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Latest Tips
- 1) Managing Hardware RAID Using Diskraid
- Date - Mar 09, 2010
- Rating - Not Rated
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Miscellaneous
- How to manage hardware RAID using the Diskraid command
- 2) Formatting USB Flash Drives Using exFAT
- Date - Mar 03, 2010
- Rating - 5
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Misc
- How to format a USB flash drive using the Extended FAT (exFAT) file system.
- 3) Enabling BugcheckOnCorrupt for NTFS Volumes
- Date - Mar 03, 2010
- Rating - Not Rated
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Miscellaneous
- How to enable BugcheckOnCorrupt for advanced self-healing of NTFS volumes on Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008.
- 4) Search for Files on Server Core
- Date - Feb 24, 2010
- Rating - Not Rated
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Miscellaneous
- How to search for files or folders on a volume on a Server Core computer.
- 5) Verifying DNS Server Configuration Using Nslookup
- Date - Feb 24, 2010
- Rating - 3
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Network
- How to verify the configuration of a DNS server by using Nslookup.
- 6) Verifying DNS Server Configuration Using the DNS Console
- Date - Feb 24, 2010
- Rating - 3
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Network
- How to verify the configuration of a DNS server by performing test queries against it.
- 7) What Is Offline Domain Join?
- Date - Feb 18, 2010
- Rating - 3
- Author - Nirmal Sharma
- Section - Active Directory
- This article explains a new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 called "Offline Domain Join". This article applies to Windows Server 2008 R2 only.
- 8) A Quick Tip To Modify The Interval For DHCP Database Cleanup
- Date - Feb 18, 2010
- Rating - 4
- Author - Nirmal Sharma
- Section - Admin
- This article explains how you can modify a registry entry to change the default interval for DHCP Database cleanup process.
- 9) MaximumPasswordAge DisablePasswordChange On Client Computers
- Date - Jan 27, 2010
- Rating - 3
- Author - Nirmal Sharma
- Section - Active Directory
- This article explains how a domain client computer changes its password with the domain controller.
- 10) Using nLite to Integrate RAID Drivers into Windows Installation Media
- Date - Jan 27, 2010
- Rating - 3
- Author - Chris Sanders
- Section - Miscellaneous
- Windows Server 2003 can be a challenge to install when the drivers for your RAID controller aren’t built into the installation CD. Here is a good way to overcome this without use of a floppy drive.
- 11) Propagating Permissions in Exchange 2007 Public Folders
- Date - Jan 27, 2010
- Rating - Not Rated
- Author - Chris Sanders
- Section - Exchange
- This tip will explain how to propagate permissions through an Exchange 2007 public folder structure.
- 12) Modifying UAC Settings with Group Policy
- Date - Jan 21, 2010
- Rating - Not Rated
- Author - Chris Sanders
- Section - Admin
- User Account Control has its place in some scenarios, but you may find it best to disable it in certain situations. This can be done globally with Group Policy.
- 13) How To Configure Cluster Disks In Server Core?
- Date - Jan 21, 2010
- Rating - Not Rated
- Author - Nirmal Sharma
- Section - Admin
- This article explains a quick tip you can use to configure the cluster disks in Server Core. This article applies to Server Core and Windows Server 2008 Full edition only.
- 14) A Quick Tip To Check If DCs Can Register Records With DNS Dynamically
- Date - Jan 21, 2010
- Rating - 4.5
- Author - Nirmal Sharma
- Section - Active Directory
- This article explains a registry key which you can query to know if DCs are using Dynamic DNS protocol to register records with DNS Servers.
- 15) How To Change The Default DNS Interval For Domain Controllers?
- Date - Jan 14, 2010
- Rating - 1
- Author - Nirmal Sharma
- Section - Active Directory
- This article explains how you can use a registry entry to change the default DNS Referesh interval for a domain controller.
- 16) How To Designate A Domain User To Manage A RODC?
- Date - Jan 14, 2010
- Rating - Not Rated
- Author - Nirmal Sharma
- Section - Admin
- This article explains how you can delegate administration of RODC to a domain user.
- 17) DatabaseName, DatabasePath and DHCP Server
- Date - Jan 14, 2010
- Rating - Not Rated
- Author - Nirmal Sharma
- Section - Admin
- This article explains the DatabaseName and DatabasePath registry entries of DHCP Server.
- 18) Using Shared Printers over Internet
- Date - Jan 14, 2010
- Rating - Not Rated
- Author - Eric Geier
- Section - Network and Security
- Discover how to print remotely or when client isolation is enabled on the network.
- 19) Disabling IPv6 in Windows Vista
- Date - Jan 07, 2010
- Rating - Not Rated
- Author - Eric Geier
- Section - Registry Hacks
- To save resources, you might want to completely disable the "new" IP protocol.
- 20) Net Send Alternative in Windows Vista
- Date - Jan 07, 2010
- Rating - Not Rated
- Author - Eric Geier
- Section - Collaboration and Sharing
- Discovering MSG, the new Net Send for Vista.
- 21) Changing the Default IP Address of ICS in Vista
- Date - Jan 07, 2010
- Rating - 3
- Author - Eric Geier
- Section - Collaboration and Sharing
- Change the Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) IP if 192.168.0.1 is already in use.
- 22) Apply Server 2008 Group Policy to Windows XP Devices
- Date - Nov 24, 2009
- Rating - 4.5
- Author - Chris Sanders
- Section - Admin
- Windows Server 2008 Group Policy provides several new features that ease network administration. In order to apply these new settings to your Windows XP devices a couple of extra steps will need to be taken.
- 23) 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.
- 24) Configuring Conditional Forwarders using DNSCMD
- Date - Nov 05, 2009
- Rating - 5
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Network
- How to configure a conditional forwarder for your DNS server from the command-line.
- 25) Configuring Forwarders using DNSCMD
- Date - Nov 05, 2009
- Rating - 3
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Network
- How to configure a forwarder for your DNS server from the command-line.
- 26) 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.
- 27) 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.
- 28) Creating a Forward Lookup Zone Using DNSCMD
- Date - Oct 29, 2009
- Rating - 3
- 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.
- 29) 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.
- 30) 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.
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