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Renowned as the creator of the acclaimed Petri IT Knowledgebase back in 1999 Daniel Petri has become a distinguished figure in the IT realm, recognized for delivering reliable, expertise-driven content. This website - www.petri.com - not only embodies Daniel's extensive technical skills but also stands as a symbol of his dedication to sharing knowledge and guiding professionals through the dynamic world of information technology.

Over the past 25 years, Daniel Petri's career is characterized by his unwavering commitment to quality IT training, provision of diverse solution architectures, and maintaining a customer-first approach that ensures high levels of satisfaction. Daniel's client-centric mindset has always been a cornerstone of his career, delivering concrete results that spur his clients' growth and success. Daniel's strong technical writing skills are evidenced by the thousands of technical documents, help guides, manuals, and articles he has penned, all drawing from his broad IT and security-oriented background.

Daniel is currently Senior Training Manager at Semperis.

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Language Versions of MS Products – Hebrew

Last Update: Sep 17, 2024

באילו âøñàåú עברית יצאו המוצרים השונים של מיקרוסופט? איזו גירסה של Internet Explorer עלי להתקין על מערכת ההפעלה שברשותי? מסמך זה מתאר את âøñàåú העברית השונות שיצאו למוצרי מיקרוסופט השונים, ביניהם מערכות הפעלה ומוצרי אופיס, ומסביר אילו âøñàåú של Internet Explorer יש להתקין על מערכת ההפעלה שברשותכם. מסמך זה נמצא במקור בלינק הבא: http://www.microsoft.com/israel/downloads/osversion.mspx מערכות…

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Enabling Telnet Client in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista

  Telnet Client allows a computer to connect to a remote Telnet server and run applications on that server. Once logged on, a user is given a command prompt that can be used as if it had been opened locally on the Telnet server’s console. Commands that you type at the Telnet client command prompt…

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 Encrypted files using Cygwin and OpenSSL

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Using Cygwin, the free open-source terminal emulator, in coordination with OpenSSL, you can create cross-platform encrypted files. The files created using Cygwin can be exported using mobile media including thumb drives, CDs, external hard drives, etc. Cygwin and OpenSSL are bundled in the download of Cygwin. The following tutorial (although demonstrated using Windows Vista) can…

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Add “Remove Temporary Files” and “Run Disk Cleanup” to right-click menu

Last Update: Sep 17, 2024

Through several registry modifications, you can create an enhanced “right-click” menu for the Recycle Bin. The new options will allow you to delete the temporary files in the following two directories: %UserProfile%AppDataLocalTemp and %SystemRoot%Temp. Additionally, another menu will be created that will allow you to run the disk cleanup utility. Please be aware that this…

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Enterprise Print Management in Windows Server 2008, Part 1

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

I’m probably revealing a little too much about my age, but when I first started working with Windows Server, the current version was Windows NT Server 3.5. One of the interesting things about that version of Windows was that like all of its successors, it had the ability to host network print queues. At the…

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LDAP Search Samples for Windows Server 2003 and Exchange 2000/2003

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

These LDAP search strings are good for Saved Queries in Windows Server 2003 AD Users and Computers, Query-based Distribution Groups and Exchange 2000/2003 Recipient Policies and Address Lists. In order to use the LDAP strings please consult your product help. Most regular LDAP searches can be easily done via the provided GUI (such as in a…

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Limit Creation of Top-Level Exchange Public Folders

Last Update: Sep 24, 2024

In Exchange 2000/2003 Server, can anyone create new Public Folders? How can I limit the creation of top-level Exchange Public Folders? The highest Public Folder in a hierarchy is called a Top-Level Public Folder. By default, all users in the Exchange Organization can create Top-Level Public Folders; however, you can change the default with the…

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Limitations of Alternate PF Trees

Last Update: Jun 25, 2025

Why does Outlook still show only the basic Public Folders structure although I’ve created additional Public Folder hierarchies? When you install Exchange, a default public folder hierarchy is created. All MAPI clients such as Microsoft Outlook can access this public folder hierarchy to read messages and store documents. You can create subfolders to reflect the…

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Error While Installing Applications in Vista (like Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

One of the first tasks that one performs right after finishing the installation of a new operating system is to install all the required additional applications and change the system’s settings to match their own requirements. One of the most frequently used applications I install on my machine is Adobe Acrobat Reader (see http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html for…

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Link to Petri IT Knowledgebase

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

If you like this site, if you like the style, if you like the contents – why not add a link to it? You can choose any of the following link examples (or create your own of course): 151×74 button and description ​<a title=”Petri.co.il by Daniel Petri is one of the most comprehensive IT and…

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Links

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Here is Daniel’s List of Recommended Web links: (Sorted in some freestyle alphabetical order) Great Microsoft-related Knowledge Bases These are the ones I’m currently using. Note that a very short description doesn’t imply that the featured site is less useful than one with a long description: Link Description Brian Madden Great resource for Citrix, Terminal…

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Linux Guest Support for Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1

Download the Virtual Machine Additions for Linux, available from Microsoft Connect (see link below) in order to improve the experience of running qualified Linux distributions on Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. The Virtual Machine Additions for Linux provide the following capabilities: Guest and host synchronization for time synchronization, for heartbeat generation, and for coordinated shutdown…

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