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[ 4069 ] Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base Last updated: May 23, 2012
[ 802 ]     Windows 2000 Last updated: Jun 08, 2011
[ 587 ]     Windows 2003 Last updated: Jul 19, 2011
[ 242 ]     Windows 7 Last updated: May 23, 2012
[ 202 ]        Admin Tips Last updated: May 23, 2012
[ 20 ]        Registry Tips Last updated: May 10, 2012
[ 20 ]        User Tips Last updated: Apr 18, 2012
[ 20 ]           Miscellaneous Last updated: Apr 18, 2012
[ 1161 ]     Windows NT Last updated: Jun 08, 2011
[ 5 ]           Audit Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 7 ]           Command Shell Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 17 ]           Customization Last updated: Dec 02, 2010
[ 22 ]           DC and DNS Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 24 ]           Disable Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 5 ]           Event Logs Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 13 ]           Hardware Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 13 ]           Hide Last updated: Mar 22, 2006
[ 38 ]           IE and Explorer Last updated: Mar 22, 2006
[ 18 ]           Logon Last updated: Sep 17, 2008
[ 90 ]           Miscellaneous Last updated: Dec 14, 2004
[ 85 ]           Network Last updated: Feb 28, 2005
[ 7 ]           Password Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 14 ]           Print Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 26 ]           Registry Last updated: May 03, 2011
[ 14 ]           Restriction Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 6 ]           Shutdown Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 17 ]           Utilities Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 357 ]     Windows Server 2008 Last updated: May 22, 2012
[ 244 ]     Windows Vista Last updated: Jan 30, 2012
[ 188 ]        Admin Tips Last updated: Jan 17, 2012
[ 13 ]        Registry Tips Last updated: Jan 30, 2012
[ 43 ]        User Tips Last updated: Jul 14, 2011
[ 675 ]     Windows XP Last updated: Jun 09, 2011
[ 362 ]        Admin Tips Last updated: Apr 27, 2011
[ 102 ]        Registry Tips Last updated: Jun 08, 2011
[ 7 ]           Command shell Last updated: Jan 18, 2006
[ 19 ]           Customization Last updated: Dec 02, 2010
[ 13 ]           Disable - Hide Last updated: Apr 06, 2011
[ 6 ]           IE Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[ 24 ]           Miscellaneous Last updated: Jun 08, 2011
[ 20 ]           Network Last updated: Jun 06, 2011
[ 13 ]           Security Last updated: Feb 01, 2011
[ 211 ]        User Tips Last updated: Jun 09, 2011

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

241) 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.
242) testdir.tmp files
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
243) Hide Windows NT from Network Neighborhood Browsing
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
244) Foreign characters appear as question marks when sent from OWA
Date - Feb 18, 2005
Rating - 4.7
Author - Liran Zamir
Section - Exchange
Exchange 2003 supports OWA interface in different languages. When using Internet Explorer 5 and above, the Language settings of Internet Explorer is sent to the OWA server which is turn changes the OWA interface to the matching language.
245) Gaps in Security Log
Date - Jul 14, 2005
Rating - 4.7
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
You found a gap of several hours in your Security log, what does it mean?
246) Bart's PE Builder
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Boot
247) Disable the Getting Started dialog
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
248) Disable Remote Registry Editing
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Registry
249) Disable changes to the desktop toolbars
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Restriction
250) Decreasing the Size of VHD Files by Disabling the SFC
Date - Sep 28, 2006
Rating - 4.7
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Miscellaneous
Virtual Hard Disk files can become incredibly large in size depending on there function. This simple trick will help you shrink them a bit.
251) Create a registered Windows NT service out of applications
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Services
252) Creating a default network profile
Date - Apr 15, 2009
Rating - 4.7
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Deployment
How to create a default network profile in Vista.
253) Control Applets - Run at commandline or call in batch file
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
254) DMA/UDMA and CD drives
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Hardware
255) Hide Network Neighborhood icon and prevent Explorer from network access
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
256) How to Remotely Reconfigure IP from Static Addressing to DHCP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
257) Transparent Screen Lock for Windows 2000/NT/XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
258) Restrict Access to the Windows Update Feature
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
259) Shutdown workstation without logging on
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
260) SMB Signing
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
261) Registry Tip : TCP Max User Port
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
TCP normal user ports 1024-5000. To move higher.
262) Keyboard Buffer Size
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Hardware
Fast typist? Overrunning the keyboard buffer in NT? Increase the buffer size..
263) Which version of NTFS am I running?
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
264) Why does user logon screen come up after standby mode?
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
265) Where is XP's Netmeeting?
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
266) W2K / XP / .NET enable verbose event messages
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
267) 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.
268) Windows NT Network session timeout
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
269) Windows NT/2000/XP Cascading Menus
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
270) Windows 2000 Event: 2506 IRPStackSize Error
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Event log

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