Terminal Server Office 2003/2007/2010 Installation issue If you installed office in the same way you install it on your desktop. Your user information will be replicated to all other users. You may receive complaints that some excel or word files are been hold by your username or username you used to install Office. You can fix it the following way. Search for the user in registry One of the keys under HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurentVersionInstallerUserData will have office instalation Read more

When you try to to install x64 printer driver on 32bit server you may receive “selected driver must be installed remotely” error. To solve this go to your x64 machine. run and type \32bit machine servername In the list of shares open printers folder – in windows 7 or 2008 press on view remote printers Right click on empty place and select server properties. Navigate to Drivers and press on Add. Uncheck the x86 check box and select x64 one. After installation completes you can use the Read more

Error c1038a21 appears when you try to view properties of public folder system folder – Schedule + free busy or offline address book folder Microsoft have a article on how to fix it , but in there guide they recommend usage of Information Store Viewer (MDBVu32). I prefer to use PFDAVAdmin that can be downloaded from here it is much easier . Run PFDAVAdmin Press on file>connect Fill your DC settings like on screenshot bellow (don’t forget to select public folders) Read more

  If you’re planning reinstall of your Windows VistaXPServer 200020032008  you’ll need to locate your copy of your product installation key. An easy way is to use Product Key Viewer utility to find forgotten Windows Office or SQL Product Keys. Read more

To move windows group to other domain download ADMT Tool Install Active Directory Migration Tool Open the ADMT MMC snap-in it is located in Administrative Tools. Chose source and destination domains and click Next. On the Group Selection screen, chose the group that you want to migrate and click Next. On the next screen, select Browse and locate the desired OU. On the Group Options screen, select one or more of the following and click Next: Update user rights: Copies any user rights that Read more

To clear user local profile via registry : Press on Start > Run >Regedit Navigate to the following registry key :“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionProfileList” Under ProfileList navigate to  binary key’s like this :S-1-5-21-3656904587-1668747452-4095529-500 On the right side under  ProfileImagePath you’'ll see the username and profile path. Chose the one with the desired user and delete the long reg key like :“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows Read more

If you want to redirect domain user folders to NTFS or Storage share, you need to set the permissions like in the list bellow: Creator Owner => Full Control on “Subfolders and Files Only” Security group of users needing to put data on share => List Folder/Read Data, Create Folders/Append Data  on “This Folder Only” System =>  Full Control, on “This Folder, Subfolders and Files” In addition you can add Domain Admins security group to have permissions on user folders: Open Read more

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

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

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