Unfortunately with Windows 7, the MBR (Master Boot Record) can become corrupted just like in Windows XP or Windows Vista. If the MBR becomes corrupt in Windows 7, you might […]
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Fix Windows 7 MBR
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Use Command Line Switches in Outlook 2010
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By default, running Outlook.exe will launch the program and start it normally in Windows. This is what occurs when you click on the Outlook desktop icon. However, there are many […]
Determine IP Address From a MAC Address
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Ever had to reverse lookup an IP address? Kind of like looking up a home address using a phone number? If you’re in IT, you might come across the occasional […]
Last week, I turned on my computer running Windows XP and got the following error message when I would boot up the computer: generic host process for win32 services has […]
Configure Message Size Limits in Exchange 2010
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If you’re running Exchange 2010 at your office, you may have noticed that the default incoming and outgoing message size limit is 10,240 KB or 10 MB. These days, however, […]
Our corporate policy requires us to change Windows server local Administrator passwords on a regular basis. We have a script that accomplishes this, and after the change we do a […]
Recently, I needed to count the number of files in a directory on a Windows server. Here’s the command that can easily be scripted. It can also be used on […]
AD Message: Object is a container and contains other objects. Are you sure you want to delete object and the objects it contains
by File in: Active Directory
I received the following message today when trying to delete a computer object from Active Directory: Object %COMPUTERNAME% is a container and contains other objects. Are you sure you want to delete […]
The following script can be run against remote Windows machines, and will enumerate the contents of the remote server’s local administrators group. It requires Sysinternals PSExec utility, and must be […]
Fix: SQL Configuration Manager Connection to target machine could not be made in a timely fashion
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Things didn’t go too smoothly yesterday when I was trying to reconfigure our SQL 2005 cluster and it’s database locations. At one point, I couldn’t even get SQL Configuration Manager […]