Google search or for…

How can I quickly copy error messages and other type of messages in Windows 2000/XP/2003? Did you ever find yourself staring into your computer screen and see that long, hard to understand error message? Did you ever need to copy that loooong error or information text found in one of Windows’ error/warning/information windows? Did you…

Yes! Besides using the usual “Manage” option for any Windows 2000 or XP computer, you can use a cool tool to control any computer that has Terminal Services installed on it! The tool is called “Remote Control Add-on for Active Directory Users & Computers”. Remote Control is a small add-on that adds the option to…

How can I easily discover who’s the user that encrypted a file? The Windows Explorer user interface (UI) shows which files are encrypted but not who encrypted them, causing a lot of confusion when trying to access specific files needed by other users. As an administrator, you could rectify the situation by decrypting the files….

How can I check to see if a file is encrypted with EFS or not? When you try to access a file on an NTFS file system volume, you may receive an “access is denied” error message. The file’s NTFS permissions indicate that you can access the file. Sometimes this means that the file is…

How can I quickly change the default logon screen saver in XP? This small utility will allow you to change the Screen Saver that is displayed when the Welcome Screen is displayed, and no user is currently logged on. The %systemroot%System32 folder will be scanned for SCR files for you to choose from. You must…

How can I quickly add items to the Quick Launch toolbar in Windows 2000/XP/2003? The Quick Launch toolbar is the area that’s just right to the Start menu button, and where you can place your own shortcuts to some of your most used applications. Launching applications in this manner is much faster then having to…

How can I quickly abort a shutdown command on Windows XP/2003? Some worms, such as the Blaster worm, use known bugs in Microsoft Operating Systems to force the computer to shut down itself. Best Practice: In order to protect yourself from such worms and malicious code you should first make sure that your computer is…