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Latest "Windows 2003" Tips

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151) Dumping group memberships: Date - Oct 09, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; A useful tool for dumping groups and membership info.
152) Port 445 and trust creation: Date - Oct 04, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How port 445 is used in trust creation
153) DHCP Reservations and Exclusions: Date - Sep 20, 2007; Rating - 3.6; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; When configuring a DHCP server I have often seen people interchange the words reservation and exclusion. These are two incredibly different concepts.
154) Extending basic disks: Date - Sep 19, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to extend a basic disk if you have hardware RAID that supports it
155) Getting low-level disk info: Date - Sep 18, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to get low-level disk info using WMIC.
156) Clearing the ARP Cache: Date - Sep 13, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Knowing how to clear the ARP cache on a workstation or server can often be a good step in troubleshooting connectivity problems.
157) Sysprep and networking components: Date - Sep 11, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to properly deploy servers with pre-configured networking components
158) Viewing the Effective Permissions for a Network Resources: Date - Sep 06, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; It can sometimes be really hard to keep track of the actual permissions a user is receiving based upon all their various group memberships. Here we will look at a place where we can get to the bottom of a user's effective permissions.
159) Using AGPM for Advanced Group Policy Delegation: Date - Sep 05, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; Microsoft’s AGPM tool is a great way to have an extra layer of security when managing group policy on your network.
160) Usage of Fast Reconnect in IAS Implementations: Date - Aug 23, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; The IAS Fast Reconnect feature can greatly increase the efficiency of your wireless client roaming in your wireless network.
161) Group Policy does what it says: Date - Aug 22, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to avoid getting tripped up by Group Policy settings.
162) Verifying the /3GB switch: Date - Aug 14, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to verify memory allocation when the /3GB switch is used.
163) Change Management Using AGPM: Date - Aug 09, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; Keeping track of Group Policy changes can be a daunting task if done manually. Luckily, Microsoft’s AGPM utility makes this process a whole lot easier.
164) Enabling Windows Firewall on domain controllers: Date - Aug 08, 2007; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Steps for enabling WF on domain controllers.
165) Remove IE Supervisor Password: Date - Aug 01, 2007; Rating - 4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Pesky users can do all sorts of things to mess with a workstation. One of these things is to set a supervisor password on Internet Explorer. Here we look at how to remove one.
166) Configuring Security for Server Based Printers: Date - Jul 26, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Security; Anytime you are using a printer in a large network environment you need to make sure it is securely distributed. Here we look at how to set security permissions on a server based printer.
167) Deploy WSUS Updates to a Workgroup: Date - Jul 24, 2007; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; In some instances you may need to deploy updates with WSUS to a workgroup that is not a part of your domain. This can be done with a quick registry edit.
168) Disable First-Run Dialog in Internet Explorer 7: Date - Jul 19, 2007; Rating - 2.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Applications; The first-run dialog in Internet Explorer 7 is great for the individual user, but in a large network environment this is something you would typically prefer your users not to have to deal with. Here is how we fix it.
169) Service accounts and user profiles: Date - Jul 17, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to create a profile for a service account and why you may need to do so.
170) Hitting the Partition Limit Causes Setup to Fail: Date - Jul 12, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How hidden partitions can cause Setup to fail.
171) Identifying Unused Accounts: Date - Jul 11, 2007; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to identify unused user accounts.
172) Exporting DNS zone information: Date - Jul 10, 2007; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to expert your DNS zone info.
173) Verifying Adprep: Date - Jul 05, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Migration; How to verify if Adprep has done its job.
174) Recovering from a lost domain controller: Date - Jul 04, 2007; Rating - 2.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How NOT to replace a dead domain controller.
175) Windows reports AMD on Intel hardware: Date - Jul 03, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How Windows reports 64-bit hardware.
176) Installing Windows into a different folder: Date - Jun 28, 2007; Rating - 4.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to install Windows in a folder other than \Windows.
177) Verifying ports are listening: Date - Jun 26, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to determine if a server is listening on a given port.
178) Creating a GPO Naming Scheme: Date - Jun 21, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; Group Policy Objects can be very confusing if you don’t keep track of them. Creating a naming scheme is a good way to do this.
179) Schema vs. Enterprise vs. Domain Admins: Date - Jun 20, 2007; Rating - 1.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Domain admins can basically do anything, anywhere in the forest.
180) Exempting User Accounts from Domain Password Policies: Date - Jun 14, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; There's one exemption to how domain password policies are applied.