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Block Access to My Computer Properties Menu in Windows 7 and Vista
In System properties window you can various information about  Windows system . You may wish to block it to prevent users from accessing it  and do changes. You can easily disable access to My Computer context menu through AD Group Policy. This solution doesn’t block access to menus, only hides it from right click. Menu  can still be accessed Windows key + Pause/Break key. To disable it Open Group Policy Manager Navigate to User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Read more
Install Windows 7 From Usb
How to Create Windows 7 USB Bootable installation To make Windows 7 deployment easier Microsoft has released a small utility that allows you install Windows 7 from a USB flash drive. The Windows 7 USB/DVD utility allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 installation ISO file on a any USB flash disk  or a DVD. Windows 7 USB/DVD Utility System Requirements: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) CPU 50MB of free disk space DVD-R drive Read more
Prevent users from disjoining from domain using GPO
  There is no 100% foolproof  solution that blocks local admin users access the option of disjoining their computer from domain , but you can make it harder to get to system menu. I remove the "properties" from when you right click on my computer. Then i also remove system applet from control panel menu ,and disable registry editing. To disable right click on my computer go to Group Policy. Navigate to  User Configuration>Administrative templates>Desktop Read more
Top Windows 7 Icons Download Sources
  After I installed windows 7 I was looking to make my icons prettier and found those sources for Windows 7 icons To ensure your applications look up to date and in line with Windows 7, you need to update their graphical style with new icons. Fortunately, Windows 7 icons are no different from those used in Windows Vista. Check out that top 7 sources for quality icons. 1. Download NhatPG 535 Windows 7 Icon Pack   2. Download Cheemster  Windows 7 Icon Pack 3.Download ~Freak180 Read more
Exchange 2007 ADD Powershell CmdLets
Add- AD Permission - Used to add permissions to an Active Directory directory service object. Add-AvailabilityAddressSpace – Used to define the access method and associated credentials that are used to exchange free/busy data across forests. Add-ContentFilterPhrase – Used to define custom words for the Content Filter agent Add-DistributionGroupMember – Used to add a user recipient to a email distribution group Add-ExchangeAdministrator – Is used to add a user or group to a Read more
Windows 7 Editions Compared
Windows 7 is getting out with various distributions and you can easily get confused. The current table shows the differences between various New Windows 7 Versions. The features bellow are available in all Windows 7 versions Aero Snap, Windows Flip, Jump Lists, more granular UAC, Action Center, Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, Parental Controls, Windows ReadyDrive, Windows ReadyBoost, SuperFetch, 64-bit support, Uunlimited processor core support, Windows Backup, System Image, disk defragmentation, create Read more
Windows Logo Key Shortcuts in Windows 7
    Windows Key + What it does   Display or hide the Windows 7 Start menu (same as clicking the Start button on the Windows taskbar) +Pause/Break Open the System Control Panel window +D Toggle between displaying the Windows 7 desktop by hiding all open windows and then redisplaying all minimized windows (same as clicking Read more
Windows 7 Calculator modes and features
Windows 7 have a new , much more advanced calculator than in previous windows versions. To open the calculator (Start>All Programs>Accessories>Calculator Or you can run it by typing “calc” in search. Keep in mind that you can enter your numbers and mathematical operators into the Windows Calculator directly from the keyboard using its number keys or numeric keypad rather than always clicking the numbers and operation symbol buttons in the Calculator window. Windows Change Calculator Read more
Install virtual guest services grayed out on Hyper-V cluster
  If “Install virtual machine guest service installation” is unavailable and grayed out, don’t panic. Just shut down the guest machine and it will become available. It is not a bug, it is by design. Read more
Setup Failed due to insufficient permissions – Exchange 2007 Installation Error
  During Installation you receive the “Setup Failed due to insufficient permissions.  Please make sure that the current User has local administrator permissions.  Error: The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: Security.” error. The reason is “UAC - User Account Control in Server 2008” You must turn it off from control panel or run setup.exe as administrator. Read here how to disable User Account Control in Server Read more