To disable certain IPv6 components in Windows Vista, follow these steps: Note:- If the DisabledComponents entry is unavailable, you must create it. To do this, follow these steps: Type any one of the following values to configure the IPv6 protocol, and then click OK: Now You must restart your computer for these changes to take affect.
Microsoft has released a sidebar gadget, which you can download here, that gives insight into the SCOM environment for your organization.
If you enable auditing for the Audit account logon events category on Win2K domain controllers (DCs), you”ll see event ID 672.
The Windows Indexing Service provides you with the ability to perform advanced searches on directories located on your computer and on shared directories on the network. The Indexing Service was introduced with IIS (Internet Information Services) and is now installed with Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Windows gives the ability to restrict the applications that can be run by users on a workstation.
Have you ever tried to download more than 2 files from the same website and noticed the third download doesn”t start until one of the prior two are done? The reason for this is that the HTTP 1.1 spec says that only two connections may be allowed at a time, so your browser adheres to that limit. We… Read More »
This handy little chart shows you which commands to issue at the command prompt to start control panel applets. Very handy for keyboard commandos. Applet Name Filename Accessibility Controls access.cpl Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cpl Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl Date/Time Properties control timedate.cpl Display Properties control desk.cpl or control desktop Display Properties “Appearance Tab Preselected” control… Read More »
You can add an Internet URL address bar to your Windows XP taskbar. Doing so will let you type in URLs and launch Web pages without first launching a browser. It will also let you launch some native Windows XP applications in much the same way as you would via the Run menu (so you could type in… Read More »
An Active Directory (AD)-integrated Dfs namespace has a maximum size of 5MB, which is space enough for approximately 5000 links. A standalone Dfs namespace has a supported limit of 50,000 links.
If you receive event ID 4515 and also have difficulty changing the Active Directory (AD) replication scope from all domain controllers (DCs) to just DCs that host the DNS service, perform these steps to resolve the problem: