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  • Windows 7 machines fail to apply software installation group policy on startup

    Background: Windows Active Directory Domain Windows Server 2003R2 and Server 2008R2 Domain ControllersWindows XP SP3 and Windows 7 SP1 workstations Problem: Windows 7 workstations don’t process group policy software installation at all, or process intermittently. This doesn’t affect Windows XP machines. Following Events are recorded Windows System Logs: Event ID: 5719Level: ErrorSource: NetLogonDescription:This computer was…

  • Run Internet Explorer in Safe Mode (without Add-ons)

    If you are having problems with Internet Explorer one of the first things to try is starting IE without Add-ons as one of them could be causing your problems. If IE works fine without add-ons, you can try re-enabling them one by one until you find the offending add-on.

  • Firefox 8 crashes on every startup (after upgrade from v7)

    09.11.2011 This morning Firefox on one my Windows XP SP3 machines decided to upgrade itself to the latest 8.0 version. All well and good, but after the upgrade Firefox worked for couple of minutes and then crashed. Every subsequent attempt to open Firefox resulted in immediate crash. First tried couple of obvious things: Start Firefox…

  • Add first Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controller to Server 2003 domain.

    Before introducing first Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller to your Server 2003 domain you must prepare your forest and domain. This is done running ADPREP tool from Windows Server 2008 R2 DVD.Note that you do not need to run adprep if you are merely joining Windows Server 2008 R2 server to the domain as…

  • Install / Enable Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) on Windows Server 2008 R2

    Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager Select Features. Then click on Add Features Select Group Policy Management > Next > Install

  • Configure Microsoft Windows Desktop Search 4.0 settings via group policy (GPO)

    Download and extract Windows Desktop Search 4.0 administrative template file search.adm Open Group Policy Management Console > Right click on Group Policy Objects >  New > Enter name and click OK Right click on your new GPO > Edit Right click on Administrative Templates in Computer configuration > Add/Remove Templates > Add > select extracted…

  • Configure Outlook 2010 settings via group policy

    This example shows how to configure Exchange Outlook Anywhere settings in Group Policy, but the same method can be used to manage pretty much any part of Outlook via Group Policy. Steps 1 to 4 need to be completed only once. Download and extract Outlook 2010 Group Policy administrative template files.outlk14.adm is the main Microsoft…

  • Disable “Scanning for Viruses” in Firefox download manager

    After you download a file, Firefox Download Manager for couple of seconds displays “Scanning for Viruses” and during this time you can’t do anything with the file from within download manager.This behaviours seems strange and unnecessary – Firefox doesntt have any buit-in antivirus, so it’s not going to find anything if there is no antivirus…

  • Windows 2003 Terminal Server – Prevent roaming profile changes from propagating to the server for certain users

    Scenario: There a two types of terminal server users and they need to have profiles setup in 2 different ways: First group – use single shared profile located on the network \\Server\ShareName\TMS-Profile.  Any changes user makes to the profile are not propagated to the network copy of the profile – every time users log on…

  • Windows cannot log you on because your profile cannot be loaded – Indexing Service (cidaemon.exe) locks files in roaming profiles.

    Users started complaining about occasionally having problems logging-on on Windows 2003 Terminal Server via Remote Desktop client. A quick check in Event Viewer Application logs revealed following errors: Source: UserenvEven ID: 1509Type: ErrorDescription:Windows cannot copy file \\server2\tms\profile_path\user\Favorites\File.url. Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights. If this problem persists, contact your…

  • Crystal WDM Audio Codec driver fails to load after reboot – This device cannot start (Code 10)

    Received an old DELL Latitude C400 Windows XP laptop with not working sound. Quick look into device manager revealed the first problem problem: Crystal WDM Audio Codecs device was listed with exclamation mark and Device Status in Properties was “This device cannot start. (Code 10)“.First off all tried to update sound drivers to the latest…

  • Batch resize images in Gimp

    Gimp doesn’t have built in batch resizing functionality, but it’s pretty simple to add it via a plug-in called DBP (David’s Batch Processor). Download Windows version of DPB from here.(For Linux version check DPB home page). Extract dbp.exe file and copy to: C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins Open Gimp and open Filters > Batch Process In David’s Batch…