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IE and Firefox crash when i click on a link to open a word, excel, or other office document

19 February 2008

Okay, i found a solution, the following worked for me and another computer at work:

Delete C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 12\OWSSUPP.DLL looks like Outlook Web SharePoint Support to me
Run the MS Office Diagnostic Tool in your start menu MS Office/MS Office Tools

It should find one error and fix it for you.
Then restart.

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Enabling Multiple Remote Desktop Sessions in Windows XP Professional

22 August 2007

Enabling Multiple Remote Desktop Sessions in Windows XP Professional and Media Center Edition 2005 –Jason Golod Blogs
1. Print these directions so that you have them to work from.
2. Restart your computer in Safe Mode - Follow this link to learn how to restart Windows XP in Safe Mode
3. Turn off/disable Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) and […]

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User Account Control Values

28 April 2007

UserAccountControl Values
You may be wondering what range of settings you can use on the UserAccountControl attribute. Here is a list of the most common values for a user object.
512 - Enable Account
514 - Disable account
544 - Account Enabled - Require user to change password at first logon
66048 - Password never expires
262656 - Smart Card […]

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Iiscnfg.vbs: IIS configuration script

20 March 2007

iiscnfg /copy
Copies the IIS metabase and schema from one computer to another.
Syntax
iiscnfg[.vbs] /copy /ts TargetComputer /tu TargetUser /tp TargetPassword [/s Computer [/u [Domain\]User [/p Password]]]
Parameters

/tsTargetComputer
Required. Copies the IIS metabase to the specified computer. Type the IP address or computer name without backslashes.

/tuTargetUser
Required. Specifies the account used to connect to the target computer. Type a […]

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Monitoring WINS traffic with NETMON

14 March 2007

Copy and paste the text from this file into c:\windows\system32\netmon\parsers\tcpip.ini replacing whatever is there.
Next, copy and paste the text from this file into c:\windows\system32\netmon\parsers\tcpip.ini replacing whatever is there.
Lastly, copy wins.dll from the resource kit folder to c:\windows\system32\netmon\parsers\

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IntelliAdmin.com: Simplify UNC usage in command line batch files

25 February 2007

IntelliAdmin.com: Simplify UNC usage in command line batch files
Simplify UNC usage in command line batch files
Many times a UNC path does not work properly in a command line bat file. This is a hold over from DOS, a compromise to ensure backward compatibility.
Command Line UNC
I have found a little known command At least to me. […]

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Installing the WLBS Network Monitor Parsers

23 February 2007

Copy the Wlbs_hb.dll and Wlbs_rc.dll files to your Netmon\Parsers directory.
Open the Mac.ini file in the Netmon\Parsers directory.
In the [ETYPES] section, add the line “0xBF01 = WLBS_HB” and “0×886F = WLBS_HB”, so that the section looks similar to this:
[ETYPES]
0×600 = XNS
0×800 = IP
0×806 = […]

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Impact of SID filtering

21 February 2007

SID filtering on external trusts can affect your existing Active Directory infrastructure in the following two areas: SID history data that contains SIDs from any domain other than the trusted domain will be removed from authentication requests made from the trusted domain. This will result in access being denied to resources that have the […]

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Preparing for Daylight Saving Time changes in 2007

16 February 2007

Preparing for Daylight Saving Time changes in 2007
Change in daylight saving time:
Would have started: April 1, 2007 Will now be: March 11, 2007
Would have ended: October 28, 2007 Will now be: November 4, 2007

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Verify a Workstation or Member Server Secure Channel - Active Directory

15 February 2007

To verify the secure channel secret is maintained between mywksta and devgroup.example.com, type the following at the command prompt:netdom verify /d:devgroup.example.com mywksta

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