XP File recovery (NTFS)

Use NTFS Undelete (freeware)

Download and burn the ISO to disc

The disc will autorun - choose recover, it will go off and see what you can recover, choose the files and let it recover.

Its recommended that you don't recover to the disc where you've lost the files on.

Download from http://ntfsundelete.com/

XP Pro IIS Admin

Download tool here:

http://www.jetstat.com/iisadmin/download.asp

Def:

XP Pro IIS Admin is a free tool that enable you to use/create multiple websites on XP Pro and easily switch between them.

Windows XP Pro only allow you to create one website.

IIS - Restart Options

Via Services MMC

To stop IIS Service

"services.msc"

Goto "World Wide Web publishing Service" - stop it


Or via the command line:

"cmd"

iisreset /?

/RESTART
/START
/STOP
/REBOOT
/REBOOTONERROR
/NOFORCE (attemps to stop gracefully)
/TIMEOUT:val
/STATUS - displays status of all Internet services
/ENABLE - enable restarting of Internet services on local machine
/DISABLE

Corrupt Windows XP Profile

Event Viewer Errors:

Windows cannot load the locally stored profile. Possible causes of this error include insufficient security rights or a corrupt local profile. If this problem persists, contact your network administrator.

Source: Userenv
Event ID: 1511

Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile. Changes you make to this profile will be lost when you log off.

Login - create new profile and copy over profile data - from old data - DO NOT copy corrupt profile into new profile.

Sometimes small problems can be fixed by using this tool - to fix corruptions:

Download and use the "User Profile Hive Cleanup Service"- this will install itself as a service and monitors the profile - if it finds that the data in memory is not in sync with the profile it will flush the data in memory to disc - preventing "lost" data when you reboot or logoff - this is the only workaround to the problem in XP.

Test if an email address exist without sending mail

First - Find mail exchanger of reddit.com

COMMAND:
nslookup - q=mx reddit.com
RESPONSE:
reddit.com MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = mail.reddit.com
mail.reddit.com internet address = 208.96.53.70

Second - Connect to mail server mail.reddit.com

COMMAND:
telnet mail.reddit.com 25
RESPONSE:
220 mail.reddit.com ESMTP Postfix NO UCE NO UEMA C=US L=CA Unsolicated electronic mail advertisements strictly prohibited, subject to fine under CA law CBPC 17538.45. This electronic mail service provider’s equipment is located in the State of California. See http://www.reddit.com/static/inbound-email-policy.html for more information.

COMMAND:
helo hi
RESPONSE:
250 mail.reddit.com

COMMAND:
mail from: youremail@gmail.com
RESPONSE:
250 2.1.0 Ok

COMMAND:
rcpt to: mailbox.does.not.exist@reddit.com
RESPONSE:
550 5.1.1 : Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table

COMMAND:
quit
RESPONSE:
221 2.0.0 Bye

Uknown PCI Device (on most new HP Workstations)

This is the Microsoft UUA Driver

Install PDFCreator without yahoo toolbar

From command line:

PDFCreator-0_9_8_setup.exe /silent /norestart /components=\"!toolbar\" /tasks=\"!
desktop_icon\"" /f"'