After upgrading to IE7 in Windows XP, we found that non-admin users were once again seeing the Open File Security warning dialog box.
Once again, the issue can be resolved by visiting the group policy. Open up the appropriate policy file, and follow the path to:
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer [...]

On some occasions, you might find yourself having to carry out a repair of Windows XP.
The process is as follows:

Insert Windows XP CD.
When prompted with the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER.
Press F8 to accept the EULA
Select the partition you wish to repair and then press R.

But what if the R=Repair option is not at [...]

Sudo for Windows
I found this handy tool on the internet today.
With the thought of dealing with Vista’s UAC domain-wide, and current implementations of XP – this seems like an ideal solution.
What I can’t believe is that Vista still lacks a sudo-esque command line tool. Or even su.

As with the grief of auditing licences et all, you may sometimes find that you need to do a site-wide change of the licence key for Windows Server or Windows XP.
Microsoft have helpfully provided two scripts that will allow you to change the product licence key programatically.
Just run the script with your new VLK, and [...]

Spent about half an hour trying to get a PC to boot today.
I think that sometimes you forget what you’re doing so much – you just need to see the obvious.
After cloning an image of a NTFS drive partition, Windows decided that it didn’t want to boot. I had used Image for Windows. After a [...]

A neat trick I picked up while browsing t’internet is how to carry out a quick motherboard replacement on 2000 or XP Windows systems:
Before you swap out the current motherboard go to device manager and select the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller and select your current storage controller. Right click, select update driver and select install from [...]