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571) Consolidating file servers: Date - Nov 30, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Save money by consolidating your file servers.
572) File server performance: Date - Nov 29, 2005; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to prevent Shadow Copies from becoming a bottleneck on file servers.
573) Disable ALL autostart features in Windows XP (pro and home): Date - Nov 24, 2005; Rating - 3.4; Author - Robert Olovsson; Section - Disable - Hide; This little trick will disable all autoplay features, eg. CDs, USB-memories etc.
574) Running admin commands on a workstation: Date - Nov 23, 2005; Rating - 4.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to run admin commands on a workstation when you are logged on as a non-admin.
575) Disable Remote Desktop: Date - Nov 22, 2005; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to disable Remote Desktop on XP machines.
576) Improve XP start time: Date - Nov 17, 2005; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Booting; Speed XP startup by removing unneeded autostart programs.
577) Avoid Mapped Drives: Date - Nov 10, 2005; Rating - 1.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network and Security; Why mapped drives can be a bad idea on today's networks.
578) Backing up Outlook Express: Date - Nov 09, 2005; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Outlook and Outlook Express; A simple way to back up your mail and news settings for Outlook Express.
579) Security Options Ignored: Date - Nov 08, 2005; Rating - 2.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Why are some Security Options in Group Policy not being applied?
580) Simple Ways to Harden Clients: Date - Nov 03, 2005; Rating - 2.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Three simple ways to harden Windows XP clients.
581) Finding the Groups a User Belongs To: Date - Nov 02, 2005; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Here's a useful tool for troubleshooting permissions problems arising from membership in groups.
582) Why It's Hard to Harden Clients: Date - Nov 01, 2005; Rating - 1.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Servers are usually hardened--why not clients?
583) A Common Misconception Regarding Security Logs: Date - Oct 27, 2005; Rating - 2.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Do domain controllers share security logs?
584) Eliminating the Welcome Screen: Date - Oct 26, 2005; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to prevent the Welcome screen from running when your users turn on their OEM-supplied XP boxes for the first time.
585) Value of Auditing Workstations: Date - Oct 25, 2005; Rating - 2.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Why you might consider enabling auditing on workstations...
586) Top 5 Group Policy Links: Date - Oct 20, 2005; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Five great resrouces with helpful information on Group Policy...
587) Group Policy without Active Directory: Date - Oct 19, 2005; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Can Group Policy be configured on a per-user basis without Active Directory?
588) Be an example: Date - Oct 18, 2005; Rating - 2.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Want users in your company to follow the security policies and practices you lay down?
589) Security policies--where to start: Date - Oct 13, 2005; Rating - 1.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; If you tell IT managers they need to create a formal, written security policy for their company (many small- and mid-sized companies don't have one) what's the first thing they'll say in response?
590) Wipe Your Drive: Date - Oct 12, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Hard drives should be wiped clean before disposing of them.
591) What Defense In Depth Is NOT: Date - Oct 11, 2005; Rating - 2.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; A common misconception concerning network security is the meaning of the term "defense in depth".
592) Tool for slipstreaming patches: Date - Oct 06, 2005; Rating - 1.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; It's not easy to slipstream a bunch of patches properly into Windows.
593) Know what you slipstreamed: Date - Oct 05, 2005; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Slipstreamed installation points are good for deployment--provided you remember what you slipstreamed into them!
594) Batch your patches: Date - Oct 04, 2005; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; One way of minimizing downtime due to patching systems is to batch a bunch of patches together and apply them in one shot.
595) Patching without downtime: Date - Sep 29, 2005; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; Load balancing and clustering can be used to prevent downtime caused by patching systems.
596) Management software and security: Date - Sep 28, 2005; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Which kind of management software is more secure, agent-based or agentless?
597) Automatic Updates for Servers?: Date - Sep 27, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Should the Automatic Updates (AU) feature be used to keep your servers patched?
598) Using the Performance Console for Patch Testing: Date - Sep 20, 2005; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; The Performance can be helpful for testing a patch before applying it to a system.
599) Remove Unused Drivers and Devices: Date - Sep 16, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - TroubleShooting; If you remove a piece of hardware, particularly USB devices that may be frequently swapped out, without first Uninstalling it in Device Manager, the drivers remain behind, but the device no longer shows up in Device Manager by default.
600) Using Users to Test Patches: Date - Sep 15, 2005; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; You can use your own users to test patches for client OSes and applications, if you do it the right way.