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211) How to break into registry to explore HKLM\SAM and HKLM\SECURITY keys?: Date - Jul 16, 2008; Rating - 3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Registry Tools; This article explains how you can use Psexec.exe to execute registry editor to explore SAM and SECURITY registry hives.
212) Specifying the target partition for unattended install of Vista: Date - Jul 15, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here is a tip on specifying the target partition when performing an unattended install of Windows Vista.
213) Administering the Windows Firewall with Windows Server 2008 Group Policy: Date - Jul 10, 2008; Rating - 2.9; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Security; The windows firewall is now more manageable than ever with the group policy options available for it in Windows Server 2008. Here we discuss how to access these.
214) NAP Client state – Three ways to check the state.: Date - Jul 09, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Networking; This article discusses the three ways to check the NAP state on a client computer running Windows Vista and Windows XP with SP3.
215) Moving user profile location in Windows Vista: Date - Jul 08, 2008; Rating - 1.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to move the location where user profiles are stored in Windows Vista.
216) Checking the Location of Domain FSMO Roles: Date - Jul 03, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; Here is a quick tip to finding out where the FSMO roles for a domain are located.
217) How to tell if a computer has been sysprepped.: Date - Jul 02, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s an easy way how you can tell if a computer has been sysprepped.
218) Using WSUS on a Server with Limited Disk Space: Date - Jul 01, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Most administrators are under the assumption that you need a great deal of free disk space to take advantage of WSUS. This isn’t always the case.
219) Removing the Hand from Icons of Shared Folders: Date - Jun 26, 2008; Rating - 2.3; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network and Security; How to prevent the hand from appearing on the icons of shared resources.
220) Replacing the motherboard on a Vista computer that has BitLocker enabled.: Date - Jun 24, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to replace the motherboard on a Vista computer that has BitLocker enabled without losing access to your operating system and data.
221) Changing the Remote Desktop Port: Date - Jun 19, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Changing the listening and connecting port for Windows Remote Desktop Connection.
222) Preparing a disk for an unattended install of Vista: Date - Jun 18, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Here’s a tip for preparing a disk for an unattended install of Windows Vista.
223) Promoting Server Core to a Domain Controller: Date - Jun 17, 2008; Rating - 2.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; This quick tip will show you how to promote a Windows Server 2008 Server Core device to domain controller status.
224) Adding comments to answer files: Date - Jun 12, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can add comments to your XML answer files to keep track of what your answer files are used for.
225) Tweaking DSL Speed (MTU Size) Setting in Windows XP: Date - Jun 11, 2008; Rating - 3.2; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; How to change the MTU size for PPPoE connections.
226) Managing Office 2007 with Group Policy: Date - Jun 10, 2008; Rating - 2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Applications; Office 2007 provides some great new ways to be managed via group policy. Here is what you have to do to utilize those.
227) Three more things you shouldn’t do with Sysprep: Date - Jun 05, 2008; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Three more things you shouldn’t do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer.
228) A Quick Tip to make sure Adprep /ForestPrep for Windows Server 2008 has run successfully: Date - Jun 04, 2008; Rating - 3.6; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; Adprep /ForestPrep must be executed to introduce a Windows Server 2008 in an existing Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 domain environment. This will show you how to make sure that it has run successfully.
229) Introducing the Read-Only Domain Controller: Date - Jun 03, 2008; Rating - 4.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; A new Windows Server 2008 feature that is drawing great praise is the introduction of the Read-Only Domain Controller. Let’s look at what this means to you.
230) Three things you shouldn’t with Sysprep: Date - May 29, 2008; Rating - 4.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Three things you should not do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer.
231) Creating a Central Store for Group Policy Templates: Date - May 28, 2008; Rating - 3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista utilize the ADMX format for a more efficient group policy implementation in regards to administrative templates. You can better manage administrative templates for group policy by using a central store.
232) Changing Windows unlocking behavior: Date - May 22, 2008; Rating - 4.8; Author - Martin Webber; Section - Security; Third party application that allows you to change the unlocking behavior of windows allowing you to set which users can unlock a workstation.
233) Breaking into audit mode: Date - May 21, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to break into audit mode during a manual install of Windows Vista.
234) Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Easy Print: Date - May 20, 2008; Rating - 4.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; One of the most common reasons people shy away from Terminal Services is it’s horrible printer management scheme. Easy Print is a likely solution to these issues.
235) Uninstalling WSUS: Date - May 15, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; One common problem you may encounter with WSUS is when you go to uninstall it. WSUS has a nasty habit of simply not uninstalling correctly. Here is a quick way to remedy this.
236) The Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Console Switch...Or Lack Thereof: Date - May 14, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; After a terminal services platform upgrade to Windows Server 2008, you may be shocked to find that the console switch is no longer an option when connecting to the terminal server. Where did it go?
237) Changes to Sysprep switches in Vista: Date - May 08, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Differences between Sysprep options for Vista compared with XP
238) Fix a Stalled WSUS Update Service: Date - May 07, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Applications; I’ve heard many people complain about not being able to install WSUS because the service just won’t stay running. This is an easy fix.
239) Implicit answer file search order for Vista: Date - May 06, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How Vista searches for an answer file when you don't tell it where to look
240) Enable Remote Desktop for Server Core: Date - Apr 30, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; One of the first tasks you may want to do on Windows Server 2008 Server core is to enable remote desktop. Here is how to do it.