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Lenovo/IBM Cisco VPN problem

Yesterday I tried to connect to my work network with Cisco VPN client after recent reinstallation of my laptop but without success. Error that I was getting was PEER_DELETE-IKE_DELETE_UNSPECIFIED. I tried to find some with similar problem on Google but … Continue reading

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Creating simple cleanup scripts on Windows 2003

Here is one short tip. If you had problem with old log files that are being held on system after too much time and wanted to delete all of them automatically here is explanation how to do it. open notepad … Continue reading

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"Setup failed to start on the remote machine. Check the Task scheduler event log on the remote machine." error while installing Microsoft Sql Server 2005 in failover cluster

Last few days I was installing failover cluster in MsSql 2005 and whille installing it I got this error and installation wouldn’t continue. In error logs there is message: Running: ScheduleActionAction at: 7d8/8/19 b:c:2a Complete: ScheduleActionAction at: 7d8/8/19 b:c:2b, returned … Continue reading

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How to build antispam SMTP gateway for Exchange on Ubuntu 8.04

Because previous solution that I have done on Windows didn’t worked in way I wanted, I have decided to make dedicated Linux SMTP filtering gateway. Note: You can copy/paste all commands written here although they are not inline, they will … Continue reading

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Vista/XP virtual desktop manager

After intensive testing of Sysinternals Desktops utility I have found new one that is also FREE and that works better than Desktops. Things that I missed in Desktops were: you couln’t move opened programs between desktops Firefox and Winamp (possible … Continue reading

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Defending Exchange server against spam with SpamAssassin

This short howto is written and done on Windows 2003 Server and Exchange 2003 Server. Because lately I (among other users) have begun to receive large number of spam on e-mail server of the company where I work, I have … Continue reading

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Reinstall Windows XP without activation

If you had ever wanted to slip reactivating Windows XP after reinstallation here is one good tip from [Online Tech Tips]. There is only one file that is needed for sliping of reactivation and that is wpa.dbl which is located … Continue reading

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Virtual desktop

Sysinternals, company that was started by two programmers and latter bought by Microsoft, had always good freeware tools for administration of windows. Best thing was that they were freeware. Yesterday they have published a new tool with symbolic name Desktops. … Continue reading

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Free windows defragment tool replacement

I wasn’t satisfied with windows defragment tool so I Googled little about possible replacements and among others found JkDefrag. Here is a quote from web site of a JkDefrag: JkDefrag is a disk defragmenter and optimizer for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64. Completely … Continue reading

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Windows update problems

I have recently reinstalled XP on my laptop and everything worked like a charm. I have downloaded 95% of windows updates including SP3 and .NET updates. BUT suddenly windows updates stopped working. This means also that Windows Defender could not … Continue reading

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