DCPROMO install problem

Trying to install a new child domain in an existing forest I received this error from DCPROMO: ————————— Active Directory Installation Wizard ————————— The wizard cannot gain access to the list of domains in the forest. This condition may be caused by a DNS lookup problem. For information about troubleshooting common DNS lookup problems, please …

How to remove the VMWare tray icon for all users

Find this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREVMware, Inc.VMware Tools or, if you’re on x64: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeVMware, Inc.VMware Tools Change the ShowTray DWORD value to 0. Since this is in the HKLM hive it will take precedence over the same setting under HKCU. If you want to disable the icon only for the logged on user, change the same value …

How to install Windows Live programs on an unsupported OS

For some reason Microsoft has decided to not let us install any of the Windows Live programs; Messenger, Gallery etc. on Windows Servers or x64 editions of Windows XP. If you try to run the installer (WLInstaller.exe) on any of these OSs you see this error: ————————— Windows Live Installer ————————— Sorry, Windows Live programs …