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Most Popular Tips

1741) Add paths in autoexec to NT's PATH environmental variable
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
1742) Mercury Mail Server
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Email
freeware email server
1743) Disabling System Speaker Output from Virtual Server
Date - Dec 07, 2006
Rating - 5
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Virtual Platforms
The type of beep a virtual machine can push out from a virtual server is something that you may be dying to disable. This is how you do it.
1744) AvoidPDCOnWan and PDC Emulator
Date - Mar 19, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Miscellaneous
This article explains how you can control a domain controller contacting a PDC which is out of the site.
1745) Gord's Batch world
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
1746) Configuring a central store for ADMX templates
Date - Mar 10, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Administration
Windows Vista and later have a way of reducing the SYSVOL bloat that happens with Group Policy in earlier versions of Windows.
1747) Enabling PPP Logging
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
1748) A Quick Tip To Modify The Interval For DHCP Database Cleanup
Date - Feb 18, 2010
Rating - 2.5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains how you can modify a registry entry to change the default interval for DHCP Database cleanup process.
1749) Fixed Size vs. Dynamically Expanding Virtual Hard Disks
Date - Oct 19, 2006
Rating - 2.8
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Virtual Platforms
Dynamically expanding virtual hard disks seem like the obvious choice when setting up a virtual machine, but when is this not such a good idea?
1750) Unblocking executable files on Vista
Date - Feb 25, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
How to get rid of an annoying security dialog.
1751) Troubleshooting utilities, Support WebCast: New Microsoft Windows XP Command-line Tools and Troubleshooting Utilities
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
1752) Keep deleted files out of the recycle bin
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
1753) HD TimeStamp Interval Interferes with power management
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
Power management programs on NT will not function properly if NT is writing a time stamp on the hard disk.
1754) Registry Tip : IPX Packet Burst
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
1755) A Quick Tip To Fix DC SRVs in Active Directory Domain
Date - Dec 02, 2008
Rating - 1
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains how you can use few simple commands to fix the SRV records of a Domain Controller in an Active Directory Domain.
1756) Win95 truncated extensions support in Windows NT
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
1757) SQL Server 2000 Operations Guide
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
1758) Windows 2000 Scroll Programs Start Menu
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
1759) Avoiding Disk Space Waste
Date - May 17, 2006
Rating - 3.7
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Miscellaneous
How to avoid wasting space on NTFS volumes by modifying the default cluster size.
1760) Takeover Word Tip of the Day
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
1761) WINS Tombstoning
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
1762) Windows NT Command-line File Name Completion
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Command Shell
1763) Getting Madge PCMCIA Token Card to Join a Domain During Setup
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
1764) Using Notepad and Wordpad
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
1765) Determining the UUID of a computer
Date - Feb 25, 2011
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Miscellaneous
How to use WMI to determine the UUID of a computer.
1766) Support site, Exchange and Outlook Administrator
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Exchange
1767) The Definitive Guide to Identity Management
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
1768) Service accounts and user profiles
Date - Jul 17, 2007
Rating - 1
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
How to create a profile for a service account and why you may need to do so.
1769) Windows 2000 SP1
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 1.8
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Updates
1770) Windows XP Home and Professional Service Configurations
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 1
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous

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