windows

howto://rename a user’s profile

2011-01-31

Oops, you misspelled the last name, and no, they don’t think it’s ‘close enough.’ But you don’t want to scrap and start over again, because you have to many apps already set up. Here’s how to rename the profile so that everything just works.

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Eleven essential holiday tools

2010-12-17

With Christmas just around the corner, one thing geeks everywhere can expect is the onslaught of “can you take a look at something while you are here” pleas from friends and family who have borked computers. It’s as much a part of Christmas as egg nog and fruitcake, and often, just as onerous. To help [...]

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Why can’t we all just get along

2010-11-18

This post has been updated YET AGAIN, which makes this rev 5! Since this post is still getting a lot of traffic, here is a PSA. Pidgin has just released version 2.7.7, which completely fixes the MSN certificate issue, enables multiple MSN logins, and fixes the AIM SSL Handshake Failure error. You should go download [...]

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howto://upload BitLocker keys to Active Directory

2010-11-15

Storing BitLocker keys in AD is a great way to keep them safe, but what if you already encrypted the drive before you set up the GPO? No worries, mate, this post will fix you right up.

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When GINA’s go bad and machines refuse to RDP

2010-11-10

Recently, I had a vendor’s server go AWOL and lock up entirely.  I wasn’t able to RDP into the machine at first and when it finally connected I was greeted by the lovely error “You cannot initiate a Remote Desktop Connection because the Windows logon software has been replaced by incompatible software xxx.dll” If you’ve [...]

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howto://monitor windows servers for low disk space

2010-11-08

Show of hands…how many of you have had a server run out of disk space, and the first you knew of it was when the phones lit up? Yeah, I figured this would be a familiar scenario to many of you. Here’s a way to get ahead of that particular brand of train wreck. You won’t get employee of the year for it, but you also won’t have to do the ol’ “delete files boogie.”

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howto://use group policy to setup your wireless connection

2010-10-20

Using a GPO is a great way to manage clients’ wireless connection profiles. This post runs through the steps to set it up.

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Guilty on the grounds of temporary insanity.

2010-10-18

DFSR reporting errors about files with the temporary attribute? Confused about that that is? Here’s how to fix that annoying issue.

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Windows auditing for fun and profit

2010-10-04

You know you should be auditing security events in Windows, but what settings should you set? This post goes over my preferences, which work well for me in almost all situations.

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Just Add Dropbox: Windows Live Writer

2010-09-15

The last time we discussed this handy utility it was about using Dropbox with Microsoft OneNote to give you access to your writing no matter which of the multiple machines you’re using.  This time we’re going to talk about Windows Live Writer (a fantastic blogging tool) and how, with Dropbox and a little tweaking, we [...]

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I Want My File Access Old Skool!

2010-09-08

Windows 7 is hands down the best operating system Microsoft has put together.  It trounced Vista without ever breaking a sweat and gave us the successor to XP we were waiting for.  Even with all this whiz bang coolness there are still a couple of things about Windows 7 that make me want to punch [...]

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Go change all the local admin passwords. Now.

2010-08-23

Periodically it may be necessary to reset the local administrator account’s password on all the computers in your domain. This post shows you a simple way to do so using a text file, the net user command, and the psexec command. It’s a cheap trick, but it gets the job done.

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