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Reset your Windows password with Chntpw using System Rescue CD 5

Quick note about using chntpw command to reset Windows passwords. Mostly, I just couldn’t remember what the command line program was or the switches. Boot to System Rescue CD. mount the Windows drive RW (mine was RO) cd to the config dir: cd /mnt/sda1/Windows/System32/config Backup your sam,security,system,software (just copy them […]


Outlook 2010 Exchange Cached Mode with direct Active Directory Global Address List 2

We have Exchange accounts in Outlook 2010 and the Global Address List would not update. One reason was due to an error on our server (address in another post), but then the default times to update are 24 ours, and that’s too long. On our internal systems, we want Cached […]


Shorten the download interval on the Exchange Server 2003 Pop3 Connector 4

The shortest interval to download user email with the Exchange Pop3 connector is 15 minutes. Too long for most people. To shorten that to 5 minutes, you have to update/add a registry value in this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SmallBusinessServer\Network\POP3 Connector Add Dword: “ScheduleAccelerator”=dword:00000003   It works by dividing the default schedule interval […]