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Get Device Manager to show nonpresent devices as hidden devices
Start a command prompt and set the following variable: set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 Start Device manager from the command line: devmgmt.msc On the view menu, click Show hidden devices . More info here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539 Read More...
Error installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 6.1.0
First I had an error saying Windows Remote Management wasn't installed. I got it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=845289ca-16cc-4c73-8934-dd46b5ed1d33&DisplayLang=en Second problem was this error: "The installer has detected Read More...
Active directory permissions inheritance being cleared
I've been having an issue for some time where certain users and groups were having thier AD inheritance flag cleared and an arbitary set of permissions made. It turns out that this is by design. Because the users belonged to a group, which belonged to Read More...
How to re-create the Show Desktop icon on the Quick Launch toolbar
Create a text file called Show Desktop.scf containing: [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop More details here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190355/en-us Read More...
How to enable user environment debug logging in retail builds of Windows
I've found this quite useful in debugging slow logins or incorrect application of group policy. Create the following DWORD value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserEnvDebugLevel Set: 0x00030002 - Masses of debug Read More...
Problems installing and using Exchange 2007
I'm upgrading my Exchange 2003 organisation to Exchange 2007 this weekend, as a reinforced learning experience for when I begin to deploy Exchange 2007 for a major customer. I had a couple of problems: A setup error occured: "[ERROR] Access to the path Read More...
Event ID 1058 and 1030
On several AD installations with multiple domain controllers I have seen servers continuosly logging event 1058 and 1030. Running "dfsutil /PurgeMupCache" followed by "gpupdate /Force" always seems to fix it. You obtain DFSUTIL from the support tools Read More...