A few Windows Tips

Configuration 

• Run msconfig to edit configuration for startup 
• Services.msc 
• Msinfo32  - to show general config  
• Use set to view settings. 

• Msinfo32 to show System Configuration 

Active Directory 

• Aduc, adsi (run) 

How to Change Password via RDP 

1. Login into server over RDP session. 
2. Click on Start > Windows Security 
3. Click on the "Change Password" button. 

WSUS   (validate) 

• Check  c:\%windir%\Windowsupdate.log and search for WSUS Server 

Process File Locks 

• Use Process Explorer to find locked files 
• Click the Find menu, and choose Find Handle or DLL... 

Restore Volume Icon in System Tray 

1.  Go to Start > Run (or Windows-key + R), type in regedit and hit OK.  
2. Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify.  
3. Delete the values IconStreams and PastIconsStream.  
4. Open up the Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc), go to the Processes tab, select explorer.exe and click End Process.  
5. Open the Applications tab and click New Task at the bottom-right of the window.  
6. In the message box that pops up type in explorer.exe and hit OK.  
7. Explorer.exe will reload, and the missing icons should now be back in the system-tray where they belong.  
8. Then if the volume bar isn't there, go to taskbar properties (where the volume was gray) and simply tick the box.