Tag Archives: Network Administrator
Q&A Monday: Hide Accounts from XP Welcome Screen
Question: I am currently setting up a couple of computers for a small business and not in a domain, and they prefer the Windows XP Welcome menu to log on to the computer. I have set up an Administrator account and would like that account to be hidden from the welcome screen. Adam E. Jones Dallas, TX Answer: To…
Helpful Powershell Commands to Know
Recently I was talking with a colleague about our histories of working in the computer field, all the ways from the early days of DOS to where we were currently. I remember the early days of working on the computers and using the DOS commands to get stuff completed, today Microsoft has started using PowerShell for…
Q&A Monday: Signs Your Project Might Be Doomed
I’ve recently been given a new responsibility at the company I work for and put in charge of project that I’m pretty sure will be dead long before completion, is there any way to tell?
No Virus/Maleware and Computers Slow
A lot of complaints I generally hear about people’s computers is that they have slowed down. Usually most tech will look towards one thing that is the most likely cause…spyware/virus (or whatever you personally call it). Though after ruling that out, what might be some other explanations for the slowness? I want to…
Q&A Monday: Looking for a job, while at a job
Question: Hey Jim, I am currently working at a company that I have been at for a couple years, and I feel like I’ve hit a brick cieling. I am going to start to look for another job, but with this job market, I don’t want my current job to find out. Any advice? Richard…
Q&A Monday: Domain Auto-Logon
Question: We are currently building a test lab, in which we can test proposed changes to the network, and have a test domain in place. We have a domain controller and a handful of workstations to test the changes out on. The problem is, that every time we power on the domain we need to log in all…
Exchange 2007 get Mailbox sizes
If you ever have had the pleasure to administer an Exchange system for some time, then you’ve run into the scenario where you need to know how big people’s mailboxes are. Depending on your workload, I suggest that you take some time regularly take some time to check the sizes of the mailboxes on your server. Now…
XP Mode “Virtual Windows XP could not be restored”
I recently ran into a weird problem with my Windows XP mode program in Windows 7. While trying to turn on the virtual machine, I kept getting a pop up with the following error: “windows xp mode could not be restored because of either host processor type mismatch” Regardless of what I tried to do, I…
Q&A Monday: FaceTime Chat Ports
Question: I am a Mobile Administrator of my company, and recently some of the users have preordered the iPhone 4 and they started to receive these phone’s last week. There is a new feature called FaceTime, which lets users do a face to face chat on their phone, like Skype. The users are able to…
Windows 7 FTP Server
There are many reasons you might want to set up your own FTP server, you want access to files when you are not in the office or home. But what many people don’t know is that winthin Windows 7 has a built in FTP server to it, and to activate and confgure it is easier…