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451) Updating Virtual Machine Additions: Date - Sep 14, 2006; Rating - 2.9; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Virtual Machine Additions greatly improve the performance of any virtual machine. However, we must not forget to update them from time to time.
452) Speed Up Logon Times: Date - Sep 13, 2006; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - TroubleShooting; How to improve logon times when using roaming profiles.
453) Roaming Profiles Won't Roam: Date - Sep 12, 2006; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - TroubleShooting; How to troubleshoot roaming profiles that won't roam.
454) Can't Ping the Server: Date - Sep 07, 2006; Rating - 3.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; Why you can't ping some Windows servers and how to fix it.
455) Fixing HAL Issues: Date - Sep 05, 2006; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - TroubleShooting; How to troubleshoot "HAL.DLL is missing or corrupt" messages.
456) Using a Script to Add a Domain User to a Local Group: Date - Aug 31, 2006; Rating - 3.6; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; There are sometimes situations when you need to be able to script the process of adding a domain user to a local group on a machine. Here is a script that will do just that.
457) Extra-Secure EFS: Date - Aug 29, 2006; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to increase EFS security on Windows XP.
458) Redirecting Command Line Output to the Clipboard: Date - Aug 24, 2006; Rating - 4.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Windows Server 2003 has a great feature which allows you to pipe output from the command line to the clipboard. Here is how to use it.
459) Vista's Setup log: Date - Aug 23, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to disable Vista's Setup log
460) Backing up event logs: Date - Aug 22, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to configure Vista to back up event logs.
461) Managing Multiple Virtual Servers in One Place: Date - Aug 17, 2006; Rating - 4.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; A lot of people are under the impression that to manage multiple virtual servers you need to log onto them all interactively. This tip debunks that myth.
462) More on preventing device installs: Date - Aug 15, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Another way you can configure Vista to prevent certain kinds of devices from being installed.
463) Copying Profiles Using Sysprep: Date - Aug 10, 2006; Rating - 3.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; There is a feature that is recently new to Sysprep that can speed up your time and get rid of one of the larger headaches of using the tool.
464) Prevent any new devices from being installed: Date - Aug 09, 2006; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Vista can be configured to prevent any new devices from being installed.
465) Overriding device installation policies: Date - Aug 08, 2006; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Admins on Vista machines are also subject to device installation restrictions, but you can change this.
466) Things Not to Do When Implementing Roaming Profiles: Date - Aug 03, 2006; Rating - 3.8; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; Roaming profiles are very finicky when it comes to certain things. Here is a list of things NOT to do when implementing roaming profiles.
467) Controlling which kinds of devices can be installed: Date - Aug 02, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; In Vista, you can prevent any specify type of device from being intalled.
468) Disabling removable devices: Date - Aug 01, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to prevent USB devices and other removable devices from being installed in Vista.
469) Forcing Active Directory Replication: Date - Jul 27, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; There may be some instances where you need to force replication between active directory replication partners. Here I will show you one method of doing this.
470) Configuring device installation timeout: Date - Jul 26, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to allow more time for new devices to install properly in Vista.
471) Device installation and system restore: Date - Jul 25, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to minimize creation of new restore points due to frequent driver upgrades and installs.
472) Authoritative vs. Non-Authoritative Restoration of Active Directory: Date - Jul 20, 2006; Rating - 4.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; It is the absolute worst case scenario possible; your domain controller has crashed. So what type of restore do you do?
473) Disabling preferential device drivers: Date - Jul 19, 2006; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to ensure Vista always uses the latest drivers for your devices.
474) Disabling device found popups: Date - Jul 18, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to disable annoying popups for new device detection in Vista.
475) Default GPO Permissions: Date - Jul 13, 2006; Rating - 3.9; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Security; It is very important to assign appropriate permissions to every GPO you create. Here I list the default permissions given to a new GPO.
476) Managing the Builtin Administrator Account: Date - Jul 12, 2006; Rating - 2.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to minimize the hazards of the built-in Administrator account.
477) Increase file server performance: Date - Jul 12, 2006; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Don't use your domain controller as a file server--here's why.
478) Why do we still need WINS?: Date - Jul 11, 2006; Rating - 4.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; Why do we still need WINS servers on AD networks?
479) Setting up a VPN on the Go: Date - Jul 06, 2006; Rating - 3.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; Setting up a VPN in Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP is something that is fairly easy to do in no time at all. Here is a no fluff guide on how to get it done.
480) Simplified EFS: Date - Jul 05, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to encrypt files easily from Windows Explorer.