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MC284358 – Earlier this year, through the Supervised Chat feature, Microsoft provided the capability to block restricted users from starting new chats unless an appropriate supervisor is present. Microsoft is continuing to iterate on this experience and soon they will provide another tool for supervisors to be able to delete any inappropriate chat within those supervised…

How can I delete the Recycle Bin icon from the desktop in Windows XP/2003? To delete the Recycle Bin icon from the Windows XP/2003 desktop follow these steps: Open Registry Editor. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace Find the following key: {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} Delete the above key. Note: As always, before making…

Frustrated by tedious IT help desk tasks? Daniel Petri and Haim Cohen provide some relief with a configuration script that automates repetitive help desk tasks.

MC399863 – Microsoft will be gradually adding improved messaging when users will attempt to delete multiple Content types from the content type hub or site-level content type gallery in SharePoint. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93379 When this will happen: Targeted Release: Rollout is expected to start in end-July and complete by…

How can I recover a deleted dynamic NTFS or FAT32 volume in Windows XP or Windows 2000? When you delete a dynamic volume, the OS erases the volume’s file-system boot sector (sector 0) and removes the volume entry from the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Disk Management snap-in private region database. However, as part of this…

The IT world often focuses on big changes and announcements instead of looking at how small changes can really make a difference. One example is how Microsoft has changed what happens when users recover deleted items to allow items go back to where they came. It’s a great change, even if it is seven years overdue.

Sometimes one might need to delete many messages from one or more mailboxes. This might happen when trying to stop someone from reading an e-mail message you‘ve sent by mistake (assuming he or she didn‘t open his or her mailbox yet), deleting an infected attachment or even removing an appointment that was sent to 100…

How many steps does it take to forget or delete a Wi-Fi network profile in Windows 8.1? This short tutorial article by Daniel Petri reveals the answer.

Need to easily delete email from a user inbox? Phoummala Schmitt explains how to use PowerShell to delete email from Microsoft Exchange mailboxes.

In this post, Daniel Petri shows how to determine which attributes will be saved for a deleted object. To perform the steps in this article, you must be a member of the Schema Admins group, and have network connectivity with the DC that holds the Schema Master FSMO role.