We’ve all booted to a Linux distro to read files from a Windows NTFS partition – but what if you want to read files from an Linux partition with Windows? Install this EXTFS reader and you should be good to go.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/files/
http://wintoflash.com/download/en
If you want to install Windows from a USB stick, this is by far the easiest way to build the stick. Point it at your install CD and the USB drive, and press Go.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314054
This step-by-step article describes how to configure the Windows Time service in Windows XP to use an internal hardware clock and an external time source. This article also discusses reliable time source configuration, manually-specified synchronization, all available synchronization, and some of the key Windows Time service registry entries
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315346
Read this article for info on how to reinstall the installer system.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/22/germany_rejects_linux_in_favour_of_windows_xp/
A snippet from the article:
That move came despite the office being reassured in two separate appraisals carried out by consulting outfit McKinsey that Linux and open source software formed a perfectly adequate part of the German Foreign Office’s IT strategy.
McKinsey did highlight some areas of concern during its first study of the FOSS strategy in 2009, but concluded that it “could generally be considered sound”.
Somewhat surprisingly, one problem highlighted by McKinsey was interoperability with some office documents. But it was clearly noted that a simple update on all Linux desktops to the latest versions of OpenOffice could fix that particular issue.
A second study last year by the consultancy group found that a shift to a pure Windows environment on the German Foreign Office’s desktop computers would be costly and work-intensive.
But by the end of last year the FO’s IT commissioner Dr Michael Groß told ministry staff that a decision had been reached in August 2010 to revert the entire desktop estate back to Windows XP due to “massive user criticism” about “unsolved interoperability problems”.
Windows 7 includes a new option that may help unlock a locked application.
When the application locks up, click Start and type resmon in the search box.
Launch Resmon and in the CPU pane, locate the process that’s locked up (it should be indicated in red).
Right click it and select “Analyze Wait Chain.” If there are two or more processes shown, the one at the end of the list is the one that’s locking up your application. If it’s not a critical process (i.e., an essential component of Windows or another application that’s critical), you can check its box and click “End Process.”
If you’re lucky, this will release your locked up application and it will start responding again
Do you have a wi-fi only device like an iPad or a Droid-based tablet and want to get internet access when there’s no hotspot around?
Windows 7 can create a Virtual Wi-fi hotspot (you might need to update your wireless card’s driver). Here’s how:
1. Run a cmd prompt “as administrator”
2. Type: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=MyNet key=MyPassword
3. Type netsh wlan start hostednetwork
4. Go to Control Panel, Network and Internet, Network Sharing Center.
5. Select “Change Adapter Settings.”
6. Right click your Internet connection and click Properties.
7. Click the Sharing tab.
8. Check the box labeled “Allow other network users to connect …”.
9. Select your virtual wi-fi adapter. Now other devices should see your network
These can be handy when you’re in long meetings with people who annoy you. Print a few out and keep them ready to use.
I like to use a nice, heavy cardstock which makes them fly through the air – for those times when the offending party is at the other end of a large room.
Attachmate is buying Novell (and by extension SUSE)
http://www.techcrunchit.com/2010/11/22/attachmate-corporation-to-buy-novell-for-2-2-billion/
Some useful Exchange Management Shell commands:
List all mailboxes on server 2007a:
get-mailbox -server servername
Given a list of names, show mailbox info:
type list.txt | Get-Mailbox
Given a list of users, move their mailboxes:
type list.txt | move-mailbox -TargetDatabase 'mailbox database' -maxthreads 30
For all mailboxes on the server, set policy:
get-mailbox -server servername | set-mailbox -managedfoldermailboxpolicy 'policyname'
For all mailboxes, set mailbox policy:
get-mailbox -resultsize 5000 | set-mailbox -managedfoldermailboxpolicy policyname'
See members of group:
get-mailbox -member 'conference rooms'
Convert all members of a group to resource:
Get-DistributionGroupMember 'conference rooms' | set-mailbox -type room
Move mailbox to a specific mail database
move-mailbox -TargetDatabase 'servername\SGname\DBname'
Get mailboxes in a specific mail db
Get-StorageGroup 'first storage group' | get-mailboxdatabase | get-mailbox
Count the mailboxes per storage grp/mail db
get-mailbox -server servername | group-object -property:database | sort-object -property:count
Move one mailboxfrom command line
get-mailbox -identity 'username' | move-mailbox -TargetDatabase 'server\SGname\DBname'
Assign full access permissions
get-mailbox -identity username | add-mailboxpermission -user user -accessrights fullaccess
List all users on a server and sort by alias
get-mailbox -server servername | sort -property alias
Convert shared mailbox to regular mailbox
Set-Mailbox username -Type:regular
Convert regular mailbox to shared
Set-Mailbox username -Type:Shared
