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Forgot the Administrator password – Alternate Method – The LOGON.SCR trick This is another trick that will easily work in Windows NT 4.0 and some versions of Windows 2000. The principal is that you need to install a second instance of your OS to your HD, then manipulate the default screen saver (the one that’s…

Looking to retire a domain controller? Daniel Petri shows you how to remove Active Directory from a domain controller before you do.

How can I manually delete a server object from the Active Directory database in case of a bad DCPROMO procedure? MS KB 216498 has more info: The DCPROMO (Dcpromo.exe) utility is used for promoting a server to a domain controller and demoting a domain controller to a member server (or to a standalone server in…

Problem After adding a recipient to a new email message in OWA, pressing the space bar in the Compose Message window brings up the address book. Cause Microsoft Update Q911829 that was released in March and April of 2006 introduced a new OWA problem into some environments, where pressing the spacebar after addressing a message…

Why do Windows 2000-based clients connect only to the Domain Controller that was upgraded first in a Mixed-Mode Domain? After you upgrade the first of multiple Windows NT Server 4.0-based domain controllers to Windows 2000 or to Windows Server 2003, all of the domain‘s Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP-based clients connect to that domain…

One of the tasks associated with the new DST changes is identifying Public Folder calendars, and their associated owners. In order to do so you can use the PFDAVAdmin tool that is freely available from Microsoft. The PFDAVAdmin tool can be used to perform various management tasks related to public folders and mailboxes. It can…

Finding delegates in Active Directory When using Exchange 2000/2003 there are very common situations where users define delegates in their mailboxes in order to let others manage their mailboxes. For example – a managers and his or her secretary (send of behalf). The problem occurs when one of the employees that was configured as a…

How do I find out my MSN Messenger (Microsoft Passport) password, in case I forgot it? You’ve used your good old Windows XP computer for over 2 years now. Suddenly something breaks, and you’re forced to reinstall your operating system. You know you’ve got important stuff on the machine, and you want to make sure…

Knowing how much time your system has been running is a piece of information useful for administrators. Sometimes you might need it in order to know when the machine has recovered from a possible power failure or any other issue it might have had. While there are plenty of 3rd-party tools that allow one to…

In my previous article – “Filtering E-mail by World Regions in Exchange Server 2003”, I wrote about a way to block e-mail originating from specific countries. Although this can be done at the Exchange server level, sometimes, in cases where a user wants to block certain areas of the world from sending him or her…