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Latest Tips

1) Configuring Zone Transfers using DNSCMD
Date - Nov 05, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
How to configure and force zone transfers using DNSCMD.
2) Configuring Conditional Forwarders using DNSCMD
Date - Nov 05, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
How to configure a conditional forwarder for your DNS server from the command-line.
3) Configuring Forwarders using DNSCMD
Date - Nov 05, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
How to configure a forwarder for your DNS server from the command-line.
4) Creating Resource Records using DNSCMD
Date - Oct 29, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
How to use the DNSCMD command to create a resource record from the command-line.
5) Creating a Reverse Lookup Zone using DNSCMD
Date - Oct 29, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
An example of how to use the DNSCMD command to create a reverse lookup zone from the command-line.
6) Creating a Forward Lookup Zone Using DNSCMD
Date - Oct 29, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
Here are five examples of how to use the DNSCMD command to create forward lookup zones from the command-line.
7) A Quick Tip To Strict FRS Replication To A Specific Port
Date - Oct 22, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains a registry heck which can be used to strict FRS Replication to a specific port.
8) A Quick Tip To Strict AD Replication To A Specific Port
Date - Oct 22, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains a registry entry which can be used to strict the AD Replication traffic to a specific port.
9) A Quick Tip To Allow DSRM Account To Log On Normally
Date - Oct 22, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains a registry heck which can be used to allow DSRM User Account to log on normally in Windows Server 2008. This applies to Windows Server 2008 only.
10) A Quick Tip To Place Authenticating DC In DFS Referral List
Date - Oct 08, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains a registry entry which can be used to place the authenticating domain controller on top of the DFS Referral list.
11) A Quick Tip To Alter Default Behaviour Of GlobalNameZones
Date - Oct 08, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains how you can change the default behaviour of GlobalNameZone zone.
12) A Quick Tip To Get List Of RODC Administrators
Date - Oct 08, 2009
Rating - 1
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains the registry key which contains the list of RODC Administrators. This article applies only to Windows Server 2008 RODC.
13) A Quick Tip To Enable White Space Logging
Date - Oct 01, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains the use of White Space Logging and how you enable it on the domain controllers.
14) A Quick Tip To Check The Backup Status Of Each NC In Active Directory Forest
Date - Oct 01, 2009
Rating - 1
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article shows how you can see the backup status of each Naming Context in Active Directory using command line tool.
15) How To Use DsQuery To Find All The Domain Controllers In The Domain or Forest?
Date - Oct 01, 2009
Rating - 3
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains DsQuery commands which you can use to find all the domain controllers.
16) A Quick Tip To Modify Logon Rights On Multiple Computers
Date - Sep 24, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains a simple command you can use to modify the "Log On Locally" rights on all the server remotely.
17) A Quick Tip To Find The Security Updates On Server Core
Date - Sep 24, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article shows a quick command you can use to find the security updates on server core.
18) A Quick Tip To Get A List Of Security Groups A User Belongs To
Date - Sep 17, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains a quick tip you can use to get the list of Security Groups a user or users belong/s to.
19) A Quick Tip To Get Members Of Security Groups
Date - Sep 17, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains a command which you can use to get the members of security group or security groups mentioned in a text file.
20) Setting Default Email Client Per User in XP
Date - Sep 09, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Eric Geier
Section - Outlook and Outlook Express
Individually change each user's default email client.
21) What Is Strict Replication and How Do You Enable?
Date - Sep 08, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Miscellaneous
This article explains Strict Replication and how you enable it on the domain controllers in the Forest.
22) Viewing the zones on a DNS server
Date - Sep 02, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
You can use the Dnscmd command to view a list of the zones on a DNS server.
23) Verifying SRV resource records using Nslookup
Date - Sep 02, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
You can use the Nslookup command to verify that the SRV resource records needed by Active Directory have been created properly when Dcpromo was run on the server.
24) Displaying DHCP scope activity using Netsh
Date - Aug 19, 2009
Rating - 3
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
You can use the Netsh command to display statistics for a single scope on your DHCP server.
25) Displaying DHCP server activity using Netsh
Date - Aug 19, 2009
Rating - 2.3
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
You can use the Netsh command to display statistics for a DHCP server.
26) Creating a DHCP Scope using a Batch File
Date - Aug 18, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
By creating a batch file of Netsh commands you can automate the creation of DHCP scopes.
27) Backing up DHCP database using Netsh
Date - Aug 12, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
You can use the Netsh command to back up the DHCP database of your DHCP server.
28) Hiding an Entire Computer from Network Users
Date - Aug 12, 2009
Rating - 3.5
Author - Eric Geier
Section - Security
Preventing network users from seeing a computer in My Network Places or Network.
29) Configure DHCP options using Netsh
Date - Aug 05, 2009
Rating - 2
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
You can use the Netsh command to configure DHCP options from the command line.
30) Creating and managing DHCP scopes using Netsh
Date - Aug 05, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
You can use the Netsh command to create and manage DHCP scopes from the command line.

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