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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

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 that HTTPs Listener is not enabled for Windows Remote Management. Enable HTTPs ...

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 Print Operators, thier permissions were being set to match the System\AdminSDHolder object. The ...

Create a text file called Show Desktop.scf containing: [Shell]Command=2IconFile=explorer.exe,3[Taskbar]Command=ToggleDesktop More details here:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190355/en-us

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 info0x00010001 - Normal It logs to:%Systemroot%\Debug\UserMode\Userenv.log More details ...

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 'D:\Setup\ServerRoles\Common\64' is denied'' When I re-ran setup, it installed, but ...

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 (SUPTOOLS.MSI) from the server installation CD located in \Support\Tools I think