Windows 2003

Last Updated on 19 July 2011, Total: 367 Knowledge Base Tips

361 Admin Tips
37 Active Directory
76 Admin
9 Applications
4 Exchange
11 Migration
66 Miscellaneous
62 Network
77 Security
12 Terminal Servers and Thin Clients
7 Virtual Platforms
4 Registry Tips
3 Miscellaneous
2 User Tips
2 Miscellaneous

  1. Disable First-Run Dialog in Internet Explorer 7

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 19 July 2007
    • 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... Read More

  2. Disabling Automatic Private IP Addressing

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 30 Nov. 2006
    • Section: Network

    APIPA is a great Windows feature, but there are some occasions when you may not want computers to use it... Read More

  3. Disabling Caching of Failed DNS Lookups

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 April 2006
    • Section: Network

    How to prevent caching of failed DNS lookups from preventing you from having DNS name queries resolved... Read More

  4. Disabling Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 22 Jan. 2008
    • Section: Security

    Windows Server 2003 comes out of the box very hardened in some areas. One of these is through Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration. Here is how to disable it... Read More

  5. Disabling LM Authentication

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 22 March 2007
    • Section: Security

    Using strong passwords is useless if they are not encrypted properly. That’s why disabling LM authentication is important... Read More

  6. Disabling Printer Mapping Terminal Services

    Terminal Services allows to ability to map printers from remotely connected clients into terminal sessions. Although this has its place, it may cause some problems. Here is how to stop it... Read More

  7. Disabling Services in Recovery Console

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 19 Dec. 2006
    • Section: Admin

    How to disable services using Recovery Console... Read More

  8. Disabling System Speaker Output from Virtual Server

    The type of beep a virtual machine can push out from a virtual server is something that you may be dying to disable. This is how you do it... Read More

  9. Disabling network configuration settings using Group Policy

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 8 May 2007
    • Section: Network

    How to disable network configuration settings using Group Policy... Read More

  10. Disabling the WZC Service to Solve Random Wireless Disconnects

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 4 May 2006
    • Section: Network

    It is not uncommon for users to report their wireless clients dropping connection at random times. Here is how to cure the most common cause of this... Read More

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