Invalid file handle when trying to delete a file
When I was trying to delete a folder from my local harddrive (cygwin64 in my case) I got the following error …
Windows Internals
Replacing WFP Protected files
On Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 a mechanism called Windows File Protection (WFP) is used to protect system …
My Network Places Internals
I am using a PowerShell script to copy some elements of from the users old profile location to a new location. …
DefaultPassword Dumper
Just a small post today: a small commandline utility that reads the “DefaultPassword” LSA secret. …
Programmatically determine if we run server core
If you want to check if you are running on a Server Core edition of Windows you can use the GetProductInfo …
Windows 2003 Server Standard memory patch
So a few days ago I got new memory for a development box - an upgrade from 4 to 6 GiB (later on even 8 GiB). …
Autologon user on Windows XP/2003 using AutoReconnect pipe - part 3 (implementation details)
In the previous parts (part 1 part 2) i’ve described the theoretical part and implementation problems. …
Autologon user on Windows XP/2003 using AutoReconnect pipe - part 1 (theory)
Windows XP introduced the ability to use Fast User Switching (FUS from here on), which is implemented using …
Using Fast User Switching on domain XP computers
As you may know, Fast User Switching (FUS) is not available (disabled) on Windows XP computers joined to a …
Querying a user token under 64 bit version of 2003/XP
If you want to obtain a user’s token in a Terminal Server or Citrix session (eg to launch a process in a …