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541) Virtual PC performance tip: Date - Feb 22, 2006; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; Yet another tip on improving the performance of Virtual PC.
542) Security Patches as ISO images: Date - Feb 21, 2006; Rating - 4.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; You can obtain patches for Windows as an ISO (CD) image.
543) Delaying Startup Services: Date - Feb 16, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Registry Tips; The need can easily arise to require a particular service to be delayed in order for your server to initialize various protocols properly. Here we see how to do this using service dependencies.
544) Don't Bother Deleting C$: Date - Feb 15, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Why deleting the C$ share is not a good idea.
545) Enforcing Group Policy: Date - Feb 14, 2006; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to force Group Policy to apply even when users can override settings using local admin credentials.
546) Using the Remote Desktop Client from the Command Prompt: Date - Feb 13, 2006; Rating - 4.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; Running the remote desktop client from the command prompt can be very useful in the right situation. Here is how to do it…
547) Launching Control Panel Apps from the Command Line: Date - Feb 08, 2006; Rating - 4.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to launch Control Panel apps from the command line
548) Launch Admin Tools from the Command Line: Date - Feb 07, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; This list of .msc files will help you run admin tools from the command line.
549) Get KB Articles Fast: Date - Feb 02, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; A registry hack that lets you find KB articles--fast!
550) Turning on Autologon: Date - Feb 01, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network and Security; A simple way of enabling autologon and when you might want to use it.
551) Kiosk Computers: Date - Jan 31, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - IE and Explorer; How to set up a computer as a kiosk for web browsing.
552) Powering Up Msconfig.exe: Date - Jan 26, 2006; Rating - 2.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - TroubleShooting; Here's an improved troubleshooting utility from Microsoft you should know about.
553) System Restore and the Desktop: Date - Jan 25, 2006; Rating - 3.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How System Restore can cause users to lose files, and what to do about it.
554) Preventing Users From Circumventing Group Policy: Date - Jan 24, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Given enough privileges, a user can often circumvent Group Policy restrictions. Here's what you can do about it.
555) Using Windows Explorer as Admin: Date - Jan 19, 2006; Rating - 2.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Customization; In a previous tip I showed how you can open Internet Explorer by using the batch file e.bat from a command line...
556) Installing MSI Packages with Elevated Privileges: Date - Jan 18, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Want to right-click on a .msi file and select Run As? Here's how!
557) Local accounts and Group Policy: Date - Jan 17, 2006; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Group Policy can be a minefield and some policy settings are best left unchanged...
558) 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...
559) Admin Command Console: Date - Jan 10, 2006; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; I run my main workstation as an ordinary domain user, but I frequently need to perform administrator tasks with it too...
560) Managing devices on XP desktops: Date - Jan 05, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Customization; Managing devices on XP desktops requires admin-level credentials, but what if your users don't have such credentials and yet you want to let them manage their own devices?
561) Administrator account with no password: Date - Jan 04, 2006; Rating - 2.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network and Security; While conventional wisdom is that Administrator accounts should have long, complex passwords, this is not always so...
562) Avoiding Group Policy Bloat: Date - Jan 03, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to save disk space on SYSVOL when you have lots of Group Policy Objects (GPOs) for your domain.
563) Adding Pop-Up Blocker Exceptions via GPO: Date - Dec 22, 2005; Rating - 4.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - IE and Explorer; Occasionally there are sites that we as domain administrators need to allow pop-ups for across the board. This tip shows how to do this with Group Policy.
564) Checking Local Group Policy: Date - Dec 21, 2005; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; There may be times when you want to check the Local Group Policy Settings on a desktop machine.
565) When to use and not use universal group membership caching: Date - Dec 20, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; This tip explains when to use and not use universal group membership caching.
566) More Grace Period for Restoring Active Directory: Date - Dec 14, 2005; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Watch those tombstones when restoring Active Directory from backup--but there's less worry if you have Service Pack 1 installed.
567) When Delegation Doesn't Seem to Take: Date - Dec 09, 2005; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Sometimes you delegate a task to a user, and then later on they can't perform that task. Why?
568) Avoid Overuse of Protected Groups: Date - Dec 07, 2005; Rating - 2.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; protected groups, user rights, PDC Emulator
569) Get Rid Of Those Balloons!: Date - Dec 06, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Command shell; Balloon tips can be annoying if they keep appearing--here's how to eliminate them.
570) Secure USB ports: Date - Dec 01, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to prevent users from downloading sensitive files using USB keys.