Windows Server 2012/2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 8 May 2008
• Section: Deployment

Differences between Sysprep options for Vista compared with XP... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 7 May 2008
• 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... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 6 May 2008
• Section: Deployment

How Vista searches for an answer file when you don't tell it where to look... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 30 April 2008
• 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... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 29 April 2008
• Section: Deployment

How to troubleshoot Vista installs using Setup logs... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 24 April 2008
• Section: Deployment

How to open a command prompt during the Windows PE phase of Windows Setup for Vista... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 23 April 2008
• Section: IE and Explorer

The biggest uproar I have ever heard from an IE7 upgrade is that the standard toolbar has moved positions. Here is a registry fix to appease your users if they have this same complaint... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 22 April 2008
• Section: Deployment

How to determine what state Windows Setup is in when installing Vista... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 17 April 2008
• Section: Deployment

Vista’s Setup configuration passes for admins who deploy XP... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 16 April 2008
• Section: Admin

One of the more frustrating problems I have run into when deploying WSUS is when computers simply do not show up in the console. Here is the most common solution to this problem... Read More