Get back your classic POWER button back to same place at your Start Menu

Are you a "Classic" lover? I mean when you click Start --> Power Button, and you found Vista is not shutting down, but goes into sleep mode. Oh! Yeah! You already tried the changing the Start menu to "classic" Start menu. Didn't help ya? Power button still does the "Sleep" mode. Don't worry there is … Continue reading Get back your classic ** POWER ** button back to same place at your Start Menu →

Reliability and Performance Monitor

Is your Vista machine running slow? Not responsive? Microsoft added "Reliability and Performance Monitor" with Vista. I was playing around with this tool and I realized it's THE best tool to quickly analyze your computer. I was amazed to see which programs or services are using the network, accessing disk, occupying memory in almost REAL … Continue reading Reliability and Performance Monitor →

My TOP-10 very cool Vista Sidebar Gadgets

My TOP-10 very cool Vista Sidebar Gadgets Everyone has their favorite gadget list. Here are mine. I am not listing the ones that come with Vista. These are the ones you have to download from Microsoft and Third-party web sites. 1. Battery Monitor (LINK ): I like this gadget over other Battery monitors. This one … Continue reading My TOP-10 very cool Vista Sidebar Gadgets →

Easy way to block Ads in Internet Browsers

This is not a Vista only tip, but applies to all versions of Windows. I am not against the Ads in web sites. It’s the main source of earning money for most web sites. But I hate to death for the flashing and annoying repeated ads. There is an easy way to block those annoying … Continue reading Easy way to block Ads in Internet Browsers →

Vista: Select Multiple File without touching Keyboard

I love this hidden feature in Vista. You know how to select multiple file by press Control and select the file by Mouse pointer in earler OSes. Things improved lot with Vista. Now let's go to that tip. 1. Open Folder Options by click the Start (Orb) Button --> type "Folder Options" --> Press Enter … Continue reading Vista: Select Multiple File without touching Keyboard →

Exchange RPC/HTTP aka Outlook Anywhere Troubleshooting

Outlook Anywhere (RPC/HTTP in Exchange 2003) is very useful and secured feature in Exchange. It requires careful planning and understanding. Outlook 2003/2007 may have trouble connecting with Exchange server via RPC/HTTP for many reasons. I am assuming you already have the infrastructure ready. Let first understand what's the Outlook setup looks like and what it … Continue reading Exchange RPC/HTTP aka Outlook Anywhere Troubleshooting →

Exchange ActiveSync and issues with “Attachment download” (with solution)

There was a frustrated voice came from other side of the world "Taiwan", said "I can't download attachments on my Windows Mobile device, why are you guys blocking the attachments? This is very frustrating. what's the point having a device that handles whole office documents? It's not only me, all of my co-workers have same … Continue reading Exchange ActiveSync and issues with “Attachment download” (with solution) →

Exchange 2007 Visio stencil and shapes

I was planning for Exchange 2007 migration and site consolidation for my company. I found very useful Visio stencil just for Exchange 2007 related shapes like "Client Access Server", "Hub Transfer Server", "VoIP Gateway", etc., shapes. It's free from Microsoft and can be downloaded HERE. Sample shapes:

Distributing proxy.pac file using IIS 6 (Windows 2003)

One fine busy day, a fellow system administrator called for help on distributing "proxy.pac" file using Windows 2003 IIS server. She says it used to work in Windows 2000 server based web server, but not with Windows 2003. After 3 system administrators spend a little precious time, we found out this following MSKB 326965 article. … Continue reading Distributing proxy.pac file using IIS 6 (Windows 2003) →

Simple Web Site Monitoring Script – written for Outlook Web Access server monitoring

I wanted to monitor our Exchange Front-End server and OWA URL at ISA server (in DMZ). There are tons of tools/scripts available to monitor web sites. But, I usually create a script by myself to fit my own needs. This script is really really simple and gets the job done. Once it called with a … Continue reading Simple Web Site Monitoring Script – written for Outlook Web Access server monitoring →