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

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 6 April 2005
• Section: Security

Enhance security by preventing ordinary users from being able to install devices... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 5 April 2005
• Section: DHCP and DNS

If DHCP is absolutely critical to your network, be paranoid and keep a hot-spare DHCP server available... Read More

• by Tony Bradley
• Published on 1 April 2005
• Section: Network

It is difficult to protect devices that you don't even know exist. In larger enterprises it is very easy to lose track of the asset inventory which leads to complacency about rogue devices. In order to effectively protect the network and to respond to incidents efficiently, an updated asset inventory and network map should always be handy... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 29 March 2005
• Section: DHCP and DNS

Forget the 80/20 rule for DHCP server availability and use 50/50 instead... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 24 March 2005
• Section: Miscellaneous

The default pagefile size isn't always enough for best performance, especially when you're running memory-hungry server apps... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 24 March 2005
• Section: Security

In high security environments you can use Reservations to ensure the security and availability of DHCP servers... Read More

• by Tony Bradley
• Published on 22 March 2005
• Section: Security

Wireless networks add a significant level of convenience for many users. The ability to roam at will and access the network without adding wires is quite useful. But, you need to do so securely. There are a number of basic steps you should take to protect your wireless network and filtering MAC addresses is one more way to secure it... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 22 March 2005
• Section: Security

To enhance security you can prevent users from using the RunAs command... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 18 March 2005
• Section: File Systems

Want a quick hard-copy report of quota usage on a volume?... Read More

• by Leon Funnell
• Published on 18 March 2005
• Section: Exchange

This is a VBScript which I wrote. It allows you to mount/dismount/delete a store at the command line, so you can do an offline defrag, etc... Read More