Tech Tips, Tricks and Guides
How to Force Group Policy Update in Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 8 and 10
Jun 16th, 2009 by Aseem Kishore
Plus how to refresh group policy remotely
How to Increase Tomcat’s Memory Allocation
Jun 9th, 2009 by Aseem Kishore
Helps to reduce poor performance issues
Get Outlook Email Stats using StatView
Find out who's emailed you the most and more
Just about every corporate email account is using Outlook and Exchange server to handle user email and there is an awful lot of data stored in those PST files. My […]
How to Register a DLL File in Windows
In case of corruption or installation failure
Ever run into a Windows problem where you have to register a DLL file on your computer? A DLL file, aka Dynamic Link Library, are files that contain functions used […]
HTML Code to Wrap Text Around Image
Or do it cleaner with CSS
Need the code to wrap text around an image? Normally when you create an HTML page, everything flows linearly, meaning one block directly after another. All of my previous posts […]
Fix “Calling LoadLibraryEx on ISAPI filter c:\…isapi.dll failed”
You need to change setting in IIS configuration
Yesterday, while setting up a website on IIS 7 and Windows Server 2008, I loaded up the website in the browser and ended up getting the following error message: Calling […]
Why the “less” Command is Better Than “more” in UNIX and Linux
Plus handy keyboard shortcuts to use
I work with a lot of huge log files. I usually connect to my UNIX and Linux servers using Putty or Telnet, then I read the files using standard UNIX/Linux […]
How to Convert a Physical Server to a Citrix Xen Virtual Server (P2V)
Plus an important update about XenConvert
Update Oct 2017: Citrix no longer provides the XenConvert tool as a download and doesn’t support it anymore. Your only options now to convert a physical machine to XenServer is […]
How to Install IIS and Configure a Web Server in XP
Good for quick and dirty alpha testing
Internet Information Services or more popularly known as IIS is a lightweight web server process included in the XP installer disc. IIS on XP is the ideal choice for testing […]
Force IE to Open Link in New Tab
Open links from other programs, too
One question that I have gotten a lot lately from users is how to open a link in Internet Explorer in a new tab instead of a new window. If […]
How to Fix MBR in Windows XP and Vista
So you can boot your OS
What is the MBR? MBR stands for Master Boot Record and it’s the first sector of your hard drive that basically tells the BIOS where to look for the operating […]
Fix “Windows was unable to find a certificate to log you on to the network”
Save yourself 30 minutes
I recently bought a new Linksys wireless router and after setting it up with basic WEP security, I tried to logon from my laptop and was successful! Not very exciting, […]
Recover BIOS/CMOS Password using CMOSPwd
The complex process explained in detail
As an IT administrator for the last several years, there are some occasions where I go a little overboard with security and do things to lock myself out of a […]
How to Fix Microsoft Office Error 25090
Aka when you've installed Office twice
Working in a corporate environment as an IT support technician always means you’ll end up dealing with weird problems that would never occur on a normal consumer PC. Why? Well, […]
Uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection Without a Password
A quick way to kill this resource hog
If you work in a corporate environment, you and your computer may be the unsuspecting victim of a terrible piece of software from Symantec called Endpoint Protection. It’s a giant […]
How to Reset Local Security Policy Settings to Default in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
Get rid of any restrictive Group Policies
Have you ever gotten a computer second-hand? Maybe from a company that was shutting down or from someone who no longer needed theirs? Ideally, you would want to simply reformat […]
Connect to Network Printer in Windows XP
Via Active Directory domain or IP address
If you are in a corporate environment, you probably can only print to networked printers, unless you are one of the lucky few to have a personal desktop printer. For […]
How to View the Size of User Mailboxes in Exchange 2007
Quickly see who's hogging the space
If you’ve recently upgraded to Exchange 2007, you may have noticed that two really useful columns in Exchange 2003, Size and Total Items, are missing! Personally, I found this very […]
How to Fix “Resource file C_PsdRsDll not found!” Error
A rare, but royal pain in the HP
As an IT support specialist, I love dealing with obscure Windows errors that sound absolutely ridiculous and make little to no sense. The great thing is most of the time […]