Category Archives: Questions and Answers
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…
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…
Q&A Moday: Lesser Known Word Shortcut Keys
Question: I use Microsoft Word, are there any short-cut keys that could help me format my documents? I’ve asked my IT guys, but they show me how to bold, italicize and etc but nothing really cool…do you know any? Answer: Crtl+Shift+D = Double Underline Ctrl+] = Increase Font Size Ctrl+] = Decrease Font Size Ctrl+Shift+A…
Q&A Monday: Re: Looking for a Job
On February 5th 2010, I did a blog, talking about my experiences and some tips about looking for a job [Looking for a job] and I got the following question. Rather than just answer the questions in the comments, I thought it would warrant an follow up entry. Though I got e-mails saying the tips…
Q&A Monday: Hard Drive Wipe
Question: At my company we are throwing out a bunch of older computers, and I want to make sure that all the data on the computer and servers are completely non recoverable, is there an easy way to do this?Answer: I’ve seen two major approaches to this kind of problem. One of them is the…
Q&A Monday: Domain Password Last Changed
Question: I am in a situation on where I need to find out when the last time a user changed their network password. Our domain policy forces the change in account passwords every 120 days, and a user is claiming that it’s been longer than that, I checked the GPO and everything looks OK, but…
Q&A Monday: Server Disk Defrag
Question: I was recently promoted to a Junior System Admin role at my company, and server maintenance has recently come under my job responsibility. I was wondering if it is a good idea to defragment the disk on the servers? We occasionally do defrags on the local PCs, but does defraging a server really help?…
Q&A Monday: Change Remote Desktop Port
Question: Do you know if there is any way to change the port number of remote desktop? I am looking to make RDP more secure by changing the default port on our servers. Answer: There is a way to change the default port for all supported versions of Windows and it isn’t really that complicated. …
Q&A Monday: Blue Screen of Doom
Question: I turned off my computer normally yesterday and used it for no more than half an hour. I tried turning it on this morning and the blue screen of death showed up. It reset and this time showed me the black screen which tells me that Windows was not successfully shut down along with…
Q&A Monday: .html AutoRun CD
Question: I have created a small (lets call it a web site) and I want to put it on a CD and have it ‘autorun’? Answer: Autorun is a feature of the Windows operating systems. Autorun is feature that detects when a CD is inserted and runs an application based on the Autorun.inf file located…