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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

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

Free Software, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows XP - Posted by Dave on July 13, 2009

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Reveal Your Forgotten Saved Passwords

Reveal Your Forgotten Saved Passwords

I keep on forgetting my CuteFTP password, each time when I need to access it I would have to reset the account password. This is because I have several systems and I don’t have habits to save my password into a file. Sometime I tried to memorize it

Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows XP - Posted by Dave on June 25, 2009

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Hot To Remove Windows XP SP3 Activation Notice

Hot To Remove Windows XP SP3 Activation Notice

Today one of my friend's PC just upgraded to Windows XP SP3. He has not updated his windows for months. After a restart, windows showed a countdown icon saying 30 days left for activation. Ooh... Once 30 days is up, windows will be locked up and y

How To Disable WinXP/2K Hidden Administrator Shares

How To Disable WinXP/2K Hidden Administrator Shares

So you think you know which folders that you share and no other folders are shared on your system? Well actually the system automatically share your whole drives as either C$, D$, E$ and so forth depending on how many drives you have. For example, lo

Internet Explorer 8 Officially Launch

Internet Explorer 8 Officially Launch

How's your weekend? Enjoy? Well I hope you enjoy your weekends as much as I do but not as good when driving back to KL, as you might know that how long the jam was. Recently Microsoft had launch their full release of Internet Explorer 8 on 20th

How To Install Ubuntu 9.04 Dual Boot with Windows XP

Well today I am going to show you how to install the latest version of Ubuntu 9.04 to dual boot with your current Windows XP. It's has been quite a week for me to learn linux, hopefully I will be ready for my training next month. The installation

Free Software, My Life, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows XP - Posted by Dave on April 27, 2009

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How To Integrate Windows XP SP3 into Windows XP Setup CD

How To Integrate Windows XP SP3 into Windows XP Setup CD

Are you still having your old Windows XP SP1 (or older version) setup disk? I believe once if you installed a new machine, you would probably have to upgrade it to SP3 (or SP2). This happens to me each time and after Windows is installed, I will need