A basic disk[PRO] is the traditional disk you've been having since win98 times: on each disk, you may have up to four primary partitions, or three primary partition and one extended partiion with unlimited logical drives. All the tricks are done in the MBR (master boot record, located at the beginning of a disk). Dynamic disks were introduced in win2k (so not supported in NT). For a dynamic disk[PRO2], you do not have those limitations because you do not use partitions at all. All we have in a dynamic disk are logical volumes.
All volumes on a dynamic disk are dynamic volumes, and they have to be NTFS. There are a few types of dynamic volumes [MS]
Dynamic volumes have to be NTFS.
To create dynamic volumes, first make sure you have converted your disks to dynamic disks. Then when you create a volume on those disks, you should see options "Mirrored", "Striped", etc. To add a mirror for an existing dynamic volume, make sure you have an extra dynamic disk with enough space, right click the existing dynamic volume, you should see a menu item: "add mirror".
RAID volumes (mirrored, RAID5 etc) only works on server platforms (2000 server, 2003 server, 2008 server, etc)
2 Encypt Windows Files 2.1 How do I encrypt windows folders or files? 1. Go to windows Explorer by right click Start and select open. 2. find the file or folder you want to encrypt 3. Right-click, select properties, check "encrypt" checkbox in general sheet, and then apply 2.2 How do I decrypt? Do exactly the same as what you do when you encrypt, except that you wanna uncheck "encrypt" checkbox 2.3 I encrypted a folder or file, then reinstalled my windows, how do I get back my encrypted files? The windows encryption key is generated randomly from your user ID (not the string-version such as admin, but a long string of numbers, the inner representation windows use distinguish between users). Therefore, after you resinstall your windows, this string changed even if you keep the same user name. Therefore, there is no way you could get back your files with regular methods. So the big advice here is "ALWAYS DECRYPT YOUR ENCRYPTED FILES AND BACK THEM UP BEFORE REINSTALLING YOUR WINDOWS". 2.4 Links http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/encryptdata.mspx http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=251667 http://www.ntfs.com/internals-encrypted-files.htm 3 How Do I disable addons in IE (activex) Tools->Options->Programs->addons 4 How do I customize right click popup context muenu in IE? Run registry editor, HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Internet Explorer->MenuExt 5 How do i customize programs to auto start when the system restarts? Start->Programs->Startup Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run 6 How do I play avi video files, how do I add subtitles? To play avi file, you need divx plugin, to add subtitles, you can use vodsub. 7 I am using VNC, some how I turned on "must enter control-alt-delete to logon", what do I do? How about windows Remote Desktop? Use control-alt-shift-delete to send ctrl-alt-del to remote host. For windows remote desktop connection (RDP), use ctrl-alt-end instead 8 I am using win2k server, there is a huge file called pagefile.sys in c:\, this bugs me Pagefile.sys is the virtual memory file. You actually could change the location of the file by changing this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management 9 In excel: The value you have entered is not valid. A user has restricted values that can be entered into this cell Select the cells, Data->Validation 10 How do I delete a service ? Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services Find the service there and delete it. 11 In Excel, how do I use multiple filters? Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
2.1 How do I encrypt windows folders or files? 1. Go to windows Explorer by right click Start and select open. 2. find the file or folder you want to encrypt 3. Right-click, select properties, check "encrypt" checkbox in general sheet, and then apply 2.2 How do I decrypt? Do exactly the same as what you do when you encrypt, except that you wanna uncheck "encrypt" checkbox 2.3 I encrypted a folder or file, then reinstalled my windows, how do I get back my encrypted files? The windows encryption key is generated randomly from your user ID (not the string-version such as admin, but a long string of numbers, the inner representation windows use distinguish between users). Therefore, after you resinstall your windows, this string changed even if you keep the same user name. Therefore, there is no way you could get back your files with regular methods. So the big advice here is "ALWAYS DECRYPT YOUR ENCRYPTED FILES AND BACK THEM UP BEFORE REINSTALLING YOUR WINDOWS". 2.4 Links http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/encryptdata.mspx http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=251667 http://www.ntfs.com/internals-encrypted-files.htm 3 How Do I disable addons in IE (activex) Tools->Options->Programs->addons 4 How do I customize right click popup context muenu in IE? Run registry editor, HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Internet Explorer->MenuExt 5 How do i customize programs to auto start when the system restarts? Start->Programs->Startup Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run 6 How do I play avi video files, how do I add subtitles? To play avi file, you need divx plugin, to add subtitles, you can use vodsub. 7 I am using VNC, some how I turned on "must enter control-alt-delete to logon", what do I do? How about windows Remote Desktop? Use control-alt-shift-delete to send ctrl-alt-del to remote host. For windows remote desktop connection (RDP), use ctrl-alt-end instead 8 I am using win2k server, there is a huge file called pagefile.sys in c:\, this bugs me Pagefile.sys is the virtual memory file. You actually could change the location of the file by changing this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management 9 In excel: The value you have entered is not valid. A user has restricted values that can be entered into this cell Select the cells, Data->Validation 10 How do I delete a service ? Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services Find the service there and delete it. 11 In Excel, how do I use multiple filters? Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
1. Go to windows Explorer by right click Start and select open. 2. find the file or folder you want to encrypt 3. Right-click, select properties, check "encrypt" checkbox in general sheet, and then apply 2.2 How do I decrypt? Do exactly the same as what you do when you encrypt, except that you wanna uncheck "encrypt" checkbox 2.3 I encrypted a folder or file, then reinstalled my windows, how do I get back my encrypted files? The windows encryption key is generated randomly from your user ID (not the string-version such as admin, but a long string of numbers, the inner representation windows use distinguish between users). Therefore, after you resinstall your windows, this string changed even if you keep the same user name. Therefore, there is no way you could get back your files with regular methods. So the big advice here is "ALWAYS DECRYPT YOUR ENCRYPTED FILES AND BACK THEM UP BEFORE REINSTALLING YOUR WINDOWS". 2.4 Links http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/encryptdata.mspx http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=251667 http://www.ntfs.com/internals-encrypted-files.htm 3 How Do I disable addons in IE (activex) Tools->Options->Programs->addons 4 How do I customize right click popup context muenu in IE? Run registry editor, HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Internet Explorer->MenuExt 5 How do i customize programs to auto start when the system restarts? Start->Programs->Startup Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run 6 How do I play avi video files, how do I add subtitles? To play avi file, you need divx plugin, to add subtitles, you can use vodsub. 7 I am using VNC, some how I turned on "must enter control-alt-delete to logon", what do I do? How about windows Remote Desktop? Use control-alt-shift-delete to send ctrl-alt-del to remote host. For windows remote desktop connection (RDP), use ctrl-alt-end instead 8 I am using win2k server, there is a huge file called pagefile.sys in c:\, this bugs me Pagefile.sys is the virtual memory file. You actually could change the location of the file by changing this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management 9 In excel: The value you have entered is not valid. A user has restricted values that can be entered into this cell Select the cells, Data->Validation 10 How do I delete a service ? Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services Find the service there and delete it. 11 In Excel, how do I use multiple filters? Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Do exactly the same as what you do when you encrypt, except that you wanna uncheck "encrypt" checkbox 2.3 I encrypted a folder or file, then reinstalled my windows, how do I get back my encrypted files? The windows encryption key is generated randomly from your user ID (not the string-version such as admin, but a long string of numbers, the inner representation windows use distinguish between users). Therefore, after you resinstall your windows, this string changed even if you keep the same user name. Therefore, there is no way you could get back your files with regular methods. So the big advice here is "ALWAYS DECRYPT YOUR ENCRYPTED FILES AND BACK THEM UP BEFORE REINSTALLING YOUR WINDOWS". 2.4 Links http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/encryptdata.mspx http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=251667 http://www.ntfs.com/internals-encrypted-files.htm 3 How Do I disable addons in IE (activex) Tools->Options->Programs->addons 4 How do I customize right click popup context muenu in IE? Run registry editor, HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Internet Explorer->MenuExt 5 How do i customize programs to auto start when the system restarts? Start->Programs->Startup Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run 6 How do I play avi video files, how do I add subtitles? To play avi file, you need divx plugin, to add subtitles, you can use vodsub. 7 I am using VNC, some how I turned on "must enter control-alt-delete to logon", what do I do? How about windows Remote Desktop? Use control-alt-shift-delete to send ctrl-alt-del to remote host. For windows remote desktop connection (RDP), use ctrl-alt-end instead 8 I am using win2k server, there is a huge file called pagefile.sys in c:\, this bugs me Pagefile.sys is the virtual memory file. You actually could change the location of the file by changing this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management 9 In excel: The value you have entered is not valid. A user has restricted values that can be entered into this cell Select the cells, Data->Validation 10 How do I delete a service ? Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services Find the service there and delete it. 11 In Excel, how do I use multiple filters? Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
The windows encryption key is generated randomly from your user ID (not the string-version such as admin, but a long string of numbers, the inner representation windows use distinguish between users). Therefore, after you resinstall your windows, this string changed even if you keep the same user name. Therefore, there is no way you could get back your files with regular methods. So the big advice here is "ALWAYS DECRYPT YOUR ENCRYPTED FILES AND BACK THEM UP BEFORE REINSTALLING YOUR WINDOWS". 2.4 Links http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/encryptdata.mspx http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=251667 http://www.ntfs.com/internals-encrypted-files.htm 3 How Do I disable addons in IE (activex) Tools->Options->Programs->addons 4 How do I customize right click popup context muenu in IE? Run registry editor, HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Internet Explorer->MenuExt 5 How do i customize programs to auto start when the system restarts? Start->Programs->Startup Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run 6 How do I play avi video files, how do I add subtitles? To play avi file, you need divx plugin, to add subtitles, you can use vodsub. 7 I am using VNC, some how I turned on "must enter control-alt-delete to logon", what do I do? How about windows Remote Desktop? Use control-alt-shift-delete to send ctrl-alt-del to remote host. For windows remote desktop connection (RDP), use ctrl-alt-end instead 8 I am using win2k server, there is a huge file called pagefile.sys in c:\, this bugs me Pagefile.sys is the virtual memory file. You actually could change the location of the file by changing this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management 9 In excel: The value you have entered is not valid. A user has restricted values that can be entered into this cell Select the cells, Data->Validation 10 How do I delete a service ? Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services Find the service there and delete it. 11 In Excel, how do I use multiple filters? Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Tools->Options->Programs->addons 4 How do I customize right click popup context muenu in IE? Run registry editor, HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Internet Explorer->MenuExt 5 How do i customize programs to auto start when the system restarts? Start->Programs->Startup Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run 6 How do I play avi video files, how do I add subtitles? To play avi file, you need divx plugin, to add subtitles, you can use vodsub. 7 I am using VNC, some how I turned on "must enter control-alt-delete to logon", what do I do? How about windows Remote Desktop? Use control-alt-shift-delete to send ctrl-alt-del to remote host. For windows remote desktop connection (RDP), use ctrl-alt-end instead 8 I am using win2k server, there is a huge file called pagefile.sys in c:\, this bugs me Pagefile.sys is the virtual memory file. You actually could change the location of the file by changing this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management 9 In excel: The value you have entered is not valid. A user has restricted values that can be entered into this cell Select the cells, Data->Validation 10 How do I delete a service ? Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services Find the service there and delete it. 11 In Excel, how do I use multiple filters? Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Run registry editor, HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Internet Explorer->MenuExt 5 How do i customize programs to auto start when the system restarts? Start->Programs->Startup Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run Registry->HKEY_LOCAL_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run 6 How do I play avi video files, how do I add subtitles? To play avi file, you need divx plugin, to add subtitles, you can use vodsub. 7 I am using VNC, some how I turned on "must enter control-alt-delete to logon", what do I do? How about windows Remote Desktop? Use control-alt-shift-delete to send ctrl-alt-del to remote host. For windows remote desktop connection (RDP), use ctrl-alt-end instead 8 I am using win2k server, there is a huge file called pagefile.sys in c:\, this bugs me Pagefile.sys is the virtual memory file. You actually could change the location of the file by changing this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management 9 In excel: The value you have entered is not valid. A user has restricted values that can be entered into this cell Select the cells, Data->Validation 10 How do I delete a service ? Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services Find the service there and delete it. 11 In Excel, how do I use multiple filters? Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
To play avi file, you need divx plugin, to add subtitles, you can use vodsub. 7 I am using VNC, some how I turned on "must enter control-alt-delete to logon", what do I do? How about windows Remote Desktop? Use control-alt-shift-delete to send ctrl-alt-del to remote host. For windows remote desktop connection (RDP), use ctrl-alt-end instead 8 I am using win2k server, there is a huge file called pagefile.sys in c:\, this bugs me Pagefile.sys is the virtual memory file. You actually could change the location of the file by changing this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management 9 In excel: The value you have entered is not valid. A user has restricted values that can be entered into this cell Select the cells, Data->Validation 10 How do I delete a service ? Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services Find the service there and delete it. 11 In Excel, how do I use multiple filters? Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Use control-alt-shift-delete to send ctrl-alt-del to remote host. For windows remote desktop connection (RDP), use ctrl-alt-end instead 8 I am using win2k server, there is a huge file called pagefile.sys in c:\, this bugs me Pagefile.sys is the virtual memory file. You actually could change the location of the file by changing this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management 9 In excel: The value you have entered is not valid. A user has restricted values that can be entered into this cell Select the cells, Data->Validation 10 How do I delete a service ? Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services Find the service there and delete it. 11 In Excel, how do I use multiple filters? Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Pagefile.sys is the virtual memory file. You actually could change the location of the file by changing this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management 9 In excel: The value you have entered is not valid. A user has restricted values that can be entered into this cell Select the cells, Data->Validation 10 How do I delete a service ? Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services Find the service there and delete it. 11 In Excel, how do I use multiple filters? Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Select the cells, Data->Validation
10 How do I delete a service ? Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services Find the service there and delete it. 11 In Excel, how do I use multiple filters? Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Run Regedit or regedt32, locate the registration key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services
Make sure you are not selecting any columns, select Data->Filter->AutoFilter. 12 Where is the hosts file? C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc 13 I know I have firefox debuger, how do I debug javascript in windows? tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
tools->internet options->advanced, enable debug [J] 14 How do I used command line to connect to remote desktop? %SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height] 15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
%SystemRoot%\system32\mstsc.exe short for ms terminal server connection. mstsc.exe {ConnectionFile | /v:ServerName[:Port]} [/console] [/f] [/w:Width/h:Height]
15 How do I tell which NTFS version my OS is using? fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C: 16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo C:
16 Synblic Links NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
NTFS 5+ supports junction, which acts similar to posix symbolic links
Win2k3 uses NTFS 3.1. To create symbolic links on Win2k3, use linkd in win2k3 resource kit
You can tell if a file is a link or regular file by doing a dir, links are shown as "Junction" 17 System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error: If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A] Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. On the View menu, click Show hidden devices. Expand Non-Plug and Play Drivers, right-click IP Network Address Translator, and then click Disable. Click Yes two times to restart the computer. If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it. 18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Try to turn off the firewall on the file server, and see if that helps. If things work fine without firewall, you could do the following to fix this error:
If Network Address Translator (NAT) is installed on your file server but is not configured correctly, you could disable the Internet Protocol (IP) NAT driver, and then restart the computer. To do this, follow these steps: [A]
If workstation service is not started, start it: Got to Control->Computer Admin-> Services, or type services.msc in cmd panel, locate workstation service, start it.
18 The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
use "mstsc /v:00.00.00.00 /f -console" to take over the console [MSWHS] 19 How to lock my screen? Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation" 20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Windows button + L, or "rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation"
20 How to set firefox to be my default browser Options -> Main -> check default 21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Options -> Main -> check default
21 How to add a new user in windows 2003? lusrmgr.msc 22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
lusrmgr.msc
22 Can't connect to a network share with A duplicate name exists on the network If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
If you are using an alias for this file server, it may be related with this kb article:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters, add REG_DWORD DisableStrictNameChecking=1 23 Available commands to be used in a bat file http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx 24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491071.aspx
24 How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox: Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions 25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
I did some research and It seems like DEP is crashing your firefox. Do you have any firefox plugin installed? If you don't think you have any malicious plugins, you could do the following to turn off DEP for firefox:
Right click on My Computer Click on Properties Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button in the Performance section Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab Add firefox to exceptions
25 How do I extend size of a volume? Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP] Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend This only extends the volume until the next used block. This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk. 26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Use windows command diskpart.exe. This command comes with win installation [DP]
Run diskpart -> list Volume -> select Volume xxx -> extend
This only extends the volume until the next used block.
This works fine for non-system disks. If it's a system disk, you will have to use a third party tool. Or if you are in luck and this is a VMware virtual machine, you could add your system disk to a new machine, and that machine will treat it as a data disk.
26 How do disable windows 2k3 shutdown event tracker? Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE] 27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability\ShutdownReasonOn to 0. Create keys as necessary since by default they won't be there. ShutdownReasonOn is a DWord. [ITE]
27 Windows must now restart because the RPC service terminated unexpectedly This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES] Enable firewall (Control->Network Settings->Properties of you active network->Advanced) go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and apply all patches go to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp and do step #3 28 I am using RDP to connect to a winxp with "remote connection" already enabled. Connection takes a long time, and eventually the window just goes away. Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM] 29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
This happens on win2k3 because of sasser virus. Follow the following steps to fix this issue, [ES]
Check your system logs with command "eventvwr". If you see a netlogon error, then right click "My Computer", go to "computer name" -> change name -> more, clear "change primary dns suffix when domain membership changes".[SM]
29 How do I remove file system from a flash drive? Use dban 30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Use dban
30 I kept getting "Failed to grant minimum permission requests" when building .net apps? If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust. 31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
If you are using stuff from a network share, Control Panel -> Administrative tools -> .NET framework 2.0 configuration -> Runtime Security -> Adjust zone security (in browser pane) -> Local intranet, and adjust value to fully trust.
31 How do I change windows service timeout? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM] 32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control, and create a DWORD variable ServicesPipeTimeout, set its value to your expected timeout in milliseconds. [SM]
32 I can't seem to access NFS after upgrading from win2k3 sp1 to sp2? Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstationameters has the following three keys: enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000 33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Update your registry, and make sure that HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstation
ameters has the following three keys:
enableplaintextpassword=dword:00000001 enablesecuritysignature=dword:00000000 requiresecuritysignature=dword:00000000
33 I know I can set env with SET command, but that only works with current prompt, can I set global env in command line? Yes, use SETX 34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Yes, use SETX
34 How do I create system restore point for win2k3? You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
You can't, use NTBACKUP instead [CN] 35 Using 32bit postgresql odbc driver on 64 bit windows servers? If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
If psql doesn't show up as a valid driver type, you need to run %WINDOWS%\sysWOW64\odbcad32.exe 36 How do I enable sql express 2005 remote access? If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it) [BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
If you've done everything else like "enable TCP/IP" etc, make sure you've started the SQL Browse service. (right click, properties, enable service, then start it)
[BM] 37 How do I add a second sql server 2005 instance? Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Run the installer again, and give a different instance name 38 SQL server: Login failed for user Reason: The password of the account must be changed You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL: ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF; [EE] Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
You could turn off enforce-password-policy for that user. You could either do this with the following SQL:
ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH PASSWORD='ca$h'; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_EXPIRATION = OFF; ALTER LOGIN UserLogin WITH CHECK_POLICY = OFF;
Or you could do it with "sql server management studio" -> Logins -> right click that login, then properties
You could use "sql server management studio" to execute sql commands by going to "New Query" 39 I cannot seem to be able to ping my windows 7? Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing 40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
Go to control->firewall->Set program access->enable file sharing
40 Adjust windows service startup timeout When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change. Comments References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
When a service starts, the service communicates to the Service Control Manager how long the service must have to start (the time-out period for the service). If the Service Control Manager does not receive a "service started" notice from the service within this time-out period, the Service Control Manager terminates the process that hosts the service. This time-out period is typically less than 30 seconds. If you do not adjust this time-out period, the Service Control Manager ends the process and the attached debugger while you are trying to debug. To adjust this time-out period, follow these steps:
1. In Registry Editor, locate, and then right-click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control 2. Point to New, and then click DWORD Value. In the right pane of Registry Editor, notice that New Value #1 (the name of a new registry entry) is selected for editing. 3. Type ServicesPipeTimeout to replace New Value #1, and then press ENTER. 4. Right-click the ServicesPipeTimeout registry entry that you created in step c, and then click Modify. The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. 5. In the Value data text box, type TimeoutPeriod, and then click OK
Note TimeoutPeriod is a placeholder for the value of the time-out period (in milliseconds) that you want to set for the service. For example, if you want to set the time-out period to 24 hours (86400000 milliseconds), type 86400000. 6. Restart the computer. You must restart the computer for Service Control Manager to apply this change.
References[A] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/843156[BM] http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/05/05/415084.aspx[CN] http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-2003/how-to-create-restore-point/9101.html[DP] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590[EE] http://www.experts-exchange.com/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_23063893.html[ES] http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20982643.html[ITE] http://www.itexperience.net/2008/12/21/disable-shutdown-reason/[J] http://www.jonathanboutelle.com/mt/archives/2006/01/howto_debug_jav.html[MS] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc737048.aspx[MSWHS] http://mswhs.com/2007/06/07/error-the-terminal-server-has-exceeded-the-maximum-number-of-allowed-connections/[PRO] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27085[PRO2] http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=8619[SM] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824344
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