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How can I add the desktop icons back to the Windows Vista desktop? You can, but unlike in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, you need to do a little bit more clicking… Someone in the Windows XP/2003/Vista design team has decided that desktop icons are bad for you. I don’t know what this assumption…

What DNS entries (SRV Records) does Windows 2000/2003 add when you create a domain? In order for Active Directory to function properly, DNS servers must provide support for Service Location (SRV) resource records described in RFC 2052, A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV). SRV resource records map the name of…

How do I modify the number of Active Directory objects to search? By default, the Windows 2000 Active Directory searches 10,000 objects at a time. This policy affects all browse displays associated with AD, the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, and the dialog boxes you use to set permissions for…

MS KB 326480 has more info: This article describes how to set up the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) to perform a migration from a Windows NT 4.0-based domain to a Windows Server 2003-based domain. You can use the ADMT to migrate users, groups, and computers from one domain to another, and to analyze the…

How can I migrate users and groups from my NT 4.0 domain to a Windows 2000 Domain? The Active Directory Migration Tool provides an easy, secure, and fast way to migrate to Windows 2000 Active Directory service. As a system administrator, you can use this tool to diagnose any possible problems before starting migration operations…

What are the requirements for installing the Exchange 2000 Active Directory Connector on a Windows 2000 computer? MSKB 253286 has the following information: To successfully install the Active Directory Connector (ADC) and configure a Connection Agreement, you must be able to log on to Windows 2000 Server with an account that carries distinctive credentials. The…

Actually you do NOT need to do anything… Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory uses circular logging for maintaining transactions in the database (Ntds.dit). The log files are maintained until the data they contain is committed to the database. It uses these log files to recover transactions if the database is shut down in an inconsistent state…

How do I activate Windows XP by using an Unattend.txt file? To activate Windows XP using an unattended installation procedure, add the following information to the Unattend.txt file or the Winnt.sif answer file: In the Unattended section, type AutoActivate = Yes Under the UserData section, type ProductID = “XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX” (Where XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX is your product key)…

In the previous article in this series, I talked about the importance of removing the routing group connectors prior to removing the last legacy Exchange Server from an organization. In this article, I want to conclude the series by showing you how to remove a routing group connector, and how to redirect the Recipient Update…

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…