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[ 4067 ] Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base Last updated: May 22, 2012

Latest "Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base" Tips

751) Forcing SUS and WSUS Updates
Date - Jan 18, 2007
Rating - 3.3
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Miscellaneous
A look at how to force SUS and WSUS updates.
752) How to choose a VPN auth protocol
Date - Jan 17, 2007
Rating - 3
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
How do you decide which auth protocol to use on a VPN client?
753) Round Robin DNS and VPN Servers
Date - Jan 16, 2007
Rating - 3.2
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
How to load-balance multiple VPN servers.
754) Planning a Distributed WSUS Deployment
Date - Jan 11, 2007
Rating - 2
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Miscellaneous
When you our managing a LAN/WAN that is veritably spread out, you may want to consider a distributed approach to SUS/WSUS deployment.
755) Troubleshooting Hung Services
Date - Jan 10, 2007
Rating - 2.3
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to troubleshoot hung services.
756) Displaying Services Not Running
Date - Jan 09, 2007
Rating - 3
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to display services not running.
757) Troubleshooting Windows Updates
Date - Jan 04, 2007
Rating - 2.3
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Miscellaneous
Unfortunately updating Windows doesn’t always go as planned. This may help you troubleshoot your Windows update woes.
758) Finding Out Why a Service Won't Start
Date - Jan 03, 2007
Rating - 3.5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to display service exit codes.
759) Finding Service Dependencies
Date - Jan 02, 2007
Rating - 3.5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to use sc.exe to find service dependencies
760) Troubleshooting Network Connections with Netsh
Date - Dec 21, 2006
Rating - 4.3
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Network
Netsh is a very simple to use command-line utility that can make troubleshooting connectivity issues a breeze.
761) Rolling Back Drivers
Date - Dec 20, 2006
Rating - 2.5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - TroubleShooting
How to roll back device drivers
762) Disabling Services in Recovery Console
Date - Dec 19, 2006
Rating - 3.8
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to disable services using Recovery Console
763) Preventing Users from Creating Local User Accounts
Date - Dec 14, 2006
Rating - 3.9
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Miscellaneous
By default, any user on computer can create a local user account. Let’s fix that.
764) Enabling Services in Recovery Console
Date - Dec 13, 2006
Rating - 3
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to enable a service using Recovery Console.
765) Disabling Roaming Profiles When Troubleshooting
Date - Dec 12, 2006
Rating - 2.4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - TroubleShooting
How to disable roaming profiles when troubleshooting a system.
766) 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.
767) Process "Don't Kill List"
Date - Dec 06, 2006
Rating - 3.8
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
Processes you should avoid killing with Task Manager
768) Troubleshooting Startup Errors
Date - Dec 05, 2006
Rating - 2.5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to troubleshoot an "invalid partition table" error
769) Disabling Automatic Private IP Addressing
Date - Nov 30, 2006
Rating - 2.9
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Network
APIPA is a great Windows feature, but there are some occasions when you may not want computers to use it.
770) Troubleshooting Startup Problems
Date - Nov 28, 2006
Rating - 3
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to troubleshoot "missing or damaged system file" startup errors.
771) Stop Errors and the System Log
Date - Nov 23, 2006
Rating - 1.5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to troubleshoot stop errors using the system log.
772) Enabling Remote Desktop Remotely
Date - Nov 22, 2006
Rating - 4.1
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to enable Remote Desktop Remotely
773) Troubleshooting network browsing issues
Date - Nov 21, 2006
Rating - 1
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
Troubleshooting network browsing issues
774) Using the Virtual Server built-in DHCP Server
Date - Nov 16, 2006
Rating - 2.5
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Virtual Platforms
The Virtual Server built-in DHCP server is something not everybody knows about, and it can make your virtual server administration that much easier.
775) Identifying IPv6 Link Local Addresses
Date - Nov 15, 2006
Rating - 2.8
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Troubleshooting
How to identify IPv6 Link Local Addresses
776) Identifying the IPv6 Loopback Address
Date - Nov 14, 2006
Rating - 4.4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Troubleshooting
How to identify the IPv6 Loopback Address
777) Avoiding APIPA
Date - Nov 07, 2006
Rating - 2.8
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - TroubleShooting
How to avoid problems arising from APIPA
778) Troubleshooting network connectivity with a DHCP server
Date - Nov 01, 2006
Rating - 2.4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
How to troubleshoot network connectivity with a DHCP server
779) Configuring the DHCP Cleanup Cycle
Date - Oct 31, 2006
Rating - 1
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
Configuring the DHCP Cleanup Cycle
780) When to lengthen your DHCP lease period
Date - Oct 26, 2006
Rating - 3.6
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
When to lengthen your DHCP lease period

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