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MS Exchange – Forwarding to other email domain

barokonline — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:32:18 +0000

You can forward your existing Exchange email account to external email domain. You must have an administrator account to be able to do this on your Exchange Server.

1. Create a contact in your Active Directory pointing to the external email.

2. On the user’s Exchange account, set forwarding to the contact you just created.

Simple as that.

Windows XP – Repair damaged system files

barokonline — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:15:27 +0000

When your Windows System files went ugly. Run this command and it will try to repair all the damaged system files.
To do that:
1. Clik on Start then Run.
2. Type: sfc /scannow

Just follow the on-screen prompt and it will then try to repair everything.

MS Office 2003 – Compatibility Pack

barokonline — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:53:01 +0000

Your MS Office 2003 can now open/edit any MS Office 2007 documents. Download/Install this compatibility pack. That’s all it takes.

Click here to download the File

Windows 2000/XP – Setup an IP Printer

barokonline — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:39:20 +0000

Have the Printer’s IP ready before you proceed:

1. Click Start, Settings, Printers
2. Click Add Printer
3. From Add Printer Wizard, click Next
4. Click Local Printer, (uncheck Automatically detect!) click Next
5. Click Create a new port, click select type to Standard TCP/IP Port. Click Next
6. Click Next on printer wizard
7. type in the IP address. (leave port name alone). Click Next
8. Click Finish
9. Select the manufacturer and printer model, click Next
10. (it might ask you if you want to keep existing driver, YES). click Next
11. Change the printer name if you want to. Click Next
12. Click Next on printer sharing. (Do not share)
13. Click Yes or no for a test page, click Next
14. Click Finish.. DONE

Setting Mailbox Limits over 2GB

barokonline — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:26:26 +0000

I found this helpful tip and thought of sharing this with you all!

Clikc here to visit the site

Windows XP/Vista/7 Firewall settings

barokonline — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:13:28 +0000

This tip will let you check your Firewall settings on the fly.

To enable/disable Windows Firewall, follow these steps:
1.   Click Start.
2.   Click Run.
3.   Type Firewall.cpl, and then click OK.
4.   On the General tab you will see the current settings for your firewall. Choose either turn on or off.
5.   Click OK.

Windows XP Tips – Disable USB Drive Access

barokonline — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:43:26 +0000

This is a registry hack this disable USB drive access completely. User cannot copy data to the USB disk storage, nor able to read any files and documents from the USB drive.

You can also choose to disable write access to the external removable USB mass storage disk drive only.

Just follow this simple steps to get things done:

Run Registry Editor (regedit).
Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

Create a New Key named as StorageDevicePolicies.
Highlight StorageDevicePolicies, and then create a New DWORD (32-bit) Value named as WriteProtect.
Double click on WriteProtect, and set its value data to 1.

Once the modification has been applied, the computeris now blocked and prevented from copying, transferring or writing any files, documents and data to the USB disk drives, without the need to restart or reboot computer. Any attempt to download or copy files to USB drive will return the following error message:

The disk is write protected.
The media is write-protected.
Remove the write protection or use another disk.

To revert and remove the blocked write access to USB drivers, just delete the StorageDevicePolicies registry key, or delete the WriteProtect registry entry, or change the value data for WriteProtect to 0.

If you’re having difficulty following the instructions, I can send the ready-made registry script upon request.