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931) Changing the IP Address of a Server: Date - Oct 09, 2008; Rating - 2.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; Changing the IP address of a Windows server requires some special consideration. Here are a couple of things to make note of when doing this.
932) Remove New item from Windows NT right-click menu: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Restriction
933) Alphabetize Start Menu: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
934) Moving Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 Applications to Windows Server 2003: Date - Sep 07, 2004; Rating - 2.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 202 KB Microsoft Word file - explains how to plan a migration strategy, and it describes how you can use various utilities and technical resources to deploy Windows Server 2003 as an application server and Web server, while minimizing disruption and additional investment.
935) Stop Unauthorized DNS Zone Transfers from Microsoft's DNS Server: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
936) Dual Booting Windows 2000 and NT: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Installation
937) Activate screen saver when no one is logged on: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Logon
938) Preventing users from Modifying Group Policy Settings: Date - May 30, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to prevent users from modifying Group Policy.
939) How to Debug a User Mode Crash Dump with Windbg: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
940) Using Audit Mode for Sysprep: Date - Aug 26, 2008; Rating - 1.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s the who, the why and the how to use audit mode in Sysprep.
941) Hiding an Entire Computer from Network Users: Date - Aug 12, 2009; Rating - 3.2; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Preventing network users from seeing a computer in My Network Places or Network.
942) TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 90:35 mins - presentation will cover several of the network infrastructure features of Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003. Topics covered in this session will include Network Address Translation (NAT) and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Certificate Services, remote access policies, Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), and Internet Authentication Service (IAS), an implementation of a Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) server.
943) Configuring Windows Update via GPO: Date - Jan 24, 2007; Rating - 3.8; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Much to the appeal of network administrators everywhere, windows update settings for individual computers can be set via group policy. Here is how to do it.
944) How to Determine Whether a Client Is Connected by RAS or LAN: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
945) Propagating Permissions in Exchange 2007 Public Folders: Date - Jan 27, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Exchange; This tip will explain how to propagate permissions through an Exchange 2007 public folder structure.
946) Restrict which programs can be run: Date - Jun 28, 2006; Rating - 3.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to restrict which programs are allowed to run on a computer
947) Copying Group Policy Objects: Date - May 24, 2005; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Save time when implementing Group Policy.
948) Windows Management Instrumentation WMI: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Applications
949) Disable NT Print Sharing Controls: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
950) Joining a Domain Securely: Date - May 26, 2005; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to securely add a computer to a domain.
951) HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Registry
952) Screen Saver : How to change the Windows Logon Screen Saver in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
953) MSDN Webcast: Using Authorization Manager on Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security; 83 mins - In this advanced session, we will learn how to leverage the Authorization Manager API that’s built into Windows Server 2003 to control access to resources and limit the tasks that a user can perform. We’ll write code to perform dynamic access checks on specific tasks. We’ll compare and contrast controlling authorization via a custom-built SQL scheme and using the Active Directory and Authorization Manager in Windows Server 2003. Finally, we’ll explore how roles can be inherited and integrate auditing.
954) Security Innovations in Windows Server 2003: Date - Aug 25, 2004; Rating - 1.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security; 205 KB Microsoft Word file - outlines how they facilitate business scenarios such as: building a secure Web application platform, providing secure mobile access, and streamlining identity management across the enterprise.
955) Domain last user logged onto: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Logon
956) Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Capacity and Scaling: Date - Jul 03, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 469 KB Microsoft Word file - Microsoft Windows Terminal Server lets users run Windows®-based applications on a remote computer running one of the Windows Server 2003 family of operating systems. This white paper contains testing methodologies, results, analysis, and sizing guidelines for Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server.
957) Testing applications under XP with AppVerifier: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
958) Block access to Windows NT NetBIOS: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
959) MSDN Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Internet Explorer Security Setting Functionality: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security; 36 minutes - look at the changes made to Internet Explorer in Windows Server 2003 and how these changes will affect the ISV or developer when developing applications. This short webcast will cover the background of why the default settings for Internet Explorer will be set at the highest level of security, how the user's experience will be affected and what an ISV or developer can do to ensure their customer has a productive experience on Windows Server 2003.
960) Windows 2000 Hide Common Dialog Places Bar: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous