Category: Windows Utilities

This weekend I have setup Windows Vista on my secondary computer and although it is a tad slow the computer is usable and allows me to run Vista and learn … Read More

I was working on my moms PC on the weekend and one of the problems that i have always had is that there is no easy way to have a … Read More

One of the great tools that an admin of an active directory network has is the ability to limit Windows clients using group policies. If you are working on a … Read More

I have been again reminded of a problem that is at the core of IT and something that is plaguing businesses everywhere, the problem is bad backups. Here are a … Read More

Microsoft offers this great idea of how to get rid of a stubborn virus by using System Restore to go back to where it never existed. This will work both … Read More

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the fantastic piece of software that Microsoft offers for free called Robocopy. I just found that on technet there is a gui … Read More

Back in the days of Windows 98 SE I was very excited that there was an msconfig utility. Msconfig was in the system tools in Windows 98 and when I … Read More

Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (WinFLP) is a thin-client operating system from Microsoft. It was originally announced with a codename of Eiger and Mönch in mid-2005, and was released on … Read More

Have you used either Regmon or Filemon before? These are a couple of great products at the Sysinternals site that allow you to see and save in real time what … Read More