Once in a while Windows Update starts to have some issues, which often causes the updates to fail. Most of the time, you will see some kind of error code. Sometimes the code is helpful, other times you...
Windows XP
By default, Remote Desktop (formerly known as Terminal Services) uses TCP port 3389. If you use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect to your Windows computer, you might want to.
The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the communication protocol used on the Internet. It's also used on the private networks. In earlier versions of Windows, TCP/IP was a separate.
This is an old article I wrote several years ago for another Web site which is no longer operational. Because several of the concepts in this article are still useful and applicable, I am publishing it here with the permission from the copyright owner. [Zubair Alexander]...
In 2007 Bryce Cogswell and Mark Russinovich created the Active Directory Explorer tool. This tool is still available today. The current version v1.44 was published on November 15, 2012 and.
In August 2013 I wrote this article on How to Export and Import Outlook 2013 Account Settings. The procedure I documented imports the POP3 account settings but not the signatures..
Microsoft has several products that are generating good revenue for their business. Mary Jo Foley recently published this article that has more details. Most of the heavy hitters are big names but SharePoint definitely stands out. There are over dozens products in this select group...
A few years ago I wrote this article Deleting Old User Profiles in Windows 2000/XP/2003 about a User Profile Deletion utility called DelProf.exe. This tool is part of the Windows.
There is a free Wake-On-LAN GUI tool available that you can use to wake a remote computer up by either using it's IP address or it's Fully Qualified Domain Name.
According to netmarket.com, here is the latest operating system market share breakdown. If it weren't for Mac's 5% market share, Windows (91.09%) would pretty much be the only OS used around the world. With all the press Linux gets, it's practically non-existent at 0.86% and...
The Shutdown command can be used to remotely restart or shutdown a Windows 2000 or later computer. For example, you can remotely reboot a Windows 7 computer from a Windows.
Microsoft's Active Directory relies on Domain Name System (DNS) so it's important to have a good understanding of DNS concepts and terms. Here's a glossary of DNS terminology in alphabetical.