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301) Missing Delegation tab: Date - Nov 08, 2007; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Why the Delegation tab might be missing.
302) Migrating Win32 Applications to Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 246 KB Microsoft Word file - This includes applications such as Visual Basic®, 32-bit Windows-based applications, and Web applications written using Active Server Pages (ASP).
303) Minimize Number Of Repeated Entries In System Log By NetLogon: Date - Mar 03, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can use a registry hack to increase the interval for logging duplicate event entries in the System Event Log by the NetLogon service.
304) Preventing Orphaned GPO’s: Date - Jun 13, 2007; Rating - 3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; When you remove a computer from a domain there are a few steps you should take to ensure that its GPO settings are removed properly as well.
305) Planning DHCP for Static Assignments: Date - Mar 29, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; Implementing DHCP usually seems like a pretty straightforward process but there are a few things that are often forgotten during the planning phases of a DHCP implementation.
306) Naming printers: Date - Feb 15, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Be careful naming your printers if you want to be able to manage them!
307) NetWare to Windows Server 2003 Migration Planning Guide: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 5236 KB Microsoft Word file - This guide is intended for customers planning to migrate all or part of their Novell NetWare environment to the Windows Server 2003 operating system and Active Directory® directory service. Using the utilities included in the Microsoft Windows® Services for NetWare product, you can facilitate directory management and improve data availability by establishing directory interoperability. Best practices for planning and preparing for a migration are discussed and detailed step-by-step instructions for both staged and direct migrations are provided.
308) Packet Sniffing on a Switched Network: Date - Oct 18, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; Packet sniffing is one of the best ways to analyze network problems. Unfortunately, doing this on a switched network can be a bit tricky.
309) Listing All DHCP Servers: Date - Aug 09, 2005; Rating - 2.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Want to know the DNS names and IP addresses of all DHCP servers on your network?
310) Disabling Automatic Private IP Addressing: Date - Nov 30, 2006; Rating - 2.9; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; APIPA is a great Windows feature, but there are some occasions when you may not want computers to use it.
311) Creating Dummy (Test) Users: Date - Mar 20, 2008; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; How to create a bunch of dummy or test users quickly in Active Directory.
312) Auditing on a per-user basis: Date - Mar 01, 2006; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to configure per-user auditing.
313) Netsh dhcp not working: Date - Aug 02, 2005; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; Have trouble running the netsh dhcp command to configure your DHCP servers?
314) How To Force Users To Log On To The Domain?: Date - Sep 03, 2008; Rating - 2.8; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains a mechanism you can use to force client computers to log on to the domain.
315) How To Delete System Blocked Files: Date - Sep 24, 2008; Rating - 2.8; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; How to delete Files/Folders which are being blocked by the processes running in the background.
316) Fixed Size vs. Dynamically Expanding Virtual Hard Disks: Date - Oct 19, 2006; Rating - 2.8; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Virtual Platforms; Dynamically expanding virtual hard disks seem like the obvious choice when setting up a virtual machine, but when is this not such a good idea?
317) Get the Latest ADM Files: Date - Jul 12, 2005; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to obtain the latest Administrative Template files from Microsoft.
318) Service Records of Domain Controller used by Various Services and Components: Date - Dec 03, 2008; Rating - 2.8; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains what all components or Services use the SRV records of domain controller.
319) Session Directory and Load Balancing Using Terminal Server: Date - Jul 28, 2004; Rating - 2.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 375 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper discusses how to plan and deploy a load balanced terminal server farm using session directory, and how the session directory operates in a load balanced environment.
320) Saving on administration with Thin Client Computing: Date - Jun 02, 2005; Rating - 2.8; Author - William Henderson; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; A new tool allowing you to measure the savings incurred by converting PCs to thin clients.
321) XP SP2 Breaks Group Policy: Date - Jun 09, 2005; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Resolving an issue with adm files in XP SP2.
322) Which DC Is Selected When Promoting A Member Server To DC?: Date - Nov 11, 2008; Rating - 2.7; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article discusses the a mechanism used by the DCPromo.exe to select a DC when promoting a member server to Domain Controller.
323) How To Quickly Check If Newly Created GPO Replicated To All Domain Controllers?: Date - Mar 25, 2009; Rating - 2.7; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains a quick tip to check whether a newly created GPO replicated to all the Domain Controllers for that domain or not.
324) Preventing Rogue DHCP Clients: Date - Aug 04, 2005; Rating - 2.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; If you are using DHCP on your network and you want to prevent rogue clients from obtaining IP addresses from your DHCP server and participating on your network, your options are simple.
325) Moving Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows 2000 Applications to Windows Server 2003: Date - Sep 07, 2004; Rating - 2.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 202 KB Microsoft Word file - explains how to plan a migration strategy, and it describes how you can use various utilities and technical resources to deploy Windows Server 2003 as an application server and Web server, while minimizing disruption and additional investment.
326) Avoid Overuse of Protected Groups: Date - Dec 07, 2005; Rating - 2.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; protected groups, user rights, PDC Emulator
327) Back Up Printer Configurations: Date - May 18, 2005; Rating - 2.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; Protect your print servers by backing up their printer configurations.
328) Disabling Printer Mapping Terminal Services: Date - Apr 01, 2008; Rating - 2.6; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; 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.
329) Enable Network Support for the Recycle Bin: Date - Jul 22, 2009; Rating - 2.6; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Using a Recycle Bin replacement to protect network shares.
330) How To Quickly Check IP Address on Remote Computers?: Date - Oct 21, 2008; Rating - 2.6; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Network; How to quickly check IP Address information on all the computers using a single command.