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271) A Quick Tip To Prevent NetLogon Service From Registering SRV and Domain Records
Date - Jan 05, 2011
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Miscellaneous
This article explains how you can use a registry hack to prevent NetLogon from registering SRV, CNAME and Domain DNS Records in the DNS Server.
272) A Quick Tip To Prevent Registration Of A and GC Records For Domain Controllers
Date - Jan 04, 2011
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Miscellaneous
This article explains how you can prevent NetLogon service from registering A record for Domain Name and Global Catalog.
273) How To Recover From A Corrupt Registry Branch
Date - Dec 29, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains how you can recover from a corrupted registry branch.
274) A Quick Tip To Change RPC Port Range
Date - Dec 29, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Network
This article explains the MaxUserPort registry entry for RPC.
275) Default Dynamic Port Range
Date - Dec 23, 2010
Rating - 4
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains the default dynamic port range used by the client computers.
276) Functions Of NetLogon Service On Domain Controllers
Date - Dec 22, 2010
Rating - 3
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains the functions of NetLogon Service on domain controllers.
277) Which Service Is Responsible To Register A and PTR Records In DNS?
Date - Dec 22, 2010
Rating - 4
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains the service which is responsible to register DNS Records on behalf of client computers. This tip applies to Windows 7 also.
278) What Are The Two Things Required To Recover From AD Disaster?
Date - Dec 21, 2010
Rating - 1
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains the two important things required to recover from AD Disaster.
279) Quickly Turn ON/OFF Windows Firewall Using Command Line
Date - Dec 16, 2010
Rating - 4
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Administration
This article explains how you can quickly Turn Windows Firewall On or Off. This tips applies to Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 only!
280) A Quick Tip To Check Schedule Tasks On Remote Computers
Date - Dec 15, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains how you can use Schtasks.exe with Psexec.exe to check schedule Tasks on remote computers.
281) Group Policy Objects and Gpotool.EXE
Date - Dec 15, 2010
Rating - 4.5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains how you can use Gpotool.exe to check the sync problem with Group Policy Objects.
282) Group Policy Processing At Client Computers
Date - Dec 14, 2010
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains how Group Policy processing happens at the client computers.
283) Delegating Server Controls
Date - Dec 10, 2010
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article contains a few links you can use to delegate basic server administrations to junior Administrators.
284) Why DNS Works On Both TCP and UDP
Date - Dec 09, 2010
Rating - 3.3
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains why DNS works on both the protocols; TCP and UDP.
285) Add Domain User To Local Administrators Group
Date - Dec 09, 2010
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains how you can use Psexec.exe to add a domain user to local administrators Security group.
286) A Quick Tip To Create Shared Folders Remotely
Date - Dec 07, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains how you can create shared folders remotely on remote computers.
287) A Quick Tip To Create a Dependable Service
Date - Dec 02, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Customization
This article explains how you can create a service dependable on another service.
288) Run A Custom Script During WIN PE Intialization
Date - Dec 01, 2010
Rating - 4.5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Administration
This article explains how you can run a custom script during WINPE intialization.
289) A Quick Tip To Reconfigure Windows Time Service
Date - Dec 01, 2010
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - TroubleShooting
This article explains how you can reconfigure Windows Time Service
290) A Quick Tip To Check Operating System Architecture
Date - Nov 30, 2010
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Miscellaneous
This tip explains how you can check Operating System architecture on a computer running Windows Operating System.
291) Checking Page File Location On Remote Computers
Date - Nov 25, 2010
Rating - 4
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains how you can check the Pagefile location on remote computers.
292) How To Backup Shared Folders List On A Computer
Date - Nov 24, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Miscellaneous
This article explains how you can save the Shared Folders list on a computer.
293) How To Script PsLogList.EXE To Check Event Logs On Remote Computers
Date - Nov 24, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains how you can script PsLogList.exe to check Event Logs on Remote Computers and save the output in the CSV format.
294) Three Ways To Check Event Logs On Remote Computers
Date - Nov 23, 2010
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Utilities
This article explains how you can check Event Logs on remote computer.
295) How To Change Comment Field For Multiple Servers
Date - Nov 18, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains how you can change the Comment Field located on My Computer for Infrastructure Servers.
296) Force Windows Servers To Log An Event Entry For Disk Space
Date - Nov 17, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Miscellaneous
This article explains a registry hack you can use to configure Disk Space Threshold on Windows Servers.
297) A Quick Tip Restrict Users From Modifying The Schedule Tasks
Date - Nov 17, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains how you can restrict users from deleting a schedule task created by an administrator
298) A Quick Tip To Check For Morphed Folders In An Active Directory Forest
Date - Nov 16, 2010
Rating - 3
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains how you can check for morphed folders in an Active Directory forest.
299) Windows 7 Window Management
Date - Nov 11, 2010
Rating - 3.3
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Miscellaneous
We tend to get lost in the administrative and security features of a new operating system, but sometimes the simplest changes result in the biggest productivity gain. The new window management features in Windows 7 do just that.
300) Deploying WDS Image on 64-bit hardware
Date - Nov 10, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains a problem with WDS Image on 64-bit computers.

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