In Outlook 2007, we can setup signature as follows. Launch Outlook and click on Tools menu and select Options Select Mail Format tab. Click on Signatures button(shown in the above snapshot). It opens a windows with the title “Signatures and Stationery”. Now click New and enter a name for the signature. And then add the … Read more
In Windows XP, we can change the location of My documents folder location by editing the value in the Target field in My documents properties. If this target box is greyed out, then it means that the administrator of the machine/domain has enforced a group policy removing user level control of my documents location. In … Read more
Leakdiag tool can be downloaded from below Microsoft ftp site. ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/PSS/Tools/Developer%20Support%20Tools/LeakDiag/
If you are getting error when you run gpedit.msc from Run window then most probably you are using an OS edition which does not support group policy. In Windows XP, only XP professional supports group policy configuration. Windows XP Home edition does not support group policy and hence we’ll see an error like below when … Read more
We can add dependency among sevices by editing registry database. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServices is the place where information about all the services is stored. This node will have a subnode for each of the services installed on the machine. Click on the subnode for which you want to add dependency for. Edit the parameter ‘DependonService’ under it … Read more
If you already know what Quick launch is you can skip this para and go to the next para. For others here is a brief description of what this feature is about. Quick launch allots some portion of the task bar to store shortcuts to the programs which are used very frequently by the user. … Read more
In Windows XP/2003 My recent documents list can be cleared as per the steps described below. For Vista/Windows 7 see the post How to delete Recent Items list in Vista or Windows7 Right click the Start button and choose Properties Make sure that Start Menu tab is active. Click customize Click on Advanced tab Click … Read more
On Windows 2003 Server machine domain controller group policy editor can be opened as follows. Log in to the Domain Controller machine. Click on Start button Select Administrative tools Double click Active directory users and computers This will open a console. In the left side pane, you can see a node with the domain name. … Read more
Windows 2003 Resource kit has good number of utilities that are useful for system administrators and advanced users. Download Resource kit: The download link for Resource kit is no longer active on Microsoft portal. Until the link is back up, you can download Resource kit tools that I’ve been using. Not all the tools work on … Read more
If you don’t see Recent Items list in Windows 7 start menu, you can add it by doing the following steps. Right click on the Start button. Select Properties. Click on the Start Menu tab in Taksbar and Start Menu Properties window Click on Customize button. In the customize start menu window select the check … Read more