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How do I block incoming Internet mail to specific users or groups in Exchange 2003? This tip might come in handy when you want to effectively block all incoming Internet mail traffic for a specific user or a specific group. Note: The original tip was submitted by Ade Famoti on the excellent You Had Me…

Before you begin messing with your system The registry is no child’s play Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. I cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved nor do I provide technical support for such issues if they occur….

ADSI is a set of COM objects that are used to programmatically manipulate a namespace. A namespace could be anything from the Active Directory to an application such as MS Exchange Server. Since ADSI is based on COM, it may be scripted using any language with COM bindings (any language that supports accessing the COM…

Problematic SSL Web Certificate on the Official Website of the Bank of Israel Any website operator that wants to secure the site or some of it’s pages with SSL must obtain a valid certificate from a trusted third party CA. Without a valid SSL certificate any user who will try to surf to that site…

How can I backup my Exchange 2000/2003 server from a non-Exchange Windows 2000/2003 server? When you install Exchange 2000/2003 on a Windows 2000/2003 server, or, alternatively, when you install the Management Tools for Exchange 2000/2003 on a non-exchange server, you actually enhance the built-in Ntbackup.exe tool from the regular tool to one that is capable…

How do I backup my Exchange 2000/2003 server? One of the most important tasks for an Exchange administrator is the regular, day-by-day, backing up of all the Exchange databases. This can be easily accomplished by use of the built-in NTBACKUP.EXE software found on your Exchange 2000/2003 server. Some administrators might choose to your 3rd-Party backup…

Backing up Active Directory is essential to maintain the proper health of the Active Directory database. You can backup Active Directory by using the NTBACKUP tool that comes built-in with Windows Server 2003, or use any 3rd-party tool that supports this feature. Backing up the Active Directory is done on one or more of your…

  Windows Server 2008 has a new feature allowing administrators to create snapshots of the Active Directory database for offline use. There are quite a few scenarios for using AD snapshots. For example, if someone has changes properties of AD objects and you need to revert to their previous values, you can mount a copy…

Can I use Automatic Completion with a Command Prompt in Windows 2000/XP/2003? Yes. This article describes how to configure Windows 2000/XP/2003 to complete file and folder names automatically that you type at a command prompt. This feature works by typing a control character that invokes the feature. For example, to change to the Program Files…

Batch scripting is a powerful aspect of Windows. If you are unaware, batch scripts are files that are executed by the Command Prompt. In theory, every task that you can complete in Windows using a GUI can be completed using a batch script. This tutorial is an introduction to batch scripting in Windows Vista that…