Windows Product Activation (WPA) uses the following ports:
PORT Usage
80 for HTTP
443 for HTTPS
To test if port 80 is open:
1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Type the following into the a...
Visio Viewer 2002 allows you to distribute drawings and diagrams, without requiring that the recipient
have Visio installed on their computers.
When you install Visio Viewer 2002 on Windows Server 2003, the viewer does not properly load ...
MS DTC requires that you authorize XA DLLs to limit the risks associated with using 3rd party XA Dlls in the MS DTC process.
When you upgrade to Windows Server 2003, all XA transactions are turned off to protect MS DTC against denial-o...
Starting with version 7, when you manually open a file, Windows Media Player does not read the file header to determine duration.
Only after the file starts playing, is the duration properly reported.
This de...
When a client sends a SMB session setup request to the server, it takes 10 seconds for the server to send a negative
session setup response, when the NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NBT) session cannot be established,
due to a resource shortage or other s...
Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 will shutdown when you start the UPS service if both of the following are true:
The UPS signal polarity is set to Negative for Power Fail/On Battery.
Ther...
"AutoIt is a simple tool that can simulate key presses,
mouse movements and window commands (maximize, minimize, wait for, etc.)
in order to automate any windows based task (or even windowed DOS tasks).
AutoIt was primarily designed to assi...