Change desktop and message box fonts
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 »Change the default Windows XP fonts
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 »Fix Journal wrapper DNS NTFRS errors
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 »Auto launch Lotus Notes 6.5 without typing password
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 »How to create a software RAID5 on Microsoft Windows XP with this hack
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 NIC 10/100/1000 no Windows 2003 Driver?
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 »Edit MS-DVR in Windows Movie Maker
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 reports high reserved system space
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…
Read More »Compress individual log files into individual compressed archives
There was a task to compress all the log files for a Microsoft IIS6 installation. The log files were taking up gigabytes of space, whereas a single log file may be as large as 50 to 100MB in size. A compressed log file resulted in only 2-4MB in size. I needed a method that would compress each log file into…
Read More »Internet Explorer 7 Gold RunOnce Removal
Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 7 Version: 7.0.5730.11CO Update Versions: 0 Version: 7.0.5730.13IS (confirmed working) Issue The annoying Runonce linking to runonce.msn.com/runonce2.aspx either fails to start or you do not want it to start. There is no reasonable explanation as to the purpose of this link. All settings may be changed within the installation of itself without linking to Microsoft. I…
Read More »How to remove the DnsEvent, NTDS, and NtFrs event logs on DC
How to remove the DnsEvent, NTDS, and NtFrs event logs from Demoted Domain Controller. It is not possible to delete event logs while EVentLog service is running, and the EventLog service cannot be stopped. You can use the following procedure to locally remove the subject event logs: 1. Start->Run->CMD, press ENTER 2. Type REG ADD \\DemotedDC\HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog /V Start /T REG_DWORD…
Read More »April 2006 Update Rollup for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Microsoft has released an April 2006 Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. However, after applying the April 2006 Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (MCE2005), many encounter several issues, including: I have tested the following solution to work that I have found through Aaron Stebner’s WebLog (2/2006).
Read More »How to create a local admins group using AD, GPO, VBS in a Microsoft Windows domain
In a Microsoft Windows server domain, in this case a Windows 2003 Server, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server mixed mode environment, there was a need to create a local administrators group, add members to that group, and give those users administrator access to either workstations or servers. Using a Group Policy Object (GPO),…
Read More »eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware Corporate Edition 5.x Removal
I wrote this little script that has worked for me to remove eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware Corporate Edition 5.x.
Read More »Outlook Password Protection for Personal Folders (PST) is weak, very weak
Password protection of PST files is weak. Outlook uses a CRC32 algorithm vs MD5 or SHA-1. The CRC value may be recalculated to match the correct password with more than one possibility. A value of zero requires no password. A value other than zero, a password must be typed. A list of passwords to generate a zero value is below:…
Read More »Remove Windows 200x Domain Controller from AD in DSRMode
While in DS restore mode open up regedit and navigate to khey_local_machine/system/currentcontrolset/control/productoptions. Change the product type from lanmannt to servernt. Reboot into windows normally. The machine now thinks it’s a member server. Disjoin from the domain, reboot, and do a DC Promo up to a dummy domain. Make sure it’s pointed to itself for DNS resolution, it will aks you…
Read More »Enable Multiple Remote Desktops in XP & MCE 2005 Simplified
Simplified (Tested Successfully) Note: Use Google to find the file. termsrv.dll – 215,552 bytes 5.1.2600.2055 (xpsp_sp2_beta1.031215-1745) Backup original termsrv.dll by renaming c:\windows\system32\dllcache\termsrv.dll to termsrv.dll.bak Copy termsrv.dll to c:\windows\system32\dllcache Copy termsrv.dll to c:\windows\system32\ Open Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 and add the following dword values: Note: MaxInstanceCount can be adjusted to fit individual requirements. Reboot
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