Changing a Services “Path to executable” in the registry If you ever need to change the executable a Windows service points to it can be done easily in the registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\[Name of Service] To change the location of the exe …
The blow shows how to reset file associations via the command prompt. File associations are per user Commandsasscoc .<filetype> Gets the system name for the file type ftype <system name> Shows you the path to the current associated …
Problem: After running Sysprep on a Windows 7 computer I was greeted with the message “Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file for pass….” I was not trying to use an unattended answer file at the time …
SCCM 2007 has some great reports such as 14A and 14B which allow you to view how many and what computers are using a license from you volume license agreements, and what software you are under licensed for. But first …
If you ever need to manually get rid of a Windows Service because the un-installer does not work or whatever the below covers manually un-installing a Windows service Get the Service Name Open Computer Management (Control Panel => Administrative Tools) …
By design Windows 7 Home Basic does not allow the user to change the wallpaper if you right click on the desktop the “Personalize” option is missing. However the option is simple hidden and not removed, the workaround is to …
When you install either Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 onto a un-partitioned hard drive Windows will create a 100Mb System Reserved Partition that does not have a drive letter. This 100Mb partition is mainly there in case you are …
If you are looking to change the windows default password expiry notification from 14 days to somthing else then this should help. The default value of 14 days is stored in the DWORD registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\passwordexpirywarning simply changing or …
I am starting to look at deploying Windows 7 to some of our Laptops. Our Domain controllers are mostly Windows 2003 and there is a single Window 2008 controller. I was a little un-sure if we needed to upgrade our …
I found myself needing to Sysprep a 2008 Server today in preparing for cloning, I soon discovered that sysprep is no longer on the DVD instead Sysprep is now install by default under. C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\sysprep.exe The gui is also streamlined considerably. …