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Top Rated Tips

661) Monitor and capture all text a program writes to the screen
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
662) 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.
663) Moving the system hard drive to another computer
Date - Jun 09, 2009
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Misc
How to move the system hard drive of a computer running Windows Vista to a new computer without generating a Stop message.
664) Limit the total number of users who can log onto NT Server
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
665) LDAP and Exchange port conflict
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
666) Issues using Windows Server 2008 as a workstation OS
Date - Sep 23, 2010
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Miscellaneous
Some users like to run a server OS such as Windows Server 2008 on their workstations. This tip describes some of the issue you may encounter when you do this.
667) Managing devices on XP desktops
Date - Jan 05, 2006
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Customization
Managing devices on XP desktops requires admin-level credentials, but what if your users don't have such credentials and yet you want to let them manage their own devices?
668) Managing Windows Servers with Windows 7
Date - Jun 23, 2010
Rating - 4
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Admin
Windows 7 does not inherently come with the ability to manage your Windows servers. This tip will tell you what you need in order to be able to manage everything from your Windows 7 desktop.
669) Lockdown right-click on the Start Button
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
670) Make Notepad Wordwrap
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
671) Windows ICF: Can't Live With it, Can't Live Without it
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network and Security
672) Windows Freeware and Commercial Personal Firewalls for SOHO Small Office and Home
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network and Security
673) Windows NT Administrative Toolset(aka AINTX)
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
674) Windows NT FTP Server
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
675) Windows Server Backup and New Features In Windows Server 2008
Date - Apr 28, 2009
Rating - 4
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article list of new features added to the Windows Server Backup tool in Windows Server 2008.
676) Windows NT Retirement Cycle
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
677) Using Users to Test Patches
Date - Sep 15, 2005
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
You can use your own users to test patches for client OSes and applications, if you do it the right way.
678) W2K Time Synchronization Service
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
679) Vista's Setup log
Date - Aug 23, 2006
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Administration
How to disable Vista's Setup log
680) When to use GPT disks
Date - May 21, 2009
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Misc
When you should choose GPT disks over MBR.
681) When Delegation Doesn't Seem to Take
Date - Dec 09, 2005
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
Sometimes you delegate a task to a user, and then later on they can't perform that task. Why?
682) 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.
683) Who changed Administrator password?
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
684) Why Upgrade from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003
Date - Aug 23, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
250 KB Microsoft Word file - Windows Server 2003 provides many new tools, services, and features that make a compelling case for upgrading from Microsoft Windows NT® Server 4.0. This white paper explains the overall benefits of upgrading and addresses the significant management and cost saving benefits provided by the Active Directory® service. The rest of the paper examines enhancements in key server roles.
685) XP commandline registry tool
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Command shell
686) XP : speedup access to network shares
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network and Security
687) Xwindows mouse functionality
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Hardware
NT support for mouse Xwindows autoraise and snapto functionality.
688) XP Time Synchronization
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
689) Windows 2000 disable link state detection for TCP/IP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
690) Why do we still need WINS?
Date - Jul 11, 2006
Rating - 3.9
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
Why do we still need WINS servers on AD networks?

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