Windows: Delete a file with dot at the end of file name (c:\test\file.)

There are two methods do delete such files. Unfortunately, Windows can't do that and even chkdsk is not able to resolve the issue.

First method: del "\\?\c:\test\file." - doesn't works for me, still getting a message mentioned "file can't be found" or something like that.

Second: Use Unlocker - works just great!

Exchange 2003 SP2: Resolve error 1023

You can try a very useful piece of software for that - MFCMAPI
Download it: http://mfcmapi.codeplex.com/

BES: How to separate company's and personal mailboxes on Blackberry.

By default, all mails for BES mailbox go to Messages folder. If you have an additional mailbox (like gmail or something else), you probably will be confused, because all messages from this additional mailbox go to Messages folder too. To separate it (create another separate folder for BES mailbox), we have to update a database and resend service books to a device.

BBDBUpdate.exe -n localhost\BLACKBERRY -db BESMgmt -input EnableBESOnlyMessageApplication.sql

Create tar.gz on Windows box

I've tried to use GnuWin package, but got an error while packing a file with very long filename, so I have to find something else. Fortunately, I found that free 7Zip can do that without errors.

You need to download a free command line version (see URL in the header).
7za a -r -ttar -so dummy [what to archive] | 7za a -tgzip -si [archivename].tar.gz

How to run x64 code under ESX on Dell OptiPlex 755

If you're getting the "0xc000035a" error when trying to install a x64 guest OS under VMWare ESX(i), you can try to to set Trusted Execution (under "Performance" settings in the BIOS) to OFF.

LINUX: How to edit /etc/fstab in the single user mode

mount -o remount,rw /

Make Windows 7 map your network drives properly

We're use small vbs file to map network drives when user logging on. Windows System Log shows that script works ok under Windows 7, but network drives doesn't mapped properly. Finally I've found that Registry trick below resolve this.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

EnableLinkedConnections = 1 (DWord)