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When you connect to the Internet through a NAT connection you’ll discover that you will no longer be able to transfer files to and from your ICQ program. This is because your NAT connection is actually acting as a kind of firewall, and we must tell ICQ that it is working behind a firewalled connection….

How can I enable graphic acceleration in Windows Server 2003? Windows Server 2003 Graphics Acceleration is disabled by default, which disables DirectX functionality. This is to enhance server stability and is not needed in standard server scenarios. To enable DirectX, you must first enable graphics acceleration. To do so follow the next steps: Right click…

How can I enable the “Compressed Folder” feature in Windows 2000? The Compressed Folder feature that exists in Microsoft Plus! 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition and Microsoft Windows XP was not included in the Microsoft Windows 2000 family products. In order to open compressed file (with a .zip extension) in Microsoft Windows 2000, you have…

How can I enable CD Burning in Windows Server 2003? Windows Server 2003 has the CD burning drivers disabled by default. The IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service required by this peripheral device is disabled, so to make it work we need to enable it. Note: With some third-party software, you may be able to burn CDs…

As with many network-related systems, sometime we are faced with specific network issues causing us to lose connectivity to certain systems. These issues could be caused by an assortment of reasons, beginning with basic TCP/IP configuration errors, network device malfunctions, cabling problems, firewall configurations and other problems. Most of these issues might be easily overruled…

One of the most significant security enhancements to Windows Vista was the addition of a technology called BitLocker Encryption. Unlike EFS, rather than simply encrypting a single file, BitLocker, combined with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip on a PC’s motherboard, encrypts the entire hard disk or partition, thus making the system more secure. Since…

Perhaps one of the biggest problems with e-mail (besides the spam issue) is the fact that not many people know how to properly format their e-mail messages. Properly writing your e-mail is generally known as “e-mail netiquette”. The rules of e-mail Netiquette are not “rules” that are written or governed by any authority, but are considered…

How can I edit additional attributes for user objects in Active Directory Users and Computers? As mentioned in my Add Additional Attributes to the User Objects article, an administrator can easily add additional attributes to existing object classes in the Active Directory Schema. Although extending the Schema is not for the faint of heart, and…

How can I edit registry settings for users other than myself? From an account with Administrator level access: Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). In Regedit, highlight the HKEY_USERS key and go to File, Load Hive. Use the File Open dialog to go to the Documents and Settings<username> folder, where <username> is the account you wish to…

ARTICLE UPDATE 6-23-2008:Our article covering the Core Configurator utility was one of the most popular articles on the Petri Knowledgebase. Unfortunately, we had to remove articles related to that topic and the link to the CoreConfigurator tool due to circumstances that were beyond our control. Please stay tuned for more information that will be posted…