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When you make frequent writes and deletions from your hard disk your disks will become fragmented with time. Fragmentation of the disks will result in lower I/O performance. In order to prevent loss of performance over time, it is best to perform routine defragmentations of your hard disks. Manual defragmentation of you disks is possible…

Your computer stores its data on hard disk(s). Disks can accumulate a lot of un-used files, old temporary files, temporary Internet files, old setup files and more. Keeping your disks clean and tidy is a task that can be done manually (by those of you who know what to delete – not any file can…

SBS 2003 Gold (RTM) Patches Required Patches SBS 2003 (Small Business Server) which is based on Windows Server 2003 requires the following security-related patches: Make sure you read Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Patches before you go on. February 2004 MS04-007 : ASN .1 Vulnerability Could Allow Code Execution (828028) MS04-006 : Vulnerability in the Windows…

  Required Patches – SP1/SP1a Small Business Server 2000 is based on the Windows 2000 platform, and incorporates Back Office 2000 products such as Exchange 2000 Server, ISA Server 2000, SQL 2000 Server and more. Because of that, virtually all Windows 2000, Exchange 2000, SQL 2000, ISA Server 2000 patches and service packs apply to…

How can I use the new Saved Queries capabilities in Windows Server 2003 AD Users & Computers? Windows Server 2003 AD Users and Computers has a new built-in feature called “Saved Queries”. With the Saved Queries feature we can now create our LDAP-based search strings and have them saved for future use, either in the…

How can I modify the looks of specific administrative tools in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003? Windows XP/2003 has a certain way it displays the information in some of it‘s administrative tools. For example, some wise-guy from MS thought that it is better to configure the Services administrative tool to display the Extended Taskpad…

RPC over HTTP/S is a method for connecting your Outlook 2003/2007 client to the corporate Exchange Server 2003/2007 from the Internet or WAN, without the need to establish a VPN session to the corporate LAN and/or needing to open many ports on your corporate firewall. You can read more about it on my “How can…

What are the Sam Spade Search Tools? This is a collection of some of the web tools provided by the Sam Spade website. Click on any item to expand it’s description. Searches will open in a new window.   The address digger This tool is the original Sam Spade tool that’s been running for nearly…

What are the Safe Mode options? When should I use them? If you are unable to start your system by using Last Known Good Configuration, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 provides safe mode, a startup option that disables startup programs and nonessential services to create an environment useful for troubleshooting and…

Installing the Adminpak.msi will install all of the management tools that are needed to administer Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 computers and network. Adminpak.msi has a few versions, and the latest one is for Windows Server 2003 SP1. Read more about Adminpak.msi on the Download Windows 2000 Adminpak.msi, Download Windows 2003…

Why do get errors when trying to run programs or MMC snap-ins with the RUNAS command? As a security best practice, it is recommended that you do not log on to your computer with administrative credentials. Running your computer as a member of the Administrators group makes the system vulnerable to Trojan horses attacks and…

How can I run Windows Explorer as another user (one with administrative privileges)? To find out how to open File Explorer as another user, follow the instructions below for easy access to administrative functionalities. Sometimes you’ll want to do file and folder modifications, or even partition formatting, but you won’t want to do it while…