Diskeeper reported that the \$Extend\$UsnJrnl [Excluded] file size of 872 GB on a 10 GB partition. Diskeeper helpdesk identified problems with OS upgrades regarding \$Extend\$UsnJrnl, however could not address the file size anomaly. Ticket closed. After a little research, I discovered a native command line utility called Fsutil. After executing this utility the problem is resolved.
Read More »The Group Policy client-side extension IP Security failed to log RSOP (Resultant Set of Policy) data. Please look for any errors reported earlier by that extension. The Event Viewer may look something like this: Resolution Create a batch (ie. fix1091.cmd) file with the following content. Reboot, do a GPUPDATE /force. If errors continue, then: Do a GPUPDATE /force, then check…
Read More »Remove Active Directory from first Domain Controller in a Windows 2003 Server environment Preface Installed two Microsoft Windows 2003 servers as Active Directory domain controllers. The intent is to replace the original two Microsoft Windows 2003 servers as Active Directory domain controllers. One domain controller was relatively easy to remove Active Directory using DCPROMO. The other not so easy. Problem…
Read More »Preface A need to zip log files had arisen and needed to determine a solution. Winzip requires an installation of Winzip Command Line. If Winzip is unregistered, the application will prompt for acknowledgement to that fact. Tested several FREEWARE products, all require installation prior to use of command line or utilize proprietary compression. Solution Microsoft Compress.exe. It is FREEWARE, requires…
Read More »A little AutoIt script to remove the RunOnce from Internet Explorer.
Read More »After a rebuild of a Windows XP workstation, there are several items that I like to add to my installation. These items include several official Microsoft themes, a handful of wallpapers, and a few fonts. To perform this task manually has become mundane, so I created an installer that would install these features automatically. This greatly reduces my setup time…
Read More »AVS DVD Player is a compact and easy-to-use program that has a simple user-friendly interface allowing you to start watching DVD movies with no additional software. One more thing – it is absolutely FREE SOFTWARE! AVS DVD Player is available at http://www.avsmedia.com/DVDPlayer/index.aspx Repack of the freeware AVS DVD Player 2.2 to remove languages and other unrelated product. Here is my…
Read More »Windows Media Player or Media Center Edition slow performance with large media libraries. The Current Media Library Microsoft Windows XP maintains Windows Media Player databases in “C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player” as CurrentDatabase_###.wmdb databases. The CurrentDatabase_###.wmdb has a different filename corresponding with the version of Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player 9 (WMP9) maintains a database in “C:\Documents and…
Read More »The goal is to apply global custom views to Microsoft Outlook 2003. Microsoft has created a default view in Microsoft Outlook 2003 that is generally difficult to adjust. Many users have grown a distaste for the Auto Preview, Reading Panes, and the all Group-By Settings. In recent months, I have had to assist several clients, repeatedly with this issue and…
Read More »To change the fonts or colors for desktop items on the Microsoft Windows XP operating system: Tested and worked for me. (Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140752)
Read More »Use regedit and change the following two keys of MS Shell Dlg 2 and MS Dlg to whatever font you want. Make certain that C:\windows\fonts already contains that font. I have tested and replaced both with “Sugoe UI“. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes] “MS Shell Dlg 2″=”Tahoma” “MS Shell Dlg”=”Microsoft Sans Serif” Source(s)
Read More »I created the following script to fix the following errors that occur often enough. I have tested this on Microsoft Windows 2003 Server and Enterprise Server(s) with SP1, SP2, and no service pack with success. Fix_Journal_Wrapper_DNS_NTFRS.au3
Read More »Unlike Microsoft Outlook, where all you have to do to access your email is click on an Outlook icon without having to repeatedly type in your password, IBM Lotus Notes requires a username and password to be typed each and every time. However, I am lazy and often have to reboot my Microsoft Windows workstation (quite common for a Microsoft…
Read More »Microsoft Windows XP, by design, is not capable of a native software RAID5, however, capable of mirroring drives. However, by modifying three files, Windows XP becomes capable of software RAID5. This has successfully been implemented and verified on a Microsoft Media Center Edition 2005 (MCE 2005). Installed three 300 GB SATA drives and successfully created RAID5. system32\drivers\dmboot.sys system32\dmconfig.dll system32\dmadmin.exe copy…
Read More »Netgear GA311 Gigabit NIC 10/100/1000 does not offer drivers to support Microsoft Windows 2003 Although I ran across this article that inspired me below, I physically verified the chip on the card. The Netgear GA311 REV.A1 uses Realtek’s RTL8169S-32 chipset. I have tested this driver on this card on a Windows 2003 server without any problem. The driver is available…
Read More »By default MS-DVR files are not editable through Windows Movie Maker 2.1. A little tweak that has been around for several years just caught my attention. I don’t know the original source, however, know that I am not. Import the following into the registry and reboot. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{083863F1-70DE-11d0-BD40-00A0C911CE86}\Instance\{A4F9C3BA-A68F-4942-8152-B783CF89193F}] “CLSID”=”{A4F9C3BA-A68F-4942-8152-B783CF89193F}” “FilterData”=hex:02,00,00,00,00,00,20,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,70,69,33,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,74,79,33,00,\ 00,00,00,b0,00,00,00,c0,00,00,00,31,70,69,33,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,74,79,33,00,00,00,00,d0,00,00,00,c0,00,00,\ 00,32,70,69,33,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 30,74,79,33,00,00,00,00,b0,00,00,00,c0,00,00,00,33,70,69,33,08,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,30,74,79,33,00,00,00,00,d0,00,\…
Read More »Diskeeper is unable to completely optimize the specified drive as there is a rather large green/white striped area known as reserved system space. This is free area however Diskeeper will not use this area for defragmentation. To utilize this “wasted” space, the hard drive space needs to be used to capacity. A script was found to create files and folder…
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