Here are some common Windows MRU (Most Recently Used) list registry locations. This list reprinted from http://windowsxp.mvps.org/RegistryMRU.htm . Windows 98 & ME Search Files Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRU Find Computer Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FindComputerMRU Printer ports Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\PrnPortsMRU RUN box – Windows [All] Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU Windows view prefs Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StreamMRU Telnet MRU HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Telnet Microsoft Office 2000 Winword – Open Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\Open Find\Microsoft [...]
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Outlook Safe Mode
September 24th, 2008 
etdot Microsoft introduced a Safe Mode for Outlook starting with version 2002. You can use Safe Mode to start Outlook with all plugins disabled. To start in Safe Mode, simply hold down the Ctrl key while you start Outlook. Once in Safe Mode you can review/remove your plugins (on Outlook 2002 select About Microsoft Outlook from [...]
Unable to build vmhgfs module
June 22nd, 2008 etdot I had trouble building the vmhgfs module (the one that allows shared folders between guest and host computers) when trying to install VMWare Tools in Ubuntu 7.10 running in VMware Workstation 6.0.2 build-59824 on Windows XP. I was getting the following error: Trying to find a suitable vmhgfs module for your running kernel. None of [...]
Serial Debugging with WinDbg and VMWare
April 16th, 2008 etdot When debugging a Windows GINA, driver, or service it is sometimes necessary to debug a target computer from a second computer via the serial port. Using the same concept, you can debug a target VMWare computer from the host computer using a named pipe. For this example, I am using VMWare Workstation 5.5.3 build-34685 with [...]
Forensic Imaging using Symantec Ghost
April 15th, 2008 etdot Selecting sector and MBR options in Symantec Ghost to not result in a true unaltered image of a hard disk. Instead there are some unadvertised command line switches which must be used: To copy the entire disk, including the entire boot track, all sectors, and unpartitioned space, and to prevent Ghost from filtering extraneous or [...]