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571) Adding comments to answer files: Date - Jun 12, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can add comments to your XML answer files to keep track of what your answer files are used for.
572) Tweaking DSL Speed (MTU Size) Setting in Windows XP: Date - Jun 11, 2008; Rating - 3.2; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; How to change the MTU size for PPPoE connections.
573) Managing Office 2007 with Group Policy: Date - Jun 10, 2008; Rating - 2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Applications; Office 2007 provides some great new ways to be managed via group policy. Here is what you have to do to utilize those.
574) Three more things you shouldn’t do with Sysprep: Date - Jun 05, 2008; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Three more things you shouldn’t do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer.
575) A Quick Tip to make sure Adprep /ForestPrep for Windows Server 2008 has run successfully: Date - Jun 04, 2008; Rating - 3.8; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; Adprep /ForestPrep must be executed to introduce a Windows Server 2008 in an existing Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 domain environment. This will show you how to make sure that it has run successfully.
576) Introducing the Read-Only Domain Controller: Date - Jun 03, 2008; Rating - 4.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; A new Windows Server 2008 feature that is drawing great praise is the introduction of the Read-Only Domain Controller. Let’s look at what this means to you.
577) Three things you shouldn’t with Sysprep: Date - May 29, 2008; Rating - 4.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Three things you should not do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer.
578) Creating a Central Store for Group Policy Templates: Date - May 28, 2008; Rating - 3.7; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista utilize the ADMX format for a more efficient group policy implementation in regards to administrative templates. You can better manage administrative templates for group policy by using a central store.
579) Changing Windows unlocking behavior: Date - May 22, 2008; Rating - 4.5; Author - Martin Webber; Section - Security; Third party application that allows you to change the unlocking behavior of windows allowing you to set which users can unlock a workstation.
580) Breaking into audit mode: Date - May 21, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to break into audit mode during a manual install of Windows Vista.
581) Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Easy Print: Date - May 20, 2008; Rating - 3.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; One of the most common reasons people shy away from Terminal Services is it’s horrible printer management scheme. Easy Print is a likely solution to these issues.
582) Uninstalling WSUS: Date - May 15, 2008; Rating - 3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; One common problem you may encounter with WSUS is when you go to uninstall it. WSUS has a nasty habit of simply not uninstalling correctly. Here is a quick way to remedy this.
583) The Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Console Switch...Or Lack Thereof: Date - May 14, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; After a terminal services platform upgrade to Windows Server 2008, you may be shocked to find that the console switch is no longer an option when connecting to the terminal server. Where did it go?
584) Changes to Sysprep switches in Vista: Date - May 08, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Differences between Sysprep options for Vista compared with XP
585) Fix a Stalled WSUS Update Service: Date - May 07, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Applications; I’ve heard many people complain about not being able to install WSUS because the service just won’t stay running. This is an easy fix.
586) Implicit answer file search order for Vista: Date - May 06, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How Vista searches for an answer file when you don't tell it where to look
587) Enable Remote Desktop for Server Core: Date - Apr 30, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; One of the first tasks you may want to do on Windows Server 2008 Server core is to enable remote desktop. Here is how to do it.
588) Troubleshooting Vista Installs: Date - Apr 29, 2008; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to troubleshoot Vista installs using Setup logs.
589) Breaking into a command prompt in Windows PE: Date - Apr 24, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to open a command prompt during the Windows PE phase of Windows Setup for Vista.
590) Moving the IE7 Toolbar to Its Classic Position: Date - Apr 23, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - IE and Explorer; The biggest uproar I have ever heard from an IE7 upgrade is that the standard toolbar has moved positions. Here is a registry fix to appease your users if they have this same complaint.
591) What state is Vista Setup currently in?: Date - Apr 22, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to determine what state Windows Setup is in when installing Vista.
592) Vista’s Setup configuration passes for admins who deploy XP: Date - Apr 17, 2008; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Vista’s Setup configuration passes for admins who deploy XP.
593) Missing Computers in the WSUS Console: Date - Apr 16, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; One of the more frustrating problems I have run into when deploying WSUS is when computers simply do not show up in the console. Here is the most common solution to this problem.
594) Where is Sysprep in Vista?: Date - Apr 15, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Where can you find the Sysprep.exe utility in Vista?
595) Important Log Files for Deploying Vista: Date - Apr 10, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Five log files you should know about for troubleshooting Vista deployment problems.
596) Troubleshooting Windows Update Issues with Vista: Date - Apr 09, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; Two log files you can use to try and troubleshoot problems installing updates onto Windows Vista.
597) Simplifying Quota Management with Quota Templates: Date - Apr 08, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; Disk Quotas are a great way to manage physical disk space, but managing them can become cumbersome. Quota templates are a good way to help with this
598) Turning the Windows XP Wireless Utility On or Off: Date - Apr 03, 2008; Rating - 2.1; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network and Security; How to toggle between your wireless adapter’s configuration utility and Windows XP’s.
599) Sysprepping and VM Additions: Date - Apr 02, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Virtual Platforms; Sysprepping virtual machines that have VM Additions installed.
600) Disabling Printer Mapping Terminal Services: Date - Apr 01, 2008; Rating - 2.6; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; Terminal Services allows to ability to map printers from remotely connected clients into terminal sessions. Although this has its place, it may cause some problems. Here is how to stop it.