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121) 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.
122) View List of Shares: Date - Oct 04, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; See what is being shared to the network.
123) Delete Login Credentials for a Network Share: Date - Sep 29, 2011; Rating - 4.3; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Remove the cached username and password for a network share(s).
124) 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.
125) 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.
126) 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.
127) 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.
128) 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.
129) 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.
130) 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.
131) 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.
132) 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.
133) 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.
134) 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.
135) 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.
136) 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.
137) 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.
138) 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.
139) 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.
140) 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.
141) 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.
142) 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.
143) 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.
144) Querying Event Logs Using Wevtutil: Date - Aug 18, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; Now that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 have significantly more powerful logging capabilities there is a great need for tools to better extract information from these logs. One such tool is called Wevtutil.
145) Allowing users to log into multiple RDS sessions concurrently.: Date - Aug 18, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; How to allow users to log into multiple Remote Desktop Services sessions concurrently.
146) How to ensure defragmentation occurs on Windows 7: Date - Aug 11, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Here's how you can make sure that Windows 7 defragments the computer's hard drive regularly.
147) Identifying 16-bit applications that won't run on 64-bit Windows: Date - Aug 11, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Migration; How to identify 16-bit apps in your current environment that won't be able to run when you migrate users' computers to 64-bit Windows 7.
148) Disabling automatic termination of programs blocking shutdown: Date - Aug 10, 2011; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Here's a tip to reduce helpdesk calls due to the "Programs still need to close" screen in Windows Vista and later.
149) Finding out when your domain password will expire: Date - Aug 10, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Here's how you can find out when your domain password will expire.
150) Running 16-bit apps on 64-bit Windows: Date - Aug 03, 2011; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Applications; Here's is a workaround for running 16-bit apps in 64-bit Windows.