All posts by Jim Guckin
Helpful XP Registry Hacks – Part 2
I had a couple more registry hacks that I thought might be interesting, but not as useful as the first bunch. Since it is Friday and usually I have these things thought out, I’m going to throw more registry hacks at you…and maybe you’ll find them more useful than I do. Change categories in the Control…
Dell PowerVault NAS 8002801d error
Ok, so if you are reading this entry, then that means like me, you are administering a Dell PowerVault NAS error and when going to certain managment websites you got one of the following errors: Persistent Images to Restore, error ‘8002801d’ ,Library not registered. /snapshots/psm_vr_list.asp, line 513 Volume Settings, error ‘8002801d’ ,Library not registered. /snapshots/psm_setup_list.asp, line…
Q&A Monday: Finding Enabled Active Directory Users
Question: We are looking at a couple different software packages for several processes in my company, though a lot of vendors are charging by active AD accounts. Is there a way to just find all enabled active directory accounts, without having to goto all OU’s and count them. Answer: I have been there many times,…
Helpful XP Registry Hacks
Every-once in a while, someone asks me for neat little tricks or how to customize their computer. One of the things that I find fun to do, are registry hacks to make Windows XP do things that otherwise I couldn’t do. Also some of these things can be implemented as minor security measures or help you…
Q&A Wednesday: Screen Saver Group Policy
Since I for some reason thought that Monday was Wednesday, it only seems right for me to post Q&A Monday on Wednesday: Question: Hi I am currently running Windows 2003 on my servers. I have two DC’s in my environment. Clients are running Windows XP. I have 5 OUs created for the varying users in…
SysPrep for Windows Server 2008
I was going sysprep a base image of Windows Server 2008 today and followed my usual method of SysPreping a machine…when I noticed somethin. I went to the DVD and couldn’t find sysprep anywhere. figuring my last entry might have been wrong I looked around and discovered that sysprep is installed by default on Windwos Server 2008. You can find…
SysPrep Windows
Every single time it comes to me setting up a bunch of servers in a cloned environment, I always need to sit down and try to remember how this works or end up searching the web for the answers that I am looking for. So enough it enough and I wanted to take the time…
Q&A Moday: Exchange 2007 E-Mail Forwards
Question: I am new to the Exchange 2007 environment, I’ve worked with Exchange 5.5, 2000, and 2003 and I’m running into a problem that I don’t know how to fix. I have a user who wants to forward all incoming e-mail from our email server to his personal GMail account. I loaded his Outlook profile…
Cool Site: Prey Project
In today’s world system admins can’t be too careful about where their equipment ends up, I’ve seen many Admins get panicked when a laptop goes missing, especially when the company doesn’t have a decent check-in and check-out system for their equipment. Though there isn’t any fool proof way to find a stolen laptop, I’ve recently…
Q&A Monday: Disable Programs that Start with Windows
Every once in a while, I get the following question: Question: How do I stop programs from running when I start up my computer? Answer: This is actually a very simple process. The first place would be the check the windows start up folder, by clicking on the Start Bar going to programs and then…