Robert Long

This topic lists licensing error messages that can appear on client computers, and it describes the causes of and solutions for these errors. Although these error messages appear on clients, they are frequently caused by problems with the Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server license server or the terminal server. Therefore, when you troubleshoot Terminal Server Licensing issues, it is useful to first determine whether there are server configuration issues or problems with network connectivity.

Troubleshooting Remote Desktop Licensing Error Messages

Bart’s Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD
What is BartPE and PE Builder?

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 (800×600) 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!

» Killing the crapware problem on PCs | George Ou | ZDNet.com

Good article on removing programs that load during Windows startup. Information on msconfig and link to an excellent free utility from Microsoft called Autoruns.

“Microsoft Sysinternals has this tool called Autoruns, which is even better than MSCONFIG. It shows you all the hidden stuff that crapware/adware/malware might inject that may be hidden. Autoruns can hide all the digitally signed entries so that it will show you ALL of the non-Microsoft entries that gum up your PC.”