Adjust Windows 7 taskbar preview hover delay

By default this is very annoying, as the window keeps popping up as soon as the cursor hovers over the top, here is how you can customise the hover time just for the taskbar: Click on the Start Button and type in Regedit and hit Enter. Navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced. Right click on Advanced and select New DWORD and name the new value "ExtendedUIHoverTime". Right click on ExtendedUIHoverTime and select Modify. Switch to Decimal base and enter in your new number.  The default is 400 milliseconds. So set it to something like 9000, which is 9 seconds delay, up to you….

SCCM 2007 R3 native mode – Log Files and Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting SCCM 2007 R3 is pretty complex, log files are your friends. IIS log files are used a lot in Native Mode setups – C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1 Server Log Files – %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Configuration Manager\Logs ConfigMgr distribution point ConfigMgr management point (MPSetup.log) ConfigMgr reporting point (rsetup.log & SMSReportingInstall.log) ConfigMgr software update point (SUPSetup.log) onfigMgr server locator point (SMSSLPSetup.log) ConfigMgr fallback status point (SMSFSPSetup.log) ConfigMgr Reporting Services Point (SRSRPSetup.log) ConfigMgr state migration point (SMSSMPSetup.log) Ccm.log – Records client configuration manager tasks Fspmgr.log – Records fallback status point activities Hman.log – Records site configuration changes, and publishes site information in Active Directory Domain Services Mpcontrol.log…

SCCM 2007 R3 Software Updates in Native Mode

For details of Software Updates on Configuration Manager, see – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680701.aspx Below is the work that needs to be done on your WSUS server for native mode. Assuming you have already setup WSUS on another server using HTTP. At the command prompt on the WSUS server, change the directory to Install Drive\Program Files\Update Services\Tools. Execute the following command:wsusutil.exe configuressl <Machine FQDN> For example, check the ports binded to IIS for HTTPS, if it’s 8531, the URL would be https://server.domain.com:8531 Bind a webserver certificate to HTTPS on the WSUS server. Ensure SSL is enabled on the virtual directories listed below: ApiRemoting30…

WSUS tools and troubleshooting

There are a number of tools you can use for WSUS troubleshooting and testing. The first one is available on all clients, as it’s a client based tool – wuauclt.exe The following are a list of options. /DetectNow /ReportNow /RunHandlerComServer /RunStoreAsComServer /ShowSettingsDialog /ResetAuthorization /ResetEulas /ShowWU /ShowWindowsUpdate /SelfUpdateManaged /SelfUpdateUnmanaged /UpdateNow /ShowWUAutoScan /ShowFeaturedUpdates /ShowOptions /ShowFeaturedOptInDialog /DemoUI If you copy this to a text file and save it as *.bat, when run on a client machine, it will reset WSUS settings on the client machine and force it to check now for updates. This will speed up the checking process drastically. You will…

Enable SAN certificate support in Microsoft Certificate Services

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff625722(WS.10).aspx By default, a CA that is configured on a Windows Server 2003-based computer does not issue certificates that contain the SAN (Subject Alternative Name) extension. If SAN entries are included in the certificate request, these entries are omitted from the issued certificate. To change this behavior, run the following commands at a command prompt on the server that runs the Certification Authority service. Press ENTER after each command. certutil -setreg policy\EditFlags +EDITF_ATTRIBUTESUBJECTALTNAME2 net stop certsvc net start certsvc This changes the following entry in the registry. More information can be found How to Request a Certificate With a Custom…

Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008 R2

This first one applies to everyone: 2397711 – Recommended hotfixes for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2397711 Hyper-V Update List for Windows Server 2008 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd430893(WS.10).aspx Hyper-V Update List for Windows Server 2008 R2 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff394763(WS.10).aspx Some other fixes that might be relevant, depending on your setup: 975921 – You may be unable to perform certain disk-related operations after an exception when a hardware provider tries to create a snapshot in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975921 975354 – A Hyper-V update rollup package is available for a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975354&#8230;

Error message when you try to set an IP address on a network adapter

You might get the following message in Windows: The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter Name of adapter. Name of adapter is hidden from the network and Dial-up Connections folder because it is not physically in the computer or is a legacy adapter that is not working. If the same address is assigned to both adapters and they become active, only one of them will use this address. This may result in incorrect system configuration. Do you want to enter a different IP address for this adapter in the list…

Jailbreak iPhone 4 with OS 4.1

This is how I did it. This is completely safe and all my apps and data remained exactly how they were previous to the Jailbreak. As a pre-caution, do a full backup of your iPhone in iTunes prior to doing this, also backup the iTunes directory on your computer %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer How to guide on YouTube: – http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_967481&v=0aKinhARYNg&feature=iv Software that I used, called Redsn0w: – http://blog.iphone-dev.org/ Apple iPhone Firmware: – http://iphoneroot.com/firmwares/