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211) Enabling Hibernation in Windows Vista and 7: Date - Jan 19, 2011; Rating - 4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; The hibernation feature goes one step beyond simply putting a system to sleep, but configuring this isn’t as easy in Windows Vista and 7 as it has previously been. This tip will show you how to enable it.
212) Deleting Recently Opened PST Files: Date - Jan 18, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; If you’ve ever tried to delete or rename a PST file directly after opening it in Outlook 2007 then you were probably shocked to find that you couldn’t do so for at least thirty minutes. This can become bothersome in certain situations, but we can fix that with a simply registry edit.
213) Changing the name of your MDT server: Date - Jan 13, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Migration; If you change the name of your MDT server then you need to do a few other things to make your deployments continue to work.
214) Specifying the deployment type when running LiteTouch.vbs: Date - Jan 12, 2011; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Migration; You can override the deployment type specified in the CustomSettings.ini file of MDT 2010 when you run LiteTouch.vbs from the command line.
215) Installing Windows 7 on a different partition or disk: Date - Jan 12, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Migration; You can use MDT 2010 to install Windows 7 on a disk or partition you specify.
216) You cannot relocate the Windows directory: Date - Jan 11, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Migration; An explanation of why Windows must always be installed in the Windows directory in Windows Vista and later.
217) Troubleshooting deploy from media method: Date - Jan 06, 2011; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Migration; You are using the deploy from DVD media method with MDT 2010 and an error occurs when Windows files are being expanded.
218) Including software updates in a deployment: Date - Jan 05, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Migration; You should be careful when adding software updates to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
219) A Quick Tip To Prevent NetLogon Service From Registering SRV and Domain Records: Date - Jan 05, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; This article explains how you can use a registry hack to prevent NetLogon from registering SRV, CNAME and Domain DNS Records in the DNS Server.
220) A Quick Tip To Prevent Registration Of A and GC Records For Domain Controllers: Date - Jan 04, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; This article explains how you can prevent NetLogon service from registering A record for Domain Name and Global Catalog.
221) How To Recover From A Corrupt Registry Branch: Date - Dec 29, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can recover from a corrupted registry branch.
222) A Quick Tip To Change RPC Port Range: Date - Dec 29, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Network; This article explains the MaxUserPort registry entry for RPC.
223) Default Dynamic Port Range: Date - Dec 23, 2010; Rating - 3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains the default dynamic port range used by the client computers.
224) Functions Of NetLogon Service On Domain Controllers: Date - Dec 22, 2010; Rating - 3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains the functions of NetLogon Service on domain controllers.
225) Which Service Is Responsible To Register A and PTR Records In DNS?: Date - Dec 22, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains the service which is responsible to register DNS Records on behalf of client computers. This tip applies to Windows 7 also.
226) What Are The Two Things Required To Recover From AD Disaster?: Date - Dec 21, 2010; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains the two important things required to recover from AD Disaster.
227) Quickly Turn ON/OFF Windows Firewall Using Command Line: Date - Dec 16, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Administration; This article explains how you can quickly Turn Windows Firewall On or Off. This tips applies to Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 only!
228) A Quick Tip To Check Schedule Tasks On Remote Computers: Date - Dec 15, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can use Schtasks.exe with Psexec.exe to check schedule Tasks on remote computers.
229) Group Policy Objects and Gpotool.EXE: Date - Dec 15, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can use Gpotool.exe to check the sync problem with Group Policy Objects.
230) Group Policy Processing At Client Computers: Date - Dec 14, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how Group Policy processing happens at the client computers.
231) Delegating Server Controls: Date - Dec 10, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article contains a few links you can use to delegate basic server administrations to junior Administrators.
232) Why DNS Works On Both TCP and UDP: Date - Dec 09, 2010; Rating - 3.4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains why DNS works on both the protocols; TCP and UDP.
233) Add Domain User To Local Administrators Group: Date - Dec 09, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can use Psexec.exe to add a domain user to local administrators Security group.
234) A Quick Tip To Create Shared Folders Remotely: Date - Dec 07, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can create shared folders remotely on remote computers.
235) A Quick Tip To Create a Dependable Service: Date - Dec 02, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Customization; This article explains how you can create a service dependable on another service.
236) Run A Custom Script During WIN PE Intialization: Date - Dec 01, 2010; Rating - 4.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Administration; This article explains how you can run a custom script during WINPE intialization.
237) A Quick Tip To Reconfigure Windows Time Service: Date - Dec 01, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - TroubleShooting; This article explains how you can reconfigure Windows Time Service
238) A Quick Tip To Check Operating System Architecture: Date - Nov 30, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; This tip explains how you can check Operating System architecture on a computer running Windows Operating System.
239) Checking Page File Location On Remote Computers: Date - Nov 25, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can check the Pagefile location on remote computers.
240) How To Backup Shared Folders List On A Computer: Date - Nov 24, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; This article explains how you can save the Shared Folders list on a computer.