15 80070057 is an error message that will appear when your system is having difficulty playing movies. This error can occur for quite a few reasons and there are therefore several known fixes for it. Use Windows Update to upgrade to the lastest patches from Microsoft Upgrade to the latest version of Windows Media Player Upgrade to the latest release of DirectX Run DXDIAG to lower the settings for sound acceleration on your system

Understanding Outlook 2003 Security Enhancements Outlook 2003 includes enhanced secured messaging through: S/MIME version 3 support Smart card support Digital signatures Email encryption. With Outlook 2003, support for S/MIME version 3 provides a number of security features: The public key of the sender can be used to encrypt email messages. The private key of the recipient is needed to open and decrypt the email message. The Active Directory Group Policy feature can be used to implement S/MIME within an organization. The X.509v3 standard, which requires third-party encryption keys, is also Read More

LAN Segmentation Overview Network segmentation is the terminology used to describe the process of dividing single Ethernet segments into multiple segments. Network segmentation has the following main advantages: Network performance of the LAN is improved. Network congestion issues can be resolved. Available bandwidth is maximized. A few technologies which you can use to perform network segmentation are listed here: The network can be physically segmented with bridges and routers. This type of segmentation directly decreases the number of workstations on the same physical segment. You can use a network switching Read More

Error code 0x80070570 is one of the most common errors on computers. The error typically shows up on the screen as a message. It is important to repair the computer as soon as a message with this error code appears as it can seriously damage the system. It causes a computer to perform slowly and inefficiently. The error also locks up programs and freezes up computer hardware. Error code 0x80070570 can occur for multiple reasons. The most common reason is when Microsoft updates are setup on a computer. The error Read More

Windows Internet Name Server (WINS) Overview WINS is an enhanced NetBIOS name server (NBNS) which was designed by Microsoft to resolve NetBIOS computer names to IP addresses, and at the same time eliminate the usage of broadcasts for name resolution. In this manner, WINS eliminates traffic generated by broadcasting on the network. WINS provides a WINS database that it utilizes to store and maintain NetBIOS computer names to IP addresses mappings. WINS registers NetBIOS computer names, and stores these client name registrations in the WINS database. The registrations are used Read More

Maintaining an Active Directory is a very important administrative task that one must schedule regularly to ensure that, in case of disaster, you can recover your lost or corrupted data and can repair the active directory database. Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) is the active directory database, which manage all the active directory objects in active directory database. Any of the data modification affects database performance, database fragmentation and data integrity. Active Directory Database and Log Files The ESE uses transaction and log files to ensure the integrity of the active Read More

What is Error Code 0x000000f4? Error code 0x000000f4 occurs when a computer process, program, or critical program thread unexpectedly terminates and the computer’s Operating System can no longer function on the Microsoft Windows OS. Error code 0x000000f4 is also known as the Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). This error occurs more frequently on Windows XP than it does on Vista because of the Windows OS. It typically indicates that there is a major software or hardware issue that requires attention in order to prevent the error from occurring again. Read More

The Boot Manager (BOOTMGR) is the bootloader of the Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 operating systems (OS). The computer's BIOS loads the program upon startup and will start the bootloader for the OS and other required programs. The NTLDR preceded it on older versions of the Windows OS. What Problems Can Occur with BOOTMGR? Unfortunately, the BOOTMGR may display a number of errors due to varying circumstances. Some of the common BOOTMGR errors are a result of operating system upgrade errors, corrupt hard drive sectors, a damaged Read More

A group can be defined as a collection of accounts that are grouped together so that Administrators can assign permissions and rights to the group as a single entity. This removes the need for an Administrator to individually assign permissions and rights to each account. Therefore, while a user account is associated with an individual or entity, a group account or a group is created to simplify the administration of multiple user accounts (users). When permissions are granted to a group, all accounts that are part of that particular group Read More

Center Document Tracking Feature The BizTalk Document Tracking feature is used to track BizTalk Server document processing. Through the Document Tracking feature, you can track documents, track specific fields of the documents, and determine the state of BizTalk Server document processing. All tracking data is stored in a SQL Server database. BizTalk Server stores information associated with the document. You can specify which information should be tracked and stored. Members of the BizTalk Server Report Users group can use Document Tracking. The Tracking database collects metadata on documents when document Read More