• WGA check breaks IE7.0 unattended installation

    Symptom: ======== During the installation of Internet Explorer 7.0, one must go through the Windows Genuine Advantage check. The Internet Explorer 7.0 installation is going to try and update the validation status of your system and this is going to...
  • DHCP Reservation Manager - A tool to manage reservations

    Reservations are a critical feature in the DHCP server. Reservations are generally used for centralized static IP address assignment for critical machines. This way the IP address of the critical machines which serves critical functions in the network...
  • Windows Vista- TCP Auto Tuning

    Recently, the MS PSS team received some reports regarding issues happening on the Windows Vista computers located in a domain. The typical symptom sounds like: -Indefinite delay (hang) when opening the Certificate Services snap-in -Slow (sometimes...
  • Using ADRestore tool to restore deleted objects

    Have ever encountered the following scenarios? User accounts, groups, computers, OUs or other objects in domain accidentally deleted. No system state backup available for authoritative restoration. No other DC's available. When an object is...
  • The ADM file for Internet Explorer 7.0 is released

    The Group Policy team has published installation packages that distribute ADM files (below) for use with Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1. Administrative Templates for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Download from: http://go.microsoft...