[Solved] How to Change Microsoft Outlook 2013 Default Search Location

Question: How to change / set / modify default search location in Microsoft Outlook 2013? Default search location is the current folder when you perform search in Microsoft Outlook. If you want to search at other folder location, you can refine search by open the dropdown to the right of search terms and choosing another option.

Change Microsoft Outlook 2013 Default Search Location
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[Solved] How to Reset Administrator Password in Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 R2

To reset the Administrator password on Windows Server 2012 R2, perform the following steps:

Step 1: Boot from Microsoft Windows Server 2012 installation DVD / ISO Image.

Step 2: From Windows Setup menu, click Next > Repair your computer > Troubleshoot > Command Prompt.

Step 3: Run following commands:
d:
cd windows\system32
ren Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.old
copy cmd.exe Utilman.exe

Step 4: Close command prompt and click Continue.

Step 5: After server reboot and present the logon screen, click Windows Key + U to open command prompt.

Step 6: Type following command:
net user administrator Password123
This will set the Administrator password to Password123 (case sensitive).

Cleanup Steps:

Step 1: Restart server and boot from Microsoft Windows Server 2012 installation DVD / ISO Image.

Step 2: From the Windows Setup menu, click Next > Repair your computer > Troubleshoot > Command Prompt.

Step 3: Run following commands:
d:
cd windows\system32
ren utilman.exe utilman.exe.new
copy utilman.exe.old utilman.exe

Step 4: Close the command prompt and click Continue.

To reset the Administrator password on Windows Server 2008 R2, perform the following steps:

Step 1: Boot from Microsoft Windows Server 2008 installation DVD / ISO Image.

Step 2: From the Install Windows menu, click Next > Repair your computer.

Step 3: In the System Recovery Options, select the Operating System instance that you wish to repair and click Next > Command Prompt.

Step 4: Run following commands:
c:
cd windows\system32
ren Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.old
copy cmd.exe Utilman.exe

Step 5: After server reboot and present the logon screen, press Windows Key + U to open command prompt.

Step 6: Enter following command:
net user administrator Password12
This will set the Administrator password to Password12 (case sensitive).

Cleanup Steps:

Step 1: Delete the newly created Utilman.exe from C:\Windows\System32.

Step 2: Rename Utilman.exe.old back to Utilman.exe.

Alternative: Offline NT Password & Registry Editor

How to Access Unavailable 404 HTTP Error Webpage using Google Cached Page

Problem: When open specific URL in browser, the html page show 404 http error due website is down or specific page has been deleted, you can access to the information you were looking for via cached page.

Solution: Add cache: in front of the URL and Google’s cached copy will open instantly, provided Google is set as the default search engine.

Google Cached Page

[Solved] How to Clear DNS Cache to Fix HTML 404 Error

Problem: DNS cache stores the IP addresses of web servers that contain recently viewed web pages. If you encounter lot of HTML 404 error codes due to location of the web server changes before the entry in DNS cache updates, remove old and inaccurate DNS information that may result in 404 errors by using below method, computer will query nameservers for the new DNS information after clearing DNS cache.
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[Solved] Monitor Display Screen Tearing and Refresh Rate Stuttering when Gameplay

Problem: Screen tearing is where monitor shows display from multiple frames in a single screen draw usually occurs when the video which is fed into the system is not in sync with the display’s refresh rate especially when gameplay. Below are some workaround may improve or resolve screen tearing problem.

Screen Tearing gameplay
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