Daniel Petri

As noted in previous articles, Windows Server 2008 has an interesting option to install it with a minimal graphical user interface (or GUI for short). This method of installation is called “Server Core”, and it allows an administrator to only install the minimum binaries required to run a specific server role (currently, there are 9…

Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filter is a product developed by Microsoft to help companies reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE), or spam, received by users. You can read more about IMF on the  page. How it works? When an external user sends e-mail messages to an Exchange server with Intelligent Message Filter enabled,…

How can I configure an IIS computer to be a Smart Host for my Exchange Server? It may be necessary to configure a Windows 2000 server to relay or act as a smart host for security reasons, such as in a perimeter network scenario (also known as DMZ, demilitarized zone, and screened subnet) when you…

How do I configure my Exchange 2000/2003 server to accept e-mails for domains other than my own?Exchange 2000/2003 will only accept e-mail traffic for the e-mail domain that is identical to the name of your Active Directory domain. However sometimes we would like to allow our Exchange server to also receive e-mail for domains other…

If you want your DNS server to be integrated into a larger DNS environment such as the Internet, you will need to configure forwarding on your server. To configure DNS forwarding: Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS to start the DNS Management Console. Right click the DNS Server…

Configure Auto-Windows Update Can I configure my network servers and workstations to auto-update themselves with a pre-defined schedule? Yes you can. SP3 for W2K and SP1 for XP provide that feature. Windows Server 2003 comes out-of-the-box with this feature. Method #1: Manually You can always manually configure any SP1 (for XP) or SP3 (for W2K)…

How can I easily control what applications will run when my computer starts? If you want to edit the startup locations manually, just look at the following REGISTRY keys: ​HKU.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun HKU.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunOnce HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunOnce HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunOnceEx HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunOnce You should also look in the startup folders for all users and the current version. If you’re using Windows…

This document describes how you can configure an Alcatel SpeedTouch Pro ADSL modem not to use NAT anymore, and not to perform the dialing to the ISP. Note that you’ll need a software login method to achieve a connection to ADSL. Alternatively, there are many relatively cheap and/or better Routers on the market which perform…

This document describes how you can configure an Alcatel SpeedTouch 510 ADSL modem not to use NAT anymore. This process is often called DHCP SPOOFING. The public IP will be sent to your machine by DHCP therefore eliminating NAT. It is also for setups where combination of an Ethernet gateway routers which do not have…

How do I configure Active Directory Connector Connection Agreements (CA)? MSKB 296260 has the following information: In most ADC deployments, your configuration falls under one of the following scenarios; before you configure Connection Agreements (CA), determine which scenario applies to your situation: First scenario. The Exchange Server 5.5 mailboxes are associated with accounts in a…

To configure a PPPoE dialer in Windows XP do the following: Open Network Connections from the control Panel and click Create a New Connection. In the Welcome to the new connection wizard click Next. In the Network Connection Type window select Connect to the Internet. Click Next. In the Getting ready windows select Set up…

How can I configure a Windows 2000/2003 Server as a Global Catalog? The Global Catalog (GC) contains an entry for every object in an enterprise forest but only a few properties for each object. An entire forest shares a GC, with multiple servers holding copies. You can perform an enterprise wide forest search only on…