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Which KB articles resolve the most Directory Services issues?

4 years ago

by jayb

This article by askds contains a lot of good links related to directory services. Hi, Craig here. It can be frustrating to call support only to have your issue resolved by an article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. Sometimes you are just happy to get the problem solved, but most people prefer [...]

UltraDefrag v1.2.3

4 years ago

by jayb

if it uses the window defrag API how can it be faster than the built in windows defrag? UltraDefrag is an Open Source disk defragmentation tool that offers fast defragmenting using a kernel based driver. It offers a simple GUI with a cluster map display, as well as a command-line interface and [...]

XP Remote Desktop (How to enable and GPO setup)

4 years ago

by jayb

To take over the control the remote XP computer, click the Take Control on the top right. If you can’t take the control, make sure Allow helpers to remotely control the computer under Offer Remote Assistance Setting is enabled. By default, Offer Remote Assistance Settings is disabled. To do enable [...]

Microsoft hoses up WSUS

4 years ago

by jayb

Oh great. Check out the following links to the posts on Computerworld and the Internet Storm Center. And they hose up any wsus systems that have been auto updating right before patch Tuesday. You should check your installs. *UPDATE* Microsoft fixed the issue. Your WSUS consoles should be working [...]

Significant Group Policy Announcement by MS

4 years ago

by jayb

We currently use BeyondTrust™ Privilege Manager which used to be part of Desktop Standard. Not sure why Microsoft didn’t purchase this product also. Its great for running workstations as non-admins and only elevating the needed programs or files. Yesterday at TechEd in Barcelona, Microsoft made a [...]

How to Shrink Down Word Files Ten-fold

8 years ago

by jayb

For those of you who paste a lot of graphics files into your Word XP (Word 2002) documents, have you ever noticed how big those Word document files get? We work with a lot of Word docs containing tons of graphics and they get really big. Here’s a tip that will shrink those Word docs down ten-fold! [...]