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The tombstone lifetime must be substantially longer than the expected replication latency between the domain controllers. The interval between cycles of deleting tombstones must be at least as long as the maximum replication propagation delay across the forest. Because the expiration of a tombstone lifetime is based on the time when an object was deleted…

Scheduled to be released in the beginning of 2008, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) delivers improvements and enhancements to existing Vista features that significantly impact customers, but it does not deliver substantial new operating system features. Microsoft has published a comprehensive document outlining exactly what difference SP1 makes to Vista. See a download link…

Description Do you need to change your organizational print server? You might find the task of updating the clients’ printers’ settings pretty tiring… This utility will update your clients’ printers to the new print server through a logon script. The utility does not affect local printers, Netware printers and network printers from a different print…

How do I change my MSN Messenger (Microsoft Passport) password? I keep getting that question a lot. It seems that a simple task such as changing your own password for the account you’re using on your MSN Messenger is something that was overlooked by the folks that designed the UI. In order to change your…

How can I change my user-account password from a Command Prompt? You can change a Windows User Account password that is on any Windows computer from any other Windows computer regardless of whether the User Account is on a workstation, a stand-alone server, or a Windows domain controller. Additionally, it makes no difference whether the…

How can I change my user-account password from a remote computer? You can change a Windows User Account password that is on any Windows computer from any other Windows computer regardless of whether the User Account is on a workstation, a stand-alone server, or a Windows domain controller. Additionally, it makes no difference whether the…

Can I change to "No Sounds" Sounds Scheme by default? You sure can! In Windows 2000/XP/2003, each time a new user logs on for the first time, it is given a new user profile in which the default Windows Sound Scheme is used. While nice to have at home, sometimes this feature is plain annoyance….

How can I change the timeout for hanged applications in Windows XP? When an application hangs and no longer responds, Windows XP displays a dialog box that prompts you to kill the application or wait a while longer. By default, the dialog box appears after the application hasn’t responded for a half of a second….

How can I change the Telnet banner seen when connecting to my Windows Server 2003 server via Telnet? MS KB article 245095 has more: When you use Telnet to connect to the a Windows 2000/2003-based server the following banner is displayed: ​*========================================================== Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Server. *========================================================== C:’Documents and Settings’Administrator> You can change your…

How can I change the SMTP banner seen when connecting to my Exchange server via Telnet? MS KB articles 281224 and 836564 have more: When you use Telnet to connect to the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service of a Windows 2000/2003-based server (regardless of whether it is running Exchange 2000/2003), the following banner is…

How can I change the POP3 banner seen when connecting to my Exchange server? MS KB article 303513 has more: When you connect to an Exchange 2000/2003 server with the Post Office Protocol (POP) you receive a banner that is similar to the following: ​Microsoft Exchange 2003 POP3 server version 6.0.4417.0 (your_server_name) ready. Note: The…

How can I change the IMAP4 banner seen when connecting to my Exchange server? MS KB article 303513 has more: When you connect to an Exchange 2000/2003 server with the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) you receive a banner that is similar to the following: ​* OK Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 IMAP4rev1 server version 6.5.6944.0…