Linux was fun… I’ve moved back to Windows XP.  I’ve reinstalled Windows XP on both my work computer and home computer.  On my work computer I lost my Active Directory tools, and googled on how to get them back.  Most of the results I found talked about running “regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll” and then “mmc /a” to add the snap-in (seemed like too many steps to get something so simple).  I wanted my Active Directory tools to show up in Administrative Tools.  I found the file “adminpak.msi” in the “C:\WINDOWS\system32\” directory on a Windows 2003 server.  Running this file installed everything I wanted in the correct location (now wasn’t that easy?).

My windows server 2003 (which is also used as a workstation) was starting to get really bogged down. I had a lot of applications I had installed for school, but no longer used since I graduated. I decided to move back to linux again, after all I only installed windows server 2003 to have a test enviroment for IIS and Exchange Server.

Using:

• vsftpd: FTP Server
• VMware Player: Windows XP (http://www.easyvmx.com/)
• PAN: Newsreader
• vpnc: Cisco VPN Client (to connect to work)