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Remove Windows Service

By executing the following command you can remove a windows service: C:> sc delete [service name] TIP:  If you don’t know the service name you’re trying to delete, you can find it by going to Start>Run>services.msc and locate the service name in the service’s property page.   Attn:  No screenshots were harmed in forming this […]

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How to Setup a Windows 2008 R2 SNTP/NTP Server

  Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following registry entry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesW32TimeConfig In the right pane, right-click AnnounceFlags, and then click Modify. In the Edit DWORD Value dialog box, under Value data, type 5, and then click OK. Enable NTPServer. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSet ServicesW32TimeTimeProvidersNtpServer In the right pane, right-click Enabled, and then […]

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How to Use the Traceroute Command (windows)

Traceroute is a command which can show you the path a packet of information takes from your computer to one you specify. It will list all the routers it passes through until it reaches its destination, or fails to and is discarded. In addition to this, it will tell you how long each ‘hop’ from […]

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The Case of the Mysterious Reboots

Mark Russinovich over on technet.com posted a new article on killing malware using Sysinternal Suite Tools. I felt it was necessary to share. The Case of the Mysterious Reboots – Mark’s Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

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Disable Error Reporting in Server 2003

This is not something I recommend you do, as this limits the ability to properly obtain details about errors in applications which reside on your server.  However there are times where the application developers and support staff are reluctant to resolve the issue so you take steps to prevent these error log messages from running […]

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VHD! Booting Windows 8

Why wipe your system clean to preview Windows 8 developer preview when you can simply use the good old VHD to boot it up on your system. Here is the quickest method to do this.  <Warning — This is GEEK / not GREEK > Boot from the Win8dev DVD or USB When in setup the […]