Troubleshooting
Fix Windows 7 MBR
Unfortunately with Windows 7, the MBR (Master Boot Record) can become corrupted just like in Windows XP or Windows Vista....
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How-To
Use Command Line Switches in Outlook 2010
By default, running Outlook.exe will launch the program and start it normally in Windows. This is what occurs when you...
How-To
Determine IP Address From a MAC Address
Ever had to reverse lookup an IP address? Kind of like looking up a home address using a phone number?...
Fixes
Fix Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Has Encountered a Problem
Last week, I turned on my computer running Windows XP and got the following error message when I would boot...
How-To
Configure Message Size Limits in Exchange 2010
If you’re running Exchange 2010 at your office, you may have noticed that the default incoming and outgoing message size...
How-To
Determining When a Local Windows Account Password was Last Changed
Our corporate policy requires us to change Windows server local Administrator passwords on a regular basis. We have a script...
Script
Counting the Number of Files in a Directory, Command Line Style
Recently, I needed to count the number of files in a directory on a Windows server. Here’s the command that...
Active Directory
AD Message: Object is a container and contains other objects. Are you sure you want to delete object and the objects it contains
I received the following message today when trying to delete a computer object from Active Directory: Object %COMPUTERNAME% is a container and...
Script
Script to Remotely List Windows Local Administrator Group Membership
The following script can be run against remote Windows machines, and will enumerate the contents of the remote server’s local...