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How To Check If A Service Is Running or Not On Multiple Servers: Date - Feb 16, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use a small CMD script to check the status of a service on multiple computers.
Delegating Server Controls: Date - Dec 10, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article contains a few links you can use to delegate basic server administrations to junior Administrators.
A Quick Tip To Reconfigure Windows Time Service: Date - Dec 01, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can reconfigure Windows Time Service
A Quick Tip To Check Operating System Architecture: Date - Nov 30, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This tip explains how you can check Operating System architecture on a computer running Windows Operating System.
Add Domain User To Local Administrators Group: Date - Dec 09, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use Psexec.exe to add a domain user to local administrators Security group.
Three Ways To Check Event Logs On Remote Computers: Date - Nov 23, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can check Event Logs on remote computer.
A Quick Tip To Get Members Of Security Groups: Date - Sep 17, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a command which you can use to get the members of security group or security groups mentioned in a text file.
A Quick Tip To Get A List Of Security Groups A User Belongs To: Date - Sep 17, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a quick tip you can use to get the list of Security Groups a user or users belong/s to.
Monitor Share Usage for File Server Migration: Date - Apr 07, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Leon Funnell; How to monitor share access on a file server.
When Delegation Doesn't Seem to Take: Date - Dec 09, 2005; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Sometimes you delegate a task to a user, and then later on they can't perform that task. Why?
How To Enable Hibernation On Multiple Computers: Date - Feb 15, 2011; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can enable Hibernation on multiple computers using a CMD script or Group Policy.
Which Service Is Responsible To Register A and PTR Records In DNS?: Date - Dec 22, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the service which is responsible to register DNS Records on behalf of client computers. This tip applies to Windows 7 also.
Default Dynamic Port Range: Date - Dec 23, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the default dynamic port range used by the client computers.
Checking Page File Location On Remote Computers: Date - Nov 25, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can check the Pagefile location on remote computers.
What To Check If A Single User Can't Log On To Domain?: Date - Jan 29, 2009; Rating - 3.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the tips you can use to troubleshoot the problem for a user who can't log on to the domain.
Active Directory Remote Admin Scripts: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples
Recover Lost Windows NT Administrator Password: Date - Sep 07, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples
A Quick Tip To Fix The Blank Windows Screen: Date - Dec 10, 2008; Rating - 3.3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a quick fix you can use to solve the issue with Windows blank screen.
Why DNS Works On Both TCP and UDP: Date - Dec 09, 2010; Rating - 3.3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains why DNS works on both the protocols; TCP and UDP.
How To Change Comment Field For Multiple Servers: Date - Nov 18, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can change the Comment Field located on My Computer for Infrastructure Servers.
A Quick Tip To Create a Dependable Service: Date - Dec 02, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can create a service dependable on another service.
A Quick Tip To Check Schedule Tasks On Remote Computers: Date - Dec 15, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use Schtasks.exe with Psexec.exe to check schedule Tasks on remote computers.
A Quick Tip To Change RPC Port Range: Date - Dec 29, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the MaxUserPort registry entry for RPC.
How To Script PsLogList.EXE To Check Event Logs On Remote Computers: Date - Nov 24, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can script PsLogList.exe to check Event Logs on Remote Computers and save the output in the CSV format.
A Quick Tip Restrict Users From Modifying The Schedule Tasks: Date - Nov 17, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can restrict users from deleting a schedule task created by an administrator
How To Backup Shared Folders List On A Computer: Date - Nov 24, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can save the Shared Folders list on a computer.
Restricting the Enterprise Administrators Group: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples
A Quick Tip To Prevent Users From Seeing Schedule Tasks: Date - Jun 15, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can prevent users from accessing the Schedule Tasks created by Administrators or users.
A Quick Tip To Create Shared Folders Remotely: Date - Dec 07, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can create shared folders remotely on remote computers.
How To Recover From A Corrupt Registry Branch: Date - Dec 29, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can recover from a corrupted registry branch.
A Quick Tip To Check If A Port Is Listening On Multiple Computers: Date - Feb 09, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can check if a port is listening on multiple computers.
How To Compress using Command Line tool?: Date - Feb 16, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use Compress.exe, a command line tool, to compress files on Windows Computers.
A Quick Tip To Change The Location File Based DNS Database: Date - Feb 24, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can change the location of DNS Database of file based DNS Servers.
A Quick Tip To Make Sure FRS Is Working In A Domain: Date - Oct 29, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a small mechanism you can use to make sure FRS is working.
FRS D2/D4 - When Should You Use Them?: Date - Nov 11, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article discusses about D2 and D4 of File Replication Service in Active Directory and when should you use them?
Which DC Is Selected When Promoting A Member Server To DC?: Date - Nov 11, 2008; Rating - 2.7; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article discusses the a mechanism used by the DCPromo.exe to select a DC when promoting a member server to Domain Controller.
Microsoft's Administration Tools for Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.6; Author - Wayne Maples
How To Set Multiple Services On Multiple Remote Computers: Date - Jun 15, 2010; Rating - 2.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains setting up multiple services on remote computers.
How To Know The Primary Member of A SYSVOL Replica Set?: Date - Nov 06, 2008; Rating - 2; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how to determine the Primary Member of a SYSVOL Replica Set in an Active Directory domain.
Win9x user accounts become workstation Administrators after upgrade to Windows 2000 Professional: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples
A Quick Tip To Process System Idle Tasks Forcefully: Date - Jun 15, 2010; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can process the System Idle Tasks on Windows Computers. This tip applies to Windows XP, 2000, 2003, Vista and Windows 7 Computers.
How To Check If Servers In DMZ Are Up and Running Or Pinging?: Date - Nov 26, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the steps you have use to make sure the Servers in the DMZ are pinging from a Desktop computer which is running out of the DMZ.
A Quick Tip To Modify Logon Rights On Multiple Computers: Date - Sep 24, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a simple command you can use to modify the "Log On Locally" rights on all the server remotely.