Posts Tagged ‘windows’

God Mode in Windows 7

Well, it’s hardly “God Mode”, but it is an easy way to access Windows 7′s entire set of control panel settings from a single window. And it reportedly works on Vista as well, although some people claim problems on the 64-bit version of Vista. Simply create a new folder and rename it to whatever you [...]

Enable LDAP SSL with Active Directory in Windows 2003

In my search to Enable LDAP SSL with AD in Windows 2003, I found this which described out to configure Automatic Certificate Requests for Domain Controllers. This turned out to be a very easy way for Domain Controllers to automatically get certificates assigned and start using SSL for AD. First you set up a MS [...]

How to enable and configure Exchange 2007 Anti-spam Functionality

First enable the Anti-spam Functionality: Log on to the Hub Transport Server. Go to “Start” -> “Programs” -> “Microsoft Exchange Server 2007″. Open “Exchange Management Shell”. Write “Install-AntispamAgents.ps1″ and press on the “Enter” key. Restart “Microsoft Exchange Transport” service. Go to “Start” -> “Programs” -> “Microsoft Exchange Server 2007″. Open “Exchange Management Console”. Navigate to [...]

Windows MRU Registry locations

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 [...]

Serial Debugging with WinDbg and VMWare

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 [...]