If you Windows Desktop icon is disappeared , there is a quick way to restore it. Follow the steps bellow: Open Notepad Paste the text bellow [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop Save the file as Desktop.scf and drag it to your Quick Launch bar Note: If you can’t place it you Quick Launch bar may be locked. To unlock it :Right click on it , and remove selection Read more

Windows Vista allows you to add custom search engine to start menu instant search box You can add various search engines like Wikipedia, Google, Yahoo,Ebay, Amazon,Youtube and more. To add Search Wikipedia or Google or Yahoo at Start Menu Instant Search Box, follow below steps: Click on Start button, then type gpedit.msc in the search bar, and press enter . Press OK on security dialog displayed. Navigate to “User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components Read more

Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 evaluation VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) images for Hyper-V which as of now is available for download from Microsoft  Download Center. The images are perfect for creating testing environment and trying new versions Windows Server 2008 Standard Ed. x86 (full install) Windows Server 2008 Standard Ed. x64 (full install) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. x86 (full install) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Ed. x64 (full install) Windows Server Read more

The issue is caused because Intel(R) Extreme Graphics default installation. To resolve it navigate to Control Panel and pres on  Intel(R) icon Navigate to Hot Keys tab and remove the check from the box labeled Enable Hot Keys. When set to enable the CTRL+ALT+Arrow function will flip your monitor Read more

If you use Remote Desktop to connect your Hyper-V management server .When connecting to guest system you may receive the message bellow: “Mouse not captured in Remote Desktop session” as a result mouse is not working. To solve the problem you need to install “Integration Services” Just open your Virtual OS Navigate to Action Press on “insert integration services setup disk” Now you will see Integration services CD in Computer menu Read more

Before installing Hyper-V on your server make sure that you have the following options in server BIOS. No-Execute Memory Protection –  Set it to Enabled Intel Virtualization Technology – Set it to Enabled Processor Hyper Threading – Set it to Disabled If you receive the “The Virtual Machine could not be started because the hypervisor is not running” Error probably you forgot to do the steps above Note: In most of the cases if settings are missing in system bios – Read more

list of available commands for service management in Windows Net pause : Pauses service Usage : net pause servicename Net continue : Continues a service that has been suspended by net pause Usage : net continue servername Net stop : Stops running service Usage : net stop service name Net start : Start stopped service Usage : net start servicename Sc:A command line program used for communicating with the Service Control Manager and services. Usually used in scripting Usage : type sc in command Read more

Creating a Group Using a graphical user interface Open the Active Directory Users and Computers . In the left pane, browse to the parent container of the new group, right-click on it, and select New Group. Enter the name of the group and select the group type (global, domain local, or universal) and group type (security or distribution). Click OK. Using dsadd in command-line interface dsadd group "<GroupDN>" -scope <GroupScope> -secgrp yes|no -desc "<GroupDesc>" Where <GroupDN> Read more

$strComputer = "ComputerName" $computer = [ADSI]("WinNT://" + $strComputer + ",computer") $computer.name $Users = $computer.psbase.children |where{$_.psbase.schemaclassname -eq "User"} foreach ($member in $Users.psbase.syncroot) {$member.name} Read more

Windows 7 has additional teems that can be unlocked. Follow the guide bellow Open “My Computer” Go to Tools>Folder options Navigate to View Remove selection from "Hide protected operating system files"  Go to C:WindowsGlobalizationMCT. Open one of the MCT-(AU, CA, GB, US, or ZA) folders . Open the Theme folder Select the .theme file to use it. Hide your “System and Protected Operating System files” if you wish :).  NOTE: After Read more