Things to consider before migration to new hardware Are you going to keep same DC host name ? Are you going to use same IP address? If you are changing your name and IP if it will have influence on your network ( Firewall Roles etc..) Is the server DHCP server Is the server root CA? - I'm not sure if you can migrate Enterprise Root CA - May be Restore from Backup Is the server Global Catalog ? Preparation steps Make full Backup of your Active Directory Install new server and join it to Read more

Hibernation button is missing in windows vista The hibernate button disappears after a disk cleanup utility was been used Or after you delete the hibernate file. You can return hibernation by running command prompt (CMD) Right click on the command prompt. Run(CMD) as administrator. Type the following command: powercfg /hibernate on This should return your hibernate button. Please note if you run CMD not as administrator you will receive error "You do not have permission to enable or disable Read more

Outlook Connection States Outlook 2003 regularly transitions between a number of different connection including connected, disconnected and offline. This document will endeavor to document these conditions, explain how these conditions are entered and how they can be exited, and explain how to determine which of the connection states Outlook is in at any given time. The Connected State You can send and receive email in the connected state. When Outlook 2003 is running on a Windows XP machine Read more

Sizing is the most important part before ESX implementation. I'm using the Hp Vmware solution sizer as first step before VMware infrastructure implementation. You can run it from here : http://g3w1656g-vip.houston.hp.com/SB/VMware/page_init.asp This is an automated tool that assists the user with the size and scope of a server environment supporting VMware. The sizing information and algorithms have been developed using testing and performance data on HP Servers running the VMware ESX Server. Read more

Some times removing Corporate edition is not that easy. Don't worry that tool will do the job. Download the zipped file scscleanwipeto your desktop Warnings about SCSCleanWipe: SCSCleanWipe removes ALL Symantec products, not only the AntiVirus program. If you have other Symantec programs installed, make sure you can reinstall them after running SCSCleanWipe. The SCSCleanWipe User's Guide says: "...SCSCleanWipe is an unsupported Symantec tool provided as a fallback resource in case a regular Read more