Registry changes for "unsafe expressions"

The following two registry changes will get rid of the "enable unsafe expressions" warning message that pops up when opening an MDB or MDE file in Microsoft Access 2003 (including the runtime). The settings change the macro security to low, which is the default for MS Access 2002 (XP).

Root=Local Machine
Key=SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4.0\Engines
Name=SandBoxMode
Value=#00000002

Root=Local Machine
Key=Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Access\Security
Name=Level
Value=#00000001

Sender ID

With the release of Exchange 2003 SP2, many organizations will begin using Sender ID as part of their anti-spam tool kits. Add appropriate DNS records to your domains to support this and avoid having mail end up in the junk mail folder!

From http://blogs.technet.com/technet_uk_-_exchange_tour/archive/2005/11/23/415004.aspx:
If you have Exchange 2003 SP2 running on any SMTP hosts in your organization, you can enable Sender ID checking on inbound mail, but even if you don't, you can publish a record of all your SMTP servers in your own DNS, so that if someone receives mail from you and they choose to enable Sender ID checking, then they will be able to positively identify your mail and may be less likely to filter it as junk mail.

More info on Sender ID - http://www.microsoft.com/senderid

How to configure your DNS with an SPF record to identify your hosts - http://www.anti-spamtools.org

Firefox Setting to pass Windows Authentication

Donson found a setting to allow Firefox to pass windows authentication to IIS when accessing the To Do List . . .
1. Type in "about:config" in Firefox address bar
2. Find "network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris"
3. Modify to include the site (use comma to separate multiple sites).

Exchange 2003 SP2 for Small Business Server

http://www.vladville.com/articles/exchangesp2sbs2003.asp: "Exchange 2003 SP2 on SBS"

"Yes it is supported on SBS 2003 and Yes, it actually works on SBS 2003"

See also:
http://www.vladville.com/2005/10/more-exchange-2003-sp2-documentation.html
"More Exchange 2003 SP2 Documentation for SBS"

Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD

Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD: "Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD"

"Bart's PE Builder helps you build a "BartPE" (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks.

It will give you a complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on.
This will replace any Dos bootdisk in no time!"

How to obtain the latest service pack for the Microsoft Jet 4.0 Database Engine

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=239114

Msjet40.dll version Jet 4.0 release level
4.0.2927.4 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
4.0.3714.7 Service Pack 4 (SP4)
4.0.4431.1 or 4.0.4431.3 Service Pack 5 (SP5)
4.0.6218.0 Service Pack 6 (SP6)
4.0.6807.0 Service Pack 6 (SP6) shipped only with Windows Server 2003
4.0.7328.0 Service Pack 7 (SP7)
4.0.8015.0 Service Pack 8 (SP8)
4.0.8618.0 Security Bulletin MS04-014
4.0.9025.0 Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4

SyncToy for Windows XP

"SyncToy v1.0 is available as a free download on the Microsoft Download Center. The easy to use, customizable application helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers."
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx

Rsync client and server for Windows

cwRsync - General - ITeF!x Consulting: "cwRsync is a yet another packaging of Rsync and Cygwin. You can use cwRsync for fast remote file backup and synchronization."

Supported platforms: Client - Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003, Server - NT/2000/XP/2003.

PuTTY: a free telnet/ssh client

Allows remote encrypted (via SSH) telnet into devices such as routers.

Screen Grab Pro

Traction Software's Screen Grab Pro
http://www.traction-software.co.uk/screengrabpro/

"Screen Grab Pro Is a freeware screen capture tool. It features One click grab of any screen for ease of use, Timer operation, Current window selection list and more. Screen Grab Pro copies a bitmap to clipboard ready for pasting in your favorite Picture Editor."