Here is a Group Policy setting you can apply in Active Directory to prevent an administrator or other user from logging you off from a machine that you have remotely logged into via the console session.
Policy Path: Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Terminal Services
Supported On: At least Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Help/Explain Text: Specifies whether to allow an administrator attempting to connect to the console of a server to log off an administrator currently logged on to the console. The console session is also known as Session 0. Console access can be obtained by using the /console switch from Remote Desktop Connection in the computer field name or from the command line. If the status is set to Enabled, logging off the connected administrator is not allowed. If the status is set to Disabled, logging off the connected administrator is allowed. If the status is set to Not Configured, logging off the connected administrator is allowed but can be changed at the local computer policy level. This policy is useful when the currently connected administrator does not want to be logged off by another administrator. If the connected administrator is logged off, any data not previously saved is lost.
Registry Settings: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services!fDisableForcibleLogoff
There is an interesting post over @ AARFing.dk with instructions on how to get IE6, IE7, and IE8 running side by side for testing purposes.
Link: http://aarfing.dk/?p=120
Exchange 2010 Beta is now available!
You can go to https://www.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/en/us/trial-software.aspx and download a 360 day trial. The RTM and public launch will probably coincide with the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010.
T-Mobile G1
I got a new phone today, the Google G1. All I have to say is =]
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A lot of people seem to wonder what the best, FREE, way to do a Physical to Virtual (P2V) conversion of their Windows servers is. If your VM host is going to be a Hyper-V server, then there are two good methods (that I know of) to perform the operation.
Method 1:
Use the System Center Virtual Machine Manager’s (SCVMM) integrated P2V conversion utility to perform the operation. This supports doing a live migration, meaning that the target system can remain online and available for user’s requests during the migration period.
SCVMM 180 Day Evaluation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc793138.aspx
Method 2:
If you don’t want to use the SCVMM method or it isn’t working properly for you, you can use the free VMWare converter tool. The VMWare converter tool also supports live migrations. After you perform the live P2V conversion with the VMWare converter tool you will end up with a VMDK file (VMWare’s virtual hard disk format), so that will have to be converted to a Hyper-V usable file with the VMDK to VHD converter.
VMWare Converter: http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/
VMDK to VHD Converter: http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/converters/entry8.aspx
Good luck!
Here is an article that details how to rebuild IIS in an SBS 2003 installation. Use this article at your own risk, and don’t try to do it remotely… you will lose your connection to the server.
Reinstalling IIS in SBS 2003 (DOC File, 45KB)
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IIS 6 Properties
I was having an issue today and thought I would share the solution I found.
I had an IIS 6 server that was hosting some web pages. In a directory beneath the root I had some .exe files that I wanted to like to on the main page to allow downloading. Whenever I would click on the files I would get a 404 error. I knew the files were in the right spot and the naming was correct.
I discovered that in order to allow .exe files to be downloaded from your IIS 6 server you need to remove the “Execute” permissions from the folder that the .exe files are sitting in… not the entire virtual directory, just the particular folder that the .exe files are sitting in.
To do this you have to open the IIS Manager, right click on the directory containing the .exe files, and change the Execute Permissions to “Scripts Only”.
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Fallout 3 Headshot
I have been hearing that a lot of people out there have had issues with Bethesda Studio’s Fallout 3. It is always disheartening to hear of an otherwise great game marred with technical flaws.
I was having a problem similar to many, CONSTANT crashing… especially when on indoor levels.
The solution in my situation came to me when I noticed that every time Fallout 3 crashed I had the little FFa icon down in my system tray. I knew that icon was related to a codec pack I had installed on my machine, but I couldn’t remember exactly which one.
Just as a test I downloaded the latest K-Lite codec pack and installed the full version except the media player. As part of the install process it detected and removed all previous codec packs (3 in my case). After the install and a reboot I am now able to play Fallout 3 without the in game crashing! It does however still crash on exit… not a big deal though.
K-Lite Code Pack Download: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_lite_codec_pack.htm
