Windows Administration
Mounting ISO files..
I have been using VMWare for a while and love the feature to mount an ISO file as a drive letter in the virtual environment. It extremely convenient and it is much faster than using CDs or DVDs to do installs. Recently I found the need to use an ISO file. Sure I could burn [...]
Emergency Shutdown of Windows
Chances are that if you use Windows you have had to just shut down your machine when it become instable. I am not trying to pick on Windows. Most of the time it isn’t Windows fault, it is fairly common for poorly written applications and drivers cause the OS to malfunction. This isn’t anything specific to Windows, if you run a buggy application [...]
Quickly Search for MS KB Articles
You can modify the registry to add the capability to quickly search the KB articles (formerly referred to as Q articles) in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. Here’s the procedure: 1. Run regedit.exe. 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl. 3. From the Edit menu, select New, Key and name it KB. 4. Select [...]