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[ 3440 ] Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base Last updated: Mar 09, 2010
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[ 14 ]           Terminal Servers and Thin Clients Last updated: Jul 28, 2009
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Top Rated "Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base" Tips

211) DMA/UDMA and CD drives
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Hardware
212) Hide Network Neighborhood icon and prevent Explorer from network access
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
213) Forcing a remote logoff
Date - Nov 27, 2007
Rating - 4.6
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
How to force a user to log off of a remote machine
214) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home / Pro
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
215) 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
216) Restrict Access to the Windows Update Feature
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
217) Shutdown workstation without logging on
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
218) SMB Signing
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
219) Transparent Screen Lock for Windows 2000/NT/XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
220) Which version of NTFS am I running?
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
221) Why does user logon screen come up after standby mode?
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
222) Where is XP's Netmeeting?
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
223) Windows 2000 Event: 2506 IRPStackSize Error
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Event log
224) Windows 2000 Event: 2506 IRPStackSize Error
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
225) Windows 2000 Domain Controller Operations Master Roles
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Active Directory
226) Windows 2000 Hide LastLogon ID
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
227) Windows 2000 Installation Monitor
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
228) W2K / XP / .NET enable verbose event messages
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
229) VMWare Problem When Saving Large Files
Date - Nov 23, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Kirill Katsnelson
Section - Network
When saving a file to a Windows Server 2003 host share from a VM running a Windows OS, a message from `Srv' 2025 `The server has detected an attempted Denial-Of-Service attack from client \\*name*, and has disconnected the connection' is logged, where *name* is that of said VM. The VM at the same time logs a redirector error and usually reports a cache write-back failure in an application pop-up.
230) 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.
231) Windows NT/2000/XP Cascading Menus
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
232) Windows NT Network session timeout
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
233) Transparent Screen Lock for Windows 2000/NT/XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
234) Unhide Windows 2000 Recycle Bin when dragging and dropping files
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
235) Use Esentutl when Ntdsutil tool fails to repair the Active Directory database
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Active Directory
236) Use netsh to configure your laptop's nic for different networks
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
237) Simplified EFS
Date - Jul 05, 2006
Rating - 4.5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
How to encrypt files easily from Windows Explorer.
238) Setting Default Email Client Per User in XP
Date - Sep 09, 2009
Rating - 4.5
Author - Eric Geier
Section - Outlook and Outlook Express
Individually change each user's default email client.
239) Right-click a document and copy or move it to another folder using Context Menu
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
240) Running chkdsk on very large volumes
Date - Jun 13, 2006
Rating - 4.5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Miscellaneous
Using DFS to get around long wait times checking very large volumes.

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