Daniel Petri

Is there a good (free) replacement for the Windows/MSN Messenger program? Yes. I like to work with a cool piece of software called Miranda IM. Miranda IM is a smaller, faster, easier instant messenger with support for multiple protocols. Miranda IM is designed to be resource efficient and easy to use while still providing many…

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…

In a great blog entry by Michael B. Smith, he has outlined a scripted method of obtaining the Mailbox and Public Folder store sizes on all Exchange servers in your organization. As Michael explains, it is a common request is to find out how much disk space Exchange is using in all of the various…

How can I require Windows 98 clients to logon to the domain instead of pressing “cancel” at the welcome screen? By default Windows 9x doesn’t require a valid network username and password combination for a user to bypass the logon and gain access to the local machine. This functionality can be changed to require validation…

What are the network setting required for a computer to join a domain? In order to be able to join a Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 domain you must properly configure your XP/W2K computer. Note: XP Home Edition is not designed to join domains; only workgroups. To join domains, use XP Professional version or…

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…

Forgot the Administrator’s Password? – Reset Domain Admin Password in Windows 2000 AD Note: In order to successfully use this trick you must first use one of the password resetting tools available on the Forgot the Administrator’s Password? page. The reason for that is that you need to have the local administrator’s password in order…

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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Note: In order to successfully use this trick you must first use one of the password resetting tools available on the Forgot the Administrator’s Password? page. The reason for that is that you need to have the local administrator’s password in order to perform the following tip, and if you don’t have it, then the…

Step 1 Restart Windows 2003 in Directory Service Restore Mode. Note: At startup, press F8 and choose Directory Service Restore Mode. It disables Active Directory. When the login screen appears, log on as Local Administrator. You now have full access to the computer resources, but you cannot make any changes to Active Directory. Step 2…

How can I reset the folder views in Windows XP? Sometimes the default folder views in Windows Explorer and My Computer in  XP can drive you nuts… The default views in Windows Explorer and My Computer in a out-of-the-box Windows XP computer are not the same as we were used to in W2K and Windows…