IT Knowledgebase Articles

How can I change the mouse’s wheel scroll rate? The mouse wheel is very handy when you want to scroll through Office documents or Web pages.  By default, wheel mice move up or down three lines for each notch you roll on the mouse wheel. While you can adjust this setting within the software that…

How can I change the default location of the i386 folder? After installing Windows 2000 or XP, if I ever need to add a component to it (like DHCP etc.) it always asks me for the CD, even if I copy the i386 files to my local drive. Can I fix this? Yes you sure…

Can I change the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) color to something other than blue? You sure can! In Windows 2000/XP/2003, each time the Windows Kernel crashes, a blue screen appears, giving the administrator some clues and information as to what has caused the error. This screen, because of its blue color and catastrophic nature,…

The System Restore program created restore points whenever you installed a new hotfix, service pack or even (some) applications, and you could also create restore points manually. You can read more about it in my “Using System Restore in Windows Vista” article. Note that System Restore is not intended for backing up personal files, so…

How do I change the intrasite replication interval in Windows 2000 for domain information? Active Directory intrasite replication for naming context data doesn’t occur until 5 minutes after a change. When you make a change to the naming context (i.e., domain) data, the DC’s local copy of Active Directory (AD) records the change, then the…

When you add drives to your computer, such as an extra hard drive, a CD drive, or a storage device that corresponds to a drive, Windows automatically assigns letters to the drives. However, this assignment might not suit your system; for example, you might have mapped a network drive to the same letter that Windows…

Last week I came across a weird issue with a few Windows XP Pro computers that were part of an Active Directory domain. In some cases, most likely after playing with the computer’s registry, you might find that a computer running Windows XP Professional has problems in logging on. You enter your username and password,…

Some of you remember how it was possible to change the boot logo screen of Windows 95/98. I’m not sure why anyone would go into the trouble of actually doing it, but it seems that it is possible to do the same for Windows Vista. By using a freeware 3rd-party tool called Vista Boot Logo…

This page will keep record of the most up-to-date certification requirements as posted by Microsoft on their public certification pages and on various certification related newsgroups and forums. On December 2nd 2002, Microsoft has updated their Microsoft Certification Requirements page. Furthermore, on February 17th 2003 Microsoft has officially published the certification requirements for the new…

Trying to install Windows Vista on a computer with more than 3 GB of RAM might cause a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death, or more better known as a STOP error). Or at least that’s what Microsoft KB 929777 is all about. When you try to install Windows Vista, you may receive an error message…