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Windows, Windows 7 - Posted by Dave on January 28, 2010

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Easy Access to All Windows 7 Features

Easy Access to All Windows 7 Features

Windows 7 has been around for some time now and so far it's the best OS from Microsoft. I am sure that sometime you might find it difficult to find the function or features in it. Sometime the Start button is very useful as you may type the phrase of

Network, Windows, Windows 7 - Posted by Dave on December 11, 2009

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Enable Telnet in Windows 7

Enable Telnet in Windows 7

Telnet is a tool use by network administrators to check if some specific ports are open. It is a handy tool for administrators to verify which port is available or not. By default Windows 7 does not have telnet command configure. You will have to ins

Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows XP - Posted by Dave on November 17, 2009

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Installing Java 6 Update 17 Error 25099

Installing Java 6 Update 17 Error 25099

Today I try to update my old Java version 6 update 13 to the latest one which is version 6 Update 17. I uninstalled the old version and start the latest version setup file, but I got the Error 25099: Unzipping core files failed. I though I have so

Exchange, Exchange 2007, Tips & Tricks, Windows XP - Posted by Dave on September 20, 2009

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How To Export User Mailbox from Exchange 2007

How To Export User Mailbox from Exchange 2007

You may already know that exchange 2007 does not allow you to export mailbox in a x64 bit system. But for exchange 2007 to run, you need to install it on a x64 bit server. This is the big disappointment for system admin. Why would Microsoft provide t

Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows XP - Posted by Dave on September 10, 2009

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Easy Troubleshooting With runas Command

Easy Troubleshooting With runas Command

Most of our users here do not have administrator rights, this is to prevent them from installing unwanted software which could in the end crash the computer. But one of the negative thing about this is that user will need to logout if we need to inst

How To Test SMTP Service

How To Test SMTP Service

Recently we are quite busy in migrating our servers and there are a low of things to check and problem solving. One of the problem is that after migration, our server are not sending out email through SMTP service. A best way to test if your SMTP

How To Change Windows Server 2003 Password Policy

How To Change Windows Server 2003 Password Policy

You might want to know how to change the password policy or settings for Windows Server 2003. This is not a good practise but in some environment you might need it. By default Windows Server 2003 have set the below criteria for strong password:

Perform Whois Lookup from Command Prompt

Perform Whois Lookup from Command Prompt

Every webmaster or system engineers might need to use the whois service to lookup domain names. And most probably everyone will be going to the Whois.Net page to query. But it has a daily limits of 10 (or 20?) queries per day. There is a tool free

My Life, Servers, Tips & Tricks, Windows - Posted by Dave on July 28, 2009

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Enable Shutdown Button in Windows Server 2003 Logon Dialog Box

Enable Shutdown Button in Windows Server 2003 Logon Dialog Box

Recently the ISP needed to perform some power maintenance on our data center. They require to shutdown our server for few minutes to complete the maintenance. However by default on Windows Server 2003 logon dialog box, the shutdown button is disable

Free Software, Windows 7 - Posted by Dave on July 21, 2009

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Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 for Windows 7

Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 for Windows 7

Have you installed Windows 7 RC? If you have not, read my previous posts on Windows 7 release candidate is out and Installing Windows 7 Beta to install it. I believe you might face some difficulties in finding compatible antivirus programs to