To enable the Recycle Bin on server 2012 First go to tools open the active directory administrative center The go to domain local right click or go to the right of the screen at the bottom And enable Recycle Bin Then ok for the following Note: once you enabled the Recycle Bin it cannot be... Continue Reading →
Usage: hex2dec [hex|decimal]
http://download.sysinternals.com/files/Hex2Dec.zip Introduction Tired of running Calc everytime you want to convert a hexadecimal number to decimal Now you can convert hex to decimal and vice versa with this simple command-line utility. Usage: hex2dec [hex|decimal] Include x or 0x as the prefix of the number to specify a hexadecimal value. e.g. To translate 1233 decimal to... Continue Reading →
Displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop’s background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version, and more
http://download.sysinternals.com/files/BGInfo.zip Introduction How many times have you walked up to a system in your office and needed to click through several diagnostic windows to remind yourself of important aspects of its configuration, such as its name, IP address, or operating system version? If you manage multiple computers you probably need BGInfo. It automatically displays relevant information... Continue Reading →
Active Directory (AD) viewer and editor.
Active Directory Explorer v1.4 Snapshots of an AD database for off-line viewing and comparisons Introduction Active Directory Explorer (AD Explorer) is an advanced Active Directory (AD) viewer and editor. You can use AD Explorer to easily navigate an AD database, define favorite locations, view object properties and attributes without having to open dialog boxes, edit... Continue Reading →
AccessEnum uses standard Windows security APIs to populate its listview with read, write and deny access information.
AccessEnum v1.32 Introduction While the flexible security model employed by Windows NT-based systems allows full control over security and file permissions, managing permissions so that users have appropriate access to files, directories and Registry keys can be difficult. There's no built-in way to quickly view user accesses to a tree of directories or keys. AccessEnum gives you... Continue Reading →
How to convert Physical Disk to Virtual Disk
Disk2vhd v1.63 How to convert Physical Disk to Virtual Disk Introduction Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can... Continue Reading →
Tool for checking for a domain
Whois v1.11 Tool for checking for a domain Introduction Whois performs the registration record for the domain name or IP address that you specify. Usage: whois domainname [whois.server] Domainname can be either a DNS name (e.g. http://www.sysinternals.com) or IP address (e.g. 66.193.254.46). Whois performs the registration record for the domain name or IP address... Continue Reading →
W3wp.exe High CPU Utilization
How to use IIS Manager to get Worker Processes (w3wp.exe) W3wp.exe High CPU Utilization The default IIS 6 setting for an application is shutdown worker processes after being idle for 20 minutes. So when a new request comes after 30 minutes of being idle, IIS will start and initialized the worker process again. It wills... Continue Reading →
Preparing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 installation
Preparing Active Directory for Exchange 2007 installation 1) Prepare the Schema This must be run on the Schema Master in the forest and you must also be a member of schema admins to run. D:\>setup /prepareschema Welcome to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unattended Setup Preparing Exchange Setup No server roles will be installed Performing Microsoft... Continue Reading →
Hyper-V Replication Setup Guide
The killer feature of WS2012 Hyper-V is the Replication service available in Windows 2012 http://methmal132.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/hyper-v-replication-setup-guide/
Clone virtual machines in Hyper-V
Clone virtual machines in Hyper-V As you know Hyper-V does not have an option to clone virtual machines, except when you use SCVMM. Because of this many administrator need to use tricks so they don't have to install and configure a new virtual machine from scratch every time they need a copy of Windows 7,... Continue Reading →