The Werfault.exe program is a core Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) application that automates the reporting problems in the Windows OS. Since the Werfault.exe application is a core OS file, it should not be deleted or removed from the computer to avoid unintended errors or to prevent programs from not functioning. Stopping werfault.exe from running every time a computer application hangs or crashes is preferred over removing the program altogether. How to Stop Werfault.exe Step 1 – Open the Windows Control Panel by selecting the “Start” and “Control Panel” menu Read More

Use disk quotas to manage storage growth in distributed environments. Disk quotas allow you to allocate available disk space to users based on the files and folders that they own. Windows 2003 disk quotas track and control disk space usage on a per-user, per-partition basis. Characteristics of Windows 2003 Server Disk Quotas Disk usage is based on file and folder ownership. When a user copies or saves a new file to an NTFS partition or takes ownership of a file on an NTFS partition, windows 2003 changes the disk space Read More

A common error that occurs with the Windows XP operating system (OS) that results in a system crash is the unmountable boot volume error message. When this error occurs, it is an indication that the OS is having difficulty starting or booting from the computer’s “C” drive. Due to the Windows XP OS’s maturity, the problem can be troubleshot and corrected without professional assistance in most cases. What are the Causes of the Unmountable Boot Volume Error? The unmountable boot volume error commonly occurs when a hard drive is connected Read More

Tools for Troubleshooting ISA Server There are a variety of tools that you can use to troubleshoot ISA Server. The type of issue would determine which of the tools(s) listed here you need to use: ISA Server Reports tool: You can use the reporting feature included with ISA Server to obtain and view information on usage statistics of the server for computers and client users, to create your own reports to log specific data, and to isolate the cause of a performance problem. ISA Server includes a number of predefined Read More

New features in Outlook Web Access (OWA) 2003 Outlook Web Access (OWA) is used to send and receive e-mail through the Web. Outlook Web Access 2003 includes different levels of feature availability or user modes. Some OWA 2003 features are only available in premium mode. The different OWA 2003 user modes are: Premium mode – Premium Client Version: All OWA 2003 features and enhancements are accessible when using premium mode. The downside to using premium mode is that it uses more bandwidth resources than basic mode. Basic mode – Basic Read More

Wermgr.exe (Windows Error Reporting Manager) is a process that runs on the Windows Operating System and is responsible for running the Windows Error Reporting software when Windows crashes. Wermgr.exe is usually encountered when Windows Explorer stops working, in which case the user is presented with a message that says that Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and must close. Wermgr.exe runs on all Windows Operating System versions and can be found in the primary hard drive’s System32 folder.   How Wermgr.exe Works Wermgr.exe runs all processes related to the Windows Read More

An Overview of Forests and Domains A domain is a collection of computers and resources that share a common security database, in this case, the Active Directory database. Computers in the domain also have a common namespace. A namespace is the hierarchical grouping of service and object names that are stored in Active Directory and DNS. Active Directory and DNS namespaces have to be the same. This is a Microsoft requirement. A domain can also be considered a security boundary because you can create and manage related resources within a Read More

The Active Directory data store (directory) is the database that holds all directory information such as information on users, computer, groups, other objects, and the objects that users can access. It also includes other network components. The Active Directory data store is stored on the server’s hard disk by means of the Ntds.dit file. The file has to be stored on a drive that is formatted with the NTFS file system. The Ntds.dit file is placed in the Ntds folder in the systemroot. When changes are made to the directory, Read More

Understanding Exchange Server 2003 Administrative Groups With Exchange Server 2003, an administrative group is a collection of Exchange Server 2003 objects. Here, Exchange Server 2003 objects are grouped for the intent of delegating permissions and managing permissions. An administrative group can be created to support different administrative models: Centralized. Decentralized. Mixed administrative model. The Exchange Server 2003 objects that can exist in an administrative group are listed here: System policy objects. Server objects. Public folder tree objects. Routing group objects. When you install an Exchange Server 2003 organization, the new Read More

When installing software that is packaged with the Windows Installer, users may get an error 1603. The actual error message that displays is “error 1603: A fatal error occurred during installation.” There are a few things that cause this to occur. Windows Installer and Encrypted Folders Users cannot install software packaged in the Windows Installer format into an encrypted folder. Install the software into a different folder that does not have encryption turned on. Remove the encryption and install the software again. Windows Installer and Substituted Drives Users cannot install Read More