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How can I add the desktop icons back to the Windows Vista desktop? You can, but unlike in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, you need to do a little bit more clicking… Someone in the Windows XP/2003/Vista design team has decided that desktop icons are bad for you. I don’t know what this assumption…

MS KB 326480 has more info: This article describes how to set up the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) to perform a migration from a Windows NT 4.0-based domain to a Windows Server 2003-based domain. You can use the ADMT to migrate users, groups, and computers from one domain to another, and to analyze the…

How can I migrate users and groups from my NT 4.0 domain to a Windows 2000 Domain? The Active Directory Migration Tool provides an easy, secure, and fast way to migrate to Windows 2000 Active Directory service. As a system administrator, you can use this tool to diagnose any possible problems before starting migration operations…

Actually you do NOT need to do anything… Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory uses circular logging for maintaining transactions in the database (Ntds.dit). The log files are maintained until the data they contain is committed to the database. It uses these log files to recover transactions if the database is shut down in an inconsistent state…

How do I activate Windows XP by using an Unattend.txt file? To activate Windows XP using an unattended installation procedure, add the following information to the Unattend.txt file or the Winnt.sif answer file: In the Unattended section, type AutoActivate = Yes Under the UserData section, type ProductID = “XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX” (Where XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX is your product key)…

In the previous article in this series, I talked about the importance of removing the routing group connectors prior to removing the last legacy Exchange Server from an organization. In this article, I want to conclude the series by showing you how to remove a routing group connector, and how to redirect the Recipient Update…

A hard drive partition can allow you to easily test out new operating systems (like Windows 7 beta) or create a simple way to separate your user data from the operating system install.  You can divide your hard drive into multiple partitions, some bootable, others not. The main reasons for having separate partitions are: to…

One of the most frequent questions I see on forums and newsgroups that deal with virtualization is the age-old question of “I have used all the space inside a VHD hard disk. How do I expand the virtual hard disk to make room for additional data?”. Luckily for us, with Microsoft Hyper-V on Windows Server…

In the past year notebooks have outsold desktop computers for the first time. If you have Outlook both on your Desktop computer and on your notebook (or netbook), then you’ll want to have the same e-mails, contacts and calendars and both machines. This article provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to do exactly that with…

Alcatel SpeedTouch Tips and Tricks This page contains a collection of Alcatel SpeedTouch Home, Pro and 510 articles, tips & tricks, whitepapers, useful tools and more. Please feel free to contact me if you’d like to contribute to this section . I would very much like to add Samsung, ECI and other brands to my…