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Top Rated "Admin Tips" Tips

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1) A Quick Tip To Get A List Of Security Groups A User Belongs To
Date - Sep 17, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains a quick tip you can use to get the list of Security Groups a user or users belong/s to.
2) A Quick Tip To Get Members Of Security Groups
Date - Sep 17, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains a command which you can use to get the members of security group or security groups mentioned in a text file.
3) A Quick Tip To Create A User Mode Process Dump File
Date - Jul 16, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Admin
This article explains how you can use ADPlus.vbs to create a User Mode Process dump file when a process terminates unexpectedly.
4) A Quick Tip To Enable White Space Logging
Date - Oct 01, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains the use of White Space Logging and how you enable it on the domain controllers.
5) Comparing RSoP before and after
Date - Apr 26, 2007
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to compare RSoP before and after making changes to your Group Policy infrastructure.
6) Checking the Location of Domain FSMO Roles
Date - Jul 03, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Active Directory
Here is a quick tip to finding out where the FSMO roles for a domain are located.
7) Custom Provider Creation in MOM
Date - Oct 11, 2006
Rating - 5
Author - Santhosh Sivarajan
Section - Admin
Sometimes we need to use custom providers to create MOM Rules. Here is an example of creating a custom provider to return free hard drive space information from drive H.
8) Deploy WSUS Updates to a Workgroup
Date - Jul 24, 2007
Rating - 5
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.
9) Detecting RAID controller cards during Setup
Date - Jun 06, 2007
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Miscellaneous
Troubleshooting USB floppy drive issues that cause text mode Setup to fail.
10) Disabling System Speaker Output from Virtual Server
Date - Dec 07, 2006
Rating - 5
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Virtual Platforms
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.
11) DynamicSiteName and SiteName – Which site a client computer belongs to?
Date - Jul 30, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
If you are troubleshooting a client computer which always communicates to a domain controller in different site, you should look at the two registry entries explained in this article. This article applies to Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
12) Fix a Stalled WSUS Update Service
Date - May 07, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Applications
I’ve heard many people complain about not being able to install WSUS because the service just won’t stay running. This is an easy fix.
13) Geographically Dispersed Clusters in Windows Server 2003
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
201 KB Microsoft Word file - This paper discusses multi-site network load balancing and server cluster configurations, along with how to deploy geographically dispersed clusters. Also covered are key server cluster features in Windows Server 2003.
14) How To Forcefully Close A File On Remote Computer Using Command Line?
Date - Aug 24, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Miscellaneous
This article explains the steps you can use to close a file forcefully on a remote computer.
15) Logging Windows Firewall
Date - Mar 15, 2007
Rating - 5
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Security
The built-in windows firewall won’t only stop unwanted traffic at your doorstep, it will log it too!
16) Moving the Default Spooling Directory
Date - Mar 11, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Miscellaneous
In some scenarios, you may need to move the default spooling location for printers on a system. Here is a quick tutorial on how to do that.
17) Prevent accidental deletion of OUs
Date - Dec 12, 2007
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Active Directory
Trying to prevent accidental deletion of OUs
18) Refresh Group Policy Remotely
Date - Jun 06, 2005
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to refresh Group Policy remotely from the command line.
19) Resizing a VHD
Date - Mar 13, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Virtual Platforms
How to expand a virtual hard drive.
20) Securing your Event logs
Date - Jun 07, 2007
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
Preventing rogue administrators from tampering with Event logs.
21) Simplifying Quota Management with Quota Templates
Date - Apr 08, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Admin
Disk Quotas are a great way to manage physical disk space, but managing them can become cumbersome. Quota templates are a good way to help with this
22) Sysprepping and VM Additions
Date - Apr 02, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Virtual Platforms
Sysprepping virtual machines that have VM Additions installed.
23) SYSVOL Replication Notes
Date - Mar 17, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains some notes related to the FRS and SYSVOL replication.
24) TechNet Webcast: Enterprise Reporting using Crystal Enterprise 9 and Windows Server 2003
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Admin
82 minutes - you will see how Crystal Enterprise 9 can provide enterprise reporting, analysis and information delivery your organization is looking for. Optimized for enterprise reliability and scalability running on Windows Server 2003, Crystal Enterprise 9 can provide employees across the enterprise with immediate and secure access to up-to-date information. Crystal Decisions solutions enable you to leverage your investments in strategic information systems such as ERP, CRM or data warehousing and maximize your ROI. This seminar will help you understand the benefits of enterprise reporting
25) TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Maintenance Best Practices
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
70 mins - This session will uncover ways to make maintenance best practices become common place in an environment and alleviate many of the common firefighting pitfalls.
26) TechNet Webcast: Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM): Managing processing resources with Windows Server 2003
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
86 minutes - Microsoft Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) provides resource management and enables the allocation of resources, including processor and memory resources, among multiple applications based on business priorities with Windows Server 2003.
27) Uninstalling WSUS
Date - May 15, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Admin
One common problem you may encounter with WSUS is when you go to uninstall it. WSUS has a nasty habit of simply not uninstalling correctly. Here is a quick way to remedy this.
28) 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.
29) Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Capacity and Scaling
Date - Jul 03, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
469 KB Microsoft Word file - Microsoft Windows Terminal Server lets users run Windows®-based applications on a remote computer running one of the Windows Server 2003 family of operating systems. This white paper contains testing methodologies, results, analysis, and sizing guidelines for Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server.
30) Security Patches as ISO images
Date - Feb 21, 2006
Rating - 4.8
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
You can obtain patches for Windows as an ISO (CD) image.
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