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Top Rated Tips

781) Quorums in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Clusters
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
395 KB Microsoft Word file - This document provides a basic explanation of the two types of quorums available in Microsoft Windows server clusters.
782) Probe for MAC addresses
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
783) Put Admin tools on Start Menu
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
784) Keystroke loggers and spy software / hardware
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
785) Map Your Network For Better Protection and Incident Response
Date - Apr 01, 2005
Rating - 3.7
Author - Tony Bradley
Section - Security
It is difficult to protect devices that you don't even know exist. In larger enterprises it is very easy to lose track of the asset inventory which leads to complacency about rogue devices. In order to effectively protect the network and to respond to incidents efficiently, an updated asset inventory and network map should always be handy.
786) MDeamon Mail Server
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Email
Commercial
  • AntiVirus Plug-in
  • Content Filter Processing
  • LDaemon LDAP Server Support
  • IMAP4 support
  • Public Folders
  • Custom Mail Queue Support
  • Automatic Gateway Creation
  • Multiple Domain Support
  • Server-Side Mail Filtering
  • Mailing Lists
  • Integration with Outlook
  • Account Restrictions
  • List Pruning
  • Inactive Account and Old Mail Purging
  • NT Account Integration
  • Account Templates
  • Account Editor
  • Update Checker
  • Reverse Lookup Verification
  • Domain Gateways
  • On-Demand Mail Relay (ATRN)
  • Smart Mail Spooling and Routing
  • APOP, CRAM-MD5 and LOGIN Authentication Support
  • Dialup Control
  • Quota System Enhancements
  • Aliasing Advancements
  • System Tray Icons
  • Auto Responder
  • Priority Mail
  • MultiPOP
  • Programmable API
  • SMS Gateway Support
  • ESMTP Authentication
  • Spam Blocker
  • AntiSpam
  • Suppression Lists
  • IP Shielding
  • POP Before SMTP
  • 787) Memory management parameters
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Miscellaneous
    788) Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA)
    Date - Mar 07, 2005
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Security
    789) Naming Network Connections
    Date - Apr 12, 2006
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Mitch Tulloch
    Section - Network
    Take a moment to name your network connections appropriately and save yourself time when troubleshooting later on.
    790) netcat ( nc ) utility resources
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Network
    791) Mixed versus Native Mode Windows 2000 Domain Ports
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Domain
    Mixed versus Native Mode Windows 2000 Domain is more that presence of NT domain controllers.
    792) Most Recently Used Documents
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - IE and Explorer
    793) Run batch file at Windows NT startup with no one logged on
    Date - Mar 07, 2005
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Miscellaneous
    794) Running IE from the command line
    Date - Jan 12, 2006
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Mitch Tulloch
    Section - IE and Explorer
    Here's a simple way you can run Internet Explorer from the command line...
    795) Save Desktop Icon Layout
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Customization
    796) Schema Object Identifiers OIDs
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Active Directory
    797) Set i386 Source Path
    Date - Nov 11, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Chris Calderon
    Section - Miscellaneous
    Get rid of an annoying message when you try to add or remove Windows components.
    798) Unhide Windows XP Recycle Bin when dragging and dropping files
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Miscellaneous
    799) Tweakui for Win9x, ME, NT, W2K and XP
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Utilities
    800) Troubleshooting Universal Group Caching
    Date - Apr 27, 2005
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Mitch Tulloch
    Section - Admin
    A tip on how to troubleshoot universal group caching if it doesn't seem to be working properly.
    801) Installing Windows NT on a Large IDE Hard Disk
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Installation
    802) Enable MMC Version 3 in Windows Server 2003 R2
    Date - Feb 23, 2006
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Chris Sanders
    Section - Applications
    To unlock the newest version of the Microsoft Management Console in Windows Server 2003 R2 you will need to perform the following steps...
    803) Enable Network Map for Public or Domain Networks
    Date - Apr 08, 2010
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Eric Geier
    Section - Networking
    Make the network map appear when on a public or domain network.
    804) EasyRecovery FileRepair repairs and restores corrupted Microsoft® Office files
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Utilities
    805) DNS Namespace: Create a Child Domain in Active Directory and Delegate the DNS Namespace to the Child Domain
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - DHCP and DNS
    806) FileMon monitors named pipes and all file system activity
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Utilities
    807) 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.
    808) Creating a Central Store for Group Policy Templates
    Date - May 28, 2008
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Chris Sanders
    Section - Active Directory
    Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista utilize the ADMX format for a more efficient group policy implementation in regards to administrative templates. You can better manage administrative templates for group policy by using a central store.
    809) Creating a password reset disk
    Date - Jan 02, 2008
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Mitch Tulloch
    Section - Security
    Creating a password reset disk
    810) Control Desktop and Explorer Info Descriptions
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Customization

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