Category Archives: Microsoft

Disable creation of Outlook .PST files in Exchange 2003

Create or modify the DWORD registry value: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\DisablePST Set the value to 1 to disable .PST files, or 0 (default) to enable them. Note that .PST files already located in a user”s email profile will still be functional. Therefore, you should manually remove all .PST files from the profile prior to setting this value. This also includes disabling… Read More »

Fix Master Boot Record in Windows Vista

How to repair the Master Boot Record in Windows Vista. If you are having trouble getting Windows Vista to startup due to a corrupted Master Boot Record, you can use the Windows Recovery Tools to restore it. To do this, perform the following steps:

How to troubleshoot Basic SMTP Delivery Problems

The following are basic steps that a mail admin can take to determine the cause of an SMTP mail delivery problem. This procedure assumes that an Exchange IMS is deployed using DNS lookups, rather than forwarding SMTP to an a third part gateway or relay host.