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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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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
The folks at Microsoft made available a developer preview edition of Windows 8, which permits us to get a good hands on the new windows to operating system. After some testing and attempts to get this to install on VMware products such as ESX and VMware Workstation 7 / Player I was able to test […]