Author: --Anand--

Being in Silicon Valley for years, I became a IT Infrastructure Geek by experience and surrounded by other Geeks everywhere. I try to help others by the solutions I found on odd occasions.

List all Active users in a domain


These Sarbane-Oxley auditors always come around asking for many information every year. At here they always asked list of all active (and disabled) user accounts in all domains in our company. You can get this list for a given Active Directory domain in two ways, one GUI way and my favorite Script way. Before we … Continue reading List all Active users in a domain →

“0X86000108” : Windows Mobile Device is not synchronizing OR syncs occasionally


Few users complained that their Windows Mobile Device stopped synchronizing. They get this error number 0X86000108  in ActiveSync program on their Windows Mobile device. I informed them to get me the ActiveSync log with "verbose" information to see what's actually going on. To get the detailed ActiveSync log from the device, follow the link here: … Continue reading “0X86000108” : Windows Mobile Device is not synchronizing OR syncs occasionally →

Exchange ActiveSync Log: How to get “verbosed” ActiveSync log from Windows Mobile Phone?


To enable "verbose" logging in ActiveSync on the Windows Mobile device 1. Open ActiveSync program 2. Click Menu --> Options 3. Select "Exchange Server" and click on "Settings" button 4. Click Next 5. Click "Advanced" button 6. Set "Event Logging" to Verbose. Click Next and Finish. Click OK to close the dialog. 7. Try to … Continue reading Exchange ActiveSync Log: How to get “verbosed” ActiveSync log from Windows Mobile Phone? →

What to do when Vista computer is unstable?


If your Vista Machine is running slow or very unstable or any hardware issues or mismatched driver issues, Don't gripe like some silly wannabe bloggers or "page hit" longing magazine editors or self proclaimed Geeks. Instead take some productive steps to find out why it is happening? STEP 1: When exactly moment your Vista machine … Continue reading What to do when Vista computer is unstable? →

1by1 – the Directory player. Very small sized MP3 player software


Here is the software I really really like. 1by1. It's really really small foot print and plays MP3 files from your directories. I compared with 1by1 and Windows Media Player for occupied memory. Windows Media Player: 21 MB 1by1: 8 MB I am Impressed. Plus I like the following features in this small foot print. … Continue reading 1by1 – the Directory player. Very small sized MP3 player software →

What’s the actual executable for the process running on your Vista computer?


When you suspect there is a virus or spyware, you check the "Windows Task Manager" to scan through the processes. Say you found an unknown process running on your computer, say abcxyz.exe, what do you do? Usually you search for the executable on your hard disk to see what it is located. Search no more … Continue reading What’s the actual executable for the process running on your Vista computer? →