You like the idea of managing list of tasks or check list in Excel and you will like this idea of Conditional Formatting. See the picture below. If you want to know how to do this in 3 simple steps head over HERE.

I use Microsoft Mesh with all of my computers at home and work. I like the great file sharing feature and I share files across the computers.  But the trouble is I get the following error often, says “The Windows Live Network is unavailable from this site for one of the following reasons:”. The simple … Continue reading Mesh Logon Error: “The Windows Live Network is unavailable” →

This outlook add-in adds the missing feature in Microsoft outlook which allows you to save and with option to remove all attachments from multiple emails at once. Great tools to manage your mailbox size. Get it HERE.

RichCopy is a free utility that comes to us from Ken Tamaru of Microsoft. The tool was first developed in 2001 and has been updated regularly to keep pace with evolving needs. Trust me when I tell you, this is the answer to all your file copying needs. What you'll find most striking the first … Continue reading Free Utility: Alternate version of Robocopy →

Here are some scenarios where you want to add multiple NetBIOS names for a Windows Server. Technically Windows machines can have only one NetBIOS names, but Microsoft brought this feature in Windows 2000/2003 servers. You want to recover a Dead file server data from backup on a existing server and continue providing published shares to … Continue reading Multiple NetBIOS names for a single Windows Server →

Before I begin, I want to explain what is DL and "Mail Enabled Security Groups". "Mail Enabled Security Groups": This group can be used to enable permissions by group and also send emails to the members. Distribution List: This group used only to send email and that's it. Now to my issue. I received complaint … Continue reading User is not receiving mail sent to “Mail Enabled Security Groups” →

I needed simple monitoring tool to ping and send emails when hosts are down. I found few free tools, but I need to build my script so I can use variety of purposes.  Here you go, '*******************************************************************************'* Script Name: Pinger.vbs'* Arguments: ServerName'* '* This script tries to ping the specified server. If the server is … Continue reading VBscript: Pinger or Ping servers and alert Sys Admins →

I have many desktop and laptops in my home and office. One day I wanted to copy a information between computers (like a URL, a paragraph of text). I tried few software and settled on FREE software called "Ditto". Ditto can help you sync's clipboard information between computers and keep the clipboard data for a … Continue reading Share Clipboard between Computers →

I had a requirement to process huge pile of files. Some of the folders and files didn't have access to the local administrators group. I decided to use XCACLS VBScript (download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0ad33a24-0616-473c-b103-c35bc2820bda&DisplayLang=en) When I was trying to take ownership of a folder, I got the following error. If you are reading this, obviously … Continue reading XCACLS: Changing ownership of a file or folder, Error Code = 5 (Msg#544) →

One fine Monday morning, I went to office very early. With fresh coffee, I turned on my laptop and logged in. I didn't see my own specialized desktop profile. Instead it loaded a default profile with the following message. User profile was not loaded correctly. You have been logged on with a temporary profile. Changes … Continue reading Resolution: “User profile was not loaded correctly” – TEMP profile created on logon →