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451) Getting XP Computers to Appear on Network Map: Date - Apr 01, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Troubleshooting; Installing LLTD protocol on XP, so PC will appear on Vista's Network Map
452) How To Quickly Check If Newly Created GPO Replicated To All Domain Controllers?: Date - Mar 25, 2009; Rating - 2.7; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains a quick tip to check whether a newly created GPO replicated to all the Domain Controllers for that domain or not.
453) Backup Latency Threshold In Windows Server 2003 With SP1: Date - Mar 25, 2009; Rating - 3.7; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can use a registry entry to display a warning message if a Naming Partition is not backed up for many days.
454) A Quick Tip To Configure Time Service In Active Directory Environment: Date - Mar 24, 2009; Rating - 3.7; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can configure time service for an active directory environment.
455) 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.
456) Tip To Check Network and DNS Settings Before Deploying A DC or Domain: Date - Mar 19, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains a small tip or syntax of a command you can use to check the network and DNS settings before deploying a child domain or additional domain controller in an existing forest.
457) What is Replication Queue and who manages the Queue?: Date - Mar 19, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains the mechanim Bridgehead Servers use to process the replication changes.
458) SYSVOL Replication Notes: Date - Mar 17, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains some notes related to the FRS and SYSVOL replication.
459) 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.
460) Securing Windows images using permissions: Date - Mar 04, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Customized Windows images may contain sensitive or proprietary information. Here's a tip on how to secure your images using permissions when using Windows Deployment Services.
461) When not to use NTFS compression: Date - Mar 04, 2009; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; NTFS compression usually works fine on client systems, but be careful using it on servers.
462) WinRE partitions and Vista SP1: Date - Mar 03, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; If you've deployed Vista RTM computers with a WinRE RTM partition, do you have to update the WinRE partition to SP1 when you update your operating system to SP1?
463) A Quick Tip To Disable "Initial Configuration Tasks List": Date - Feb 26, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; This article explains how you can disable the Initial Configuration Task List at logon.
464) 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.
465) Vista SendTo shortcuts: Date - Feb 25, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Shell (GUI); How can you add entries to the right-click (shortcut) menu in Vista?
466) TCP Chimney Offload and Windows Server 2008: Date - Feb 24, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to verify that your server is utilizing the capabilities of a NIC that supports TCP Chimney Offload.
467) Uninstall applications in Safe Mode: Date - Feb 19, 2009; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - TroubleShooting; How can you uninstall Windows Installer-based applications in Safe Mode if you need to?
468) Accessing a Hidden or Administrative Share: Date - Feb 18, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network and Security; Bringing up a shared folder or drive you or the system have hidden.
469) Creating a Hidden or Administrative Share: Date - Feb 18, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network and Security; Preventing a shared folder or drive from showing in My Network Places and Network
470) Changing Login Credentials for Shared Computers: Date - Feb 17, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network and Security; How to change the username and password used to access a shared resource.
471) Tips for Securing Your Wireless LAN: Date - Feb 04, 2009; Rating - 3.4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Ways to protect your Wi-Fi network from eavesdroppers and hackers.
472) What All Ports Are Rrequired By Domain Controllers And Client Computers?: Date - Feb 04, 2009; Rating - 3.9; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains the key port requirement for Client computers and Domain Controllers communicating with each other.
473) A Quick Tip To Check If PDC Emulator Is Working: Date - Feb 04, 2009; Rating - 4.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can tell if PDC Emulator in an Active Directory Domain is working.
474) What To Check If A Single User Can't Log On To Domain?: Date - Jan 29, 2009; Rating - 3.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains the tips you can use to troubleshoot the problem for a user who can't log on to the domain.
475) Using ADMX Migrator: Date - Jan 28, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; ADMX Migrator is a useful tool you can use to convert ADM template files to ADMX template files.
476) Preventing processing of local Group Policy: Date - Jan 28, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; In Windows Vista and later you can prevent the processing of local Group Policy by configuring—guess what—a Group Policy setting!
477) A Quick Tip To Verify The SRV Records Of Domain Controllers: Date - Jan 27, 2009; Rating - 3.3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can use the NSLOOKUP tool to verify the SRV records of a domain controller.
478) How To Browse NTDS.DIT Offline: Date - Jan 22, 2009; Rating - 3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article shows how you can browse the NTDS.DIT (Active Directory database file) offline by using the DSAMIN command in Windows Server 2008.
479) Group Policy and Event Logs in Vista: Date - Jan 21, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; In previous versions of Windows, Group Policy information was logged to the System log and additional troubleshooting information could be obtained by enabling Userenv.dll logging.
480) Enabling Group Policy Debug Logging in Vista: Date - Jan 21, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; In Windows Vista and later you can obtain additional detailed information concerning Group Policy processing by enabling debug logging. This can be useful when troubleshooting Group Policy processing issues.