Windows Command Line Auto Completion
Although I think this is one of the best new features in the Windows XP CMD, a lot of people still don’t know the auto completion of cmd.exe. You’re only one minute away from a trick, which could save you…
Howto: Disable PDFMaker toolbar in Outlook 2007 (PDFMOutlook.dll)
In Outlook 2007, Adobe PDFMaker may cause a lot trouble and frustration. In addition, many people don’t use the PDFMOutlook plugin. To be honest, I didn’t even know the PDFMaker toolbar existed in Outlook 2007 🙂 Because of this, I…
Set default font in Outlook 2007 with registry
Outlook 2007’s default font is Calibri 11pt. If you want this to be different by default, you can do so in Tools -> Options -> Mail Format tab -> Editor settings. If you’re a system administrator and you want the…
Outlook 2007 crashes when hitting Reply, or Composing a New Message (PDFMOutlook.dll)
When googling for this problem, it seemed to be a very well-known unresolved problem, but oh well, maybe it’s valuable for somebody: When trying to reply a message in Outlook 2007, my Outlook crashed, every time, no exceptions. I had…
Vista shell commands
To speed up your work, try using (and learning) some of the shell commands, listed below. You can type it in your search box in your Start Menu on Vista: shell:AppUpdatesFolder – Opens the Installed Windows Updates location in Program…
Howto: Recreate VMDK files
On VMWare ESX3, your VM has one or more VMDK files (extension .vmdk) and one or more flat vmdk files (last characters flat.vmdk ) In some cases, you may corrupt, lose or accidentally delete your VMDK files. Your VMDK’s contain…
The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem persists, restart outlook” in Outlook 2007
If you work with Outlook 2007 in combination with Exchange, you might get the following error when trying to open a shared calendar: “The messaging interface has returned an unknown error. If the problem persists, restart outlook“ To open the…
Run Commands, Windows Key combinations, and more!
This list should be the basic knowledge for every system administrator. This is not a comprehensive list with every possible command or key combination. Instead, it’s a list with all the useful commands and key combination, which are commonly used.…
Fix autoplay on Windows XP
Yesterday, I had some troubles with the autoplay in Windows XP. For some reasons, the autoplay function didn’t work on 200 desktops in the organization. A real problem, because we are planning to enable DVD-playing, and the autoplay is an…
Disable Data Execution Prevention in XP
To disable Data Execution Prevention in Windows XP, do the following: Disable DEP in XP: DEP can be turned off only in your bootloader boot.ini. You can’t turn it off in the GUI, as you can see in the following…