Petri IT Knowledgebase Team

Windows 7 is the next generation of operating system due from Microsoft and it is still set for a planned release for early 2010 which would be three years after the release of Windows Vista. This article is a walkthrough of the steps for enabling BitLocker on your Windows 7 system. [NOTES FROM THE FIELD]…

How many times have you been working away on a complex spreadsheet only to have Excel crash? Often you’re left with a corrupt spreadsheet you can’t open and critical data you can’t access. This guide outlines how to use Stellar Phoenix’s Excel Recovery application to automatically repair your damaged .XLS or .XLSX files and recover…

Traditionally, locating the right driver for a PC, server, or peripheral has required that you know the specifics of your device’s manufacturer, model number, your OS version, the date of your current or placeholder driver.  This guide outlines how to use an automated driver ‘locate and install tool’ called Driver Detective to source the correct…

Overview on recovering corrupted or damaged Microsoft Exchange Server .edb files. Try the Stellar Exchange Repair Tool for quick and simple Exchange db recovery.

This guide outlines how to use Stellar Phoenix Access Recovery application to automatically repair access database files. damaged MDB or ACCDB files and recover your Access tables and forms. Step 1: Download and Install the Access Recovery Application First, you’ll need to download and install Access Recovery, available directly here. (2.5Mb) Once you’ve downloaded the…

Often when an employee departs, they take important Excel passwords with them. This guide outlines how to use a simple Excel password recovery application to crack lost or forgotten passwords, allowing you to unlock password-encrypted Microsoft Excel documents quickly as possible. Step 1: Download and Install the Office Password Recovery Utility To perform the following…

This article provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the included Outlook Inbox Repair Tool, also known as Scanpst.exe From time to time, the .pst or Personal Folders file used for everything (email, calendar, contacts, tasks & more) in Outlook gets corrupted, damaged, or otherwise negatively affected on a seemingly regular basis. Luckily there’s…

The following article details the steps for removing Microsoft Word document passwords using the our recommended download for Office document password removal. These instructions are valid for all versions of Microsoft Office including Office 2007. Note: Use this article if you’re looking for Excel password recovery. Step 1: Install the Word Password Recovery Download To…

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…

Windows Vista shipped without including a number of DLL files for legacy graphics engines like Direct3D.   When attempting to use games or 3D applications that require these DLLs, users can get a range of “required DLL missing” error messages. Additionally, we’ve noticed that there are quite a few searches on the internal Petri search engines…

Introduced in Windows Server 2008, Server Core is a low-footprint way to install your server OS. This article explains why Server Core is such a big deal for system administrators.