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451) How To Change The Default DNS Interval For Domain Controllers?: Date - Jan 14, 2010; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can use a registry entry to change the default DNS Referesh interval for a domain controller.
452) Group Policy Task Force: Date - Jun 21, 2005; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Check out the work of the Group Policy Task Force.
453) Windows reports AMD on Intel hardware: Date - Jul 03, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How Windows reports 64-bit hardware.
454) What Are The Two Things Required To Recover From AD Disaster?: Date - Dec 21, 2010; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains the two important things required to recover from AD Disaster.
455) Port 445 and trust creation: Date - Oct 04, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How port 445 is used in trust creation
456) Patching without downtime: Date - Sep 29, 2005; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; Load balancing and clustering can be used to prevent downtime caused by patching systems.
457) Performing an Offline Defragmentation of Exchange: Date - Feb 20, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Exchange; One of the best ways to increase the performance of an Exchange Server is to perform an offline defragmentation. Here is how to do it.
458) Preventing Group Policy Workarounds: Date - Jun 22, 2005; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; A smart user who has local Administrator or Power Users privileges on their desktop computer may be able to circumvent Group Policy.
459) TechNet Webcast: Introduction to Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 72 mins - introduces the new features of Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 and shows how they can be used to streamline administration, speed deployment, and resolve issues with past Windows network deployments. The broad range of topics includes Active Directory®, IIS 6.0, and scalability.
460) TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Interoperability: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Active Directory; 101:17 minutes - This session covers trust relationships, the Microsoft® Active Directory® Sizer Tool, name resolution methods, migrating accounts from Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 to Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, directory and file replication in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows Server 2003, and interoperation of system and group policy.
461) 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.
462) Setting Up Disk Quotas with Group Policy: Date - Apr 03, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; Setting up disk quotas manually is good for small networks but for larger ones group policy can make this a lot easier.
463) Troubleshooting the Domain Controller Locater Process: Date - Jan 15, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; The more complex the network, the more complex the problem that can occur is. Here is a quick run down on some of the steps required in troubleshooting the domain controller locater process.
464) Verifying Adprep: Date - Jul 05, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Migration; How to verify if Adprep has done its job.
465) Using WSUS on a Server with Limited Disk Space: Date - Jul 01, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Most administrators are under the assumption that you need a great deal of free disk space to take advantage of WSUS. This isn’t always the case.
466) Using the Employee-ID attribute in Active Directory: Date - Dec 20, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Using the Employee-ID attribute in Active Directory.
467) The Power with Power Users: Date - Apr 12, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Security; The power users group is often misused and can lead to the compromise of a system. Here is why this can happen.
468) Terminal Services Advertising in Windows Server 2008: Date - Dec 18, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; This article explains a registry entry for Terminal Services to disable/enable advertising.
469) Troubleshooting network browsing issues: Date - Nov 21, 2006; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; Troubleshooting network browsing issues
470) TechNet Webcast: Windows 2000/2003 Performance Timing and Optimization: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 101:33 minutes - Rand Morimoto, on configuration best practices, network tuning techniques, and suggested daily / weekly / monthly maintenance routines that will help you keep your Windows networking environment in peak performance