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751) 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.
752) Vista's Setup log: Date - Aug 23, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to disable Vista's Setup log
753) 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.
754) 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.
755) 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.
756) 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.
757) 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.
758) 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.
759) 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.
760) 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.
761) 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.
762) 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.
763) 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.
764) 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.
765) Authoritative vs. Non-Authoritative Restoration of Active Directory: Date - Jul 20, 2006; Rating - 4.1; 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?
766) 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.
767) 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.
768) Default GPO Permissions: Date - Jul 13, 2006; Rating - 3.7; 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.
769) Increase file server performance: Date - Jul 12, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Don't use your domain controller as a file server--here's why.
770) 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.
771) Why do we still need WINS?: Date - Jul 11, 2006; Rating - 3.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; Why do we still need WINS servers on AD networks?
772) Setting up a VPN on the Go: Date - Jul 06, 2006; Rating - 3.2; 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.
773) Simplified EFS: Date - Jul 05, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to encrypt files easily from Windows Explorer.
774) When Windows Won't Shut Down: Date - Jul 04, 2006; Rating - 3.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to automatically kill hung processes when you try to shut down Windows.
775) Keyboard Shortcuts within Remote Desktop: Date - Jun 29, 2006; Rating - 3.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; The various keyboard shortcuts used in Windows change when within a remote desktop window. Here is a list of the more common ones.
776) 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
777) Listing your GPOs and GPO links: Date - Jun 27, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to list all your GPOs and their GPO links.
778) Automating Disk Defragmentation: Date - Jun 22, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 both include a new way to invoke the Windows defragmenter via the command line. This allows for easy automation of this task.
779) Disable hibernation: Date - Jun 21, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; How to disable hibernation in Vista.
780) Disabling UAC: Date - Jun 20, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to disable the UAC feature in Vista.