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An .ISO file is a file that contains the complete image of a disc, either a CD or a DVD. Such files are often used when transferring CD and DVD images over the Internet (for example, most MSDN downloads that are available from the MSDN subscriber downloads page, AND the files that are delivered monthly…

Last month I had a client buy and install several Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers. These servers had 2 Quad processors, 16GB or RAM, and 2 300GB 15K RAPM SAS hard disks, making them ideal for medium-range departmental servers. When the machines arrived, I installed Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition 64-bit on them, and proceeded to…

Site Structure This site has a large knowledge section where you’ll be able to find most of the stuff you’re looking for. Under the Knowledge Base section you’ll find the following stuff: The Tips and Tricks section holds a growing collection of tips on the following subjects: Active Directory Alcatel Anti-Spam Solutions Disaster Recovery Disk…

OBJ::SID and vice versa Description OBJ::SID and vice versa is a program written in C++ and used to translate SID/OBJ conversions. The program is able to detect object or SID that can be queried by the Global Catalog or the local SAM within the process machine. Querying OBJ/SID is within the scope of the user…

One of the most time consuming administrative tasks is the password reset issue. Research shows that help desk calls may consist of up to 40% of password reset related issues. When I’ve learned about a new tool that was designed to help mitigate these issues I wanted to test it out. The tool is called…

Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) provides the latest updates to Microsoft Office XP. SP3 contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements. This service pack applies to any level of Office XP. It contains all updates included in Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2),…

Description This command line utility enables an administrator to hide or disable the start button. Requirements: This tool requires Windows 2000/XP/2003. Current version: 1.0 Download Download [this_link_has_been_removed] (3kb) You need to extract the tool/script found in the downloaded file by using WinZip or similar. Syntax ​StartBut /enable | /disable | /hide | /show For example:…

Description This utility builds up Active Directory users, OU’s and groups as well as private and public shared folders. The users are retrieved from the attached Excel file. Requirements: Windows 2000/2003 domain. Download Download [this_link_has_been_removed] (2mb) You need to extract the tool/script found in the downloaded file by using WinZip or similar. Usage First, install…

Knowledgeable people say that an un-protected machine that is connected to the Internet can and will probably be penetrated within 72 hours or less. Without proper protection chances are you will be targeted and penetrated – even if you have nothing secret or important to hide. That is why you MUST install and properly configure…

A couple of days ago I wanted to re-read some information that I once used to have on my old website (the one prior to this current site, for those of you who have been here and remember). I searched all my hard disk’s archives, loaded a bunch of old CDs and backup hard drives,…

Description This utility creates a directory tree. Download Download [this_link_has_been_removed] (6kb) You need to extract the tool/script found in the downloaded file by using WinZip or similar. Syntax ​TreeMD For example: To create the following directory tree: You need to run the following command: ​TreeMD c:’Temp’a’b’c Support No support of any sort will be given…

Description This utility changes desktop icons, start-menu icons and quick-launch icons as well as proxy settings whenever the computer’s IP address is changed. It is also capable of running scripts whenever the IP address changes. Here are a number of usage scenarios: Configure a laptop computer to automatically set the organizational proxy server as the…