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For some reason, the option to format a drive with the FAT32 filesystem was removed from the GUI format tool in Windows 7. Thankfully you can still do it from the command line format utility. This guide will step you through the process of formatting a drive using the FAT32 filesystem using the command line. …
This ‘how to’ guide will step you through the process of installing FreeNAS 8 to a USB memory stick using a Windows computer. This can be a handy too if you have a system that has crashed, and you just want to get it back up and running so you can copy files off of …
By default, an Exchange server will try and send emails to a smart host using port 25. Unfortunately, there is no option to change the port number within the Exchange Management Console. This howto guide will show you how to change this to a different port number. This will be done using the Exchange Management …
This howto guide will step you through the process of setting up your Microsoft Exchange 2010 Server to send emails via a smart host. The use of a smart host can be useful when the Exchange server cant directly send emails to external mail server. This might be due to firewall rules, ISP filters, or …
As of Microsoft Windows Vista/7/2008 Server, Windows operating systems have had extra security put in place to prevent general user applications from making system changes to the computer. This helps prevent malware from causing havoc on a PC. Sometimes you do actually want to run a application that will make system changes, and to do …
There may be times when you need to set up a static route in Windows to allow your PC to access a network that is not accessible via the default gateway route. An example of this would be if you had a inter office VPN. You would want your main internet traffic to go via …
Slax is a great LiveCD linux distribution based on Slackware that fits in your pocket. One of the great features is the modular approach that is used for the packages, which are known as modules in Slax. Got a small USB stick that you no longer use? Put Slax on it. This guide shows you …
The PowerShell command below can be used to display a list containing the total size (in MB) of all the files and folders (recursively) in the current directory, and sort them by total size. ls -Force | Add-Member -Force -Passthru -Type ScriptProperty -Name Length -Value {ls $this -Recurse -Force | Measure -Sum Length | Select …
The PowerShell command below can be used to remove thumbs.db files from the current folder, and all sub folders. Make sure you change directory ‘cd’ into the folder you want the command to run from. Get-ChildItem -Path . -Include Thumbs.db -Recurse -Name -Force | Remove-Item -Force You can change the ‘-Include’ parameter to any wildcard …
By default IIS 7 will generate a new session when accessing a site over a secure HTTPS connection. This can cause issues if you are switching between a HTTP and a HTTPS connection when dealing with a site that handles logged in users via sessions. Luckily this is a easy fix. Open up the Internet …