Tired of newly installed programs being added randomly to the Start Menu and being difficult to find? Open the Registry Editor (Start, Run... regedit) and browse to: \HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerMenuOrderStart Menu2Programs and delete the Order key. It should be a REG_Binary with pairs of Hexadecimal numbers following. Log off and log back … [Read more...]
Archives for 2008-05-14
Windows locked out account tools
If for any reason there is a sudden rash of user accounts locking the following tools might be useful. The AD console allows you to right click on a User and view the properties of the account. Under the 'Account' tab there is a checkbox that says "Account is locked." If it is checked, the account is locked. Simply uncheck the box to unlock the account. lockoutstatus.exe is … [Read more...]