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631) Find all encrypted files: Date - Jan 08, 2008; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to find all the EFS encrypted files on a machine.
632) What is the difference between a Role and a Feature when customizing your Windows 2008 Server?: Date - Jan 03, 2008; Rating - 3.4; Author - David Davis; Section - Admin; Have you ever gone to install something in Windows 2008 Server and you are given the choice between installing a role or a feature? Which do you choose? Let's find out.
633) Creating a password reset disk: Date - Jan 02, 2008; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Creating a password reset disk
634) Using the Employee-ID attribute in Active Directory: Date - Dec 20, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Using the Employee-ID attribute in Active Directory.
635) Identifying duplicate machines: Date - Dec 19, 2007; Rating - 4.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - TroubleShooting; How to find Windows installations that are exact copies of each other.
636) Finding global catalog servers: Date - Dec 18, 2007; Rating - 1.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; How to find all GCs in a domain
637) Prevent accidental deletion of OUs: Date - Dec 12, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Trying to prevent accidental deletion of OUs
638) Why is there no CLI Telnet in Windows Server 2008?: Date - Dec 11, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - David Davis; Section - Miscellaneous; Like me, I am sure you are used to running telnet in Windows. it isn't there anymore in Windows Server 2008. Find out what to do in this article...
639) Editing the DNS Root Hints Files: Date - Dec 06, 2007; Rating - 4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; DNS Root Hints are essential for the location of records that takes place during DNS recursion. Here are a couple of quick tips regarding DNS Root Hints.
640) Authorized DHCP: Date - Dec 04, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to authorize DHCP for clients
641) Maximum size for Event logs: Date - Nov 29, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Maximum size for Event logs
642) Utilizing the Alternative IP Address: Date - Nov 28, 2007; Rating - 3.6; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network and Security; How to streamline your IP configuration in Windows XP when regularly switching between static and dynamic IP addressing networks.
643) Forcing a remote logoff: Date - Nov 27, 2007; Rating - 3.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to force a user to log off of a remote machine
644) What happened to NTBACKUP in Window Server 2008?: Date - Nov 22, 2007; Rating - 2.9; Author - David Davis; Section - Admin; In Windows 2000 and 2003, ntbackup is a well-known application. In Windows 2008 Server, you won't find it. What do you do?
645) Listening ports and services: Date - Nov 20, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to find what ports your server is listening on and which service is listening on each port
646) What is RemoteApp for Windows Server 2008?: Date - Nov 15, 2007; Rating - 2.3; Author - David Davis; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; A very cool new feature included with Windows Server 2008 is Termnial Server's RemoteApp. Let's find out how this can help you!
647) Virtual Server Volume Shadow Services: Date - Nov 13, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Virtual Platforms; Microsoft has recently released Service Pack 1 for Virtual Server 2005 R2 which includes a fantastic new feature called Volume Shadow Services.
648) Missing Delegation tab: Date - Nov 08, 2007; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Why the Delegation tab might be missing.
649) Finding schema differences: Date - Nov 06, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; How to find schema differences between two forests.
650) How do you connect to multiple remote desktops all at the same time with Windows Server 2008?: Date - Nov 02, 2007; Rating - 2.3; Author - David Davis; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; Try out the new Windows Server 2008 tool to connect to ultiple remote desktops all at the same time!
651) Deleting files from network shares: Date - Oct 30, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; Deleting files from network shares
652) The Windows Automated Installation Kit: Date - Oct 25, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Deployment; Deploying workstations is something that can be very time consuming. Microsoft has recently released its Windows Automated Installation Toolkit to aide in this process.
653) Finding and deleting zero sized files: Date - Oct 23, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; Cool command-line trick for finding and deleting bogus files.
654) Packet Sniffing on a Switched Network: Date - Oct 18, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; Packet sniffing is one of the best ways to analyze network problems. Unfortunately, doing this on a switched network can be a bit tricky.
655) Maximum number of services: Date - Oct 16, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to see if you are hitting the limit for number of services on a server.
656) Dumping group memberships: Date - Oct 09, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; A useful tool for dumping groups and membership info.
657) Port 445 and trust creation: Date - Oct 04, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How port 445 is used in trust creation
658) Disk Cleanup in Windows Vista: Date - Oct 02, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Misc; Windows Vista is just like any other operating system in that it uses a whole variety of temporary storage that must be cleaned occasionally. Here is how to do it.
659) Logon hours on standalone machines: Date - Sep 27, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to configure logon hours for local users on standalone machines in a workgroup
660) Securely transfer data between Vista machines: Date - Sep 25, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Networking; How to securely transfer data between Vista machines