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61) Preventing desktop shortcuts from disappearing in Windows 7: Date - Oct 18, 2011; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to prevent desktop shortcuts from mysteriously disappearing in Windows 7.
62) Installing Windows 7 SP1 using MDT 2010: Date - Oct 13, 2011; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Migration; Tip on installing Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 (once it becomes available) using MDT 2010
63) Getting Msg.exe to work on Windows 7: Date - Oct 12, 2011; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to get Msg.exe to work on Windows 7.
64) Enable Basic Auth for WebDAV on Windows 7: Date - Oct 12, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to enable support for Basic Authentication for WebDAV on Windows 7.
65) Replacing the Explorer Shell in Windows 7: Date - Oct 11, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to replace the Windows Explorer shell in Windows 7 with another shell.
66) Display a list of installed hotfixes on a remote computer: Date - Oct 06, 2011; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to use the Get-Hotfix Windows PowerShell cmdlet to display a list of installed hotfixes on a remote computer.
67) Verify the SQL Server service is running on a remote server: Date - Oct 05, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to use the Get-Service Windows PowerShell cmdlet to verify that the SQL Server service is running on a remote server.
68) Display a list of volumes on a remote computer: Date - Oct 05, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to use the Get-WmiObject Windows PowerShell cmdlet to display a list of volumes on a remote computer.
69) View List of Shares: Date - Oct 04, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; See what is being shared to the network.
70) Delete Login Credentials for a Network Share: Date - Sep 29, 2011; Rating - 4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Remove the cached username and password for a network share(s).
71) Do Not Require Login to Access Shared Folders: Date - Sep 28, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Open access to shared folders so users don't have to enter a username and password.
72) Require Login to Access Shared Folders: Date - Sep 28, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Require users to enter a username and password when accessing shared folders.
73) Hide and Disable HomeGroup: Date - Sep 26, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Prevent the HomeGroup prompt after connecting to a new network and hide the shortcut from windows.
74) Managing local Group Policy on standalone computers: Date - Sep 20, 2011; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to manage local Group Policy on standalone computers in a workgroup environment.
75) Preventing installation of per-user applications: Date - Sep 20, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to prevent the installation of per-user applications on Windows 7 computers.
76) Disabling wireless connections when Windows 7 is connects to a LAN: Date - Sep 16, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; A utility you can use to disable wireless connections when a Windows 7 computer is connected to a wired LAN.
77) Using WMIC to determine whether Windows is running in a virtual machine: Date - Sep 14, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Virtual Platforms; How to use the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line to determine whether Windows is running in a virtual machine.
78) Using PowerShell to determine whether Windows is running in a virtual machine: Date - Sep 14, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Virtual Platforms; How to use Windows PowerShell to determine whether Windows is running in a virtual machine.
79) Running Disk Cleanup hidden: Date - Sep 13, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to run the Disk Cleanup utility hidden from the user's view.
80) Enable Sharing of the Administrative Share in Windows 7 or Vista: Date - Sep 12, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Allow access to the C$ share of Windows 7 or Vista.
81) Use Auditing To Track Changes to Shared Folders: Date - Sep 06, 2011; Rating - 2; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Changes to folders and files in shared folders can be logged in the Event Viewer.
82) Search the Internet from the Windows 7 Start Menu: Date - Sep 06, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Miscellaneous; Windows Vista let you search the web from the Start Menu—get this back in Windows 7.
83) Distributing 802.1X Settings to Clients: Date - Sep 01, 2011; Rating - 2; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; See how you can configure the authentication settings for end-users.
84) Network Command-Line Utilities in Windows: Date - Aug 31, 2011; Rating - 2; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Here's a list of the network related tools you can use at the Command Prompt.
85) Pre-mapping network drives: Date - Aug 31, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to map a network drive when the share you need to connect to isn't available.
86) Updating root certificates: Date - Aug 29, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to determine what root certificates are supported by Windows.
87) Disabling activation pop-ups in demo environments: Date - Aug 24, 2011; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to disable Windows activation pop-ups in demo environments.
88) Renaming a BitLocker-protected computer: Date - Aug 24, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to rename a BitLocker-protected computer without invalidating your recovery key.
89) Disabling compression of RDP traffic: Date - Aug 23, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to disable compression of RDP traffic when it causes problems.
90) Removing the user's root profile folder from the Start menu: Date - Aug 18, 2011; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to remove the user's root profile folder from the Start menu.