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301) How To Disable Caching Of A DNS Record: Date - Mar 01, 2011; Rating - 3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can disable caching of DNS Resource Records for a DNS Server.
302) How To Disconnect Terminal Server Sessions Using Command Line?: Date - Jul 28, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; This article explains a command you can use to disconnect the Terminal Server Sessions for a particular server remotely or on the servers mentioned in a text file.
303) How To Script PsLogList.EXE To Check Event Logs On Remote Computers: Date - Nov 24, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can script PsLogList.exe to check Event Logs on Remote Computers and save the output in the CSV format.
304) Improving Availability and Reliability with Microsoft Reliability Service: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 135 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper introduces the Microsoft® Reliability Service (MRS), a Web–based service that gives customers the ability to track and improve the availability of their operating system and major applications. With MRS, customers can identify causes for unplanned downtime and take preemptive actions to decrease downtime in the future. This paper describes how MRS gathers information about servers to create reliability reports that customers can use to determine whether they are meeting their availability objectives.
305) Increase file server performance: Date - Jul 12, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Don't use your domain controller as a file server--here's why.
306) How To Enable Publishing Of APIPA Records In DNS Server: Date - Mar 02, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can use a small registry hack to enable building of APIPA records in DNS Server.
307) How To Forcefully Close A File On Remote Computer Using Command Line?: Date - Aug 24, 2008; Rating - 3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; This article explains the steps you can use to close a file forcefully on a remote computer.
308) How To Recover From A Corrupt Registry Branch: Date - Dec 29, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can recover from a corrupted registry branch.
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) Joining a Domain Securely: Date - May 26, 2005; Rating - 2.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to securely add a computer to a domain.
311) 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.
312) 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.
313) Auditing on a per-user basis: Date - Mar 01, 2006; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to configure per-user auditing.
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) Using nLite to Integrate RAID Drivers into Windows Installation Media: Date - Jan 27, 2010; Rating - 2.7; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Windows Server 2003 can be a challenge to install when the drivers for your RAID controller aren’t built into the installation CD. Here is a good way to overcome this without use of a floppy drive.
324) 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.
325) Netsh dhcp not working: Date - Aug 02, 2005; Rating - 2.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; Have trouble running the netsh dhcp command to configure your DHCP servers?
326) 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.
327) 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.
328) Avoid Overuse of Protected Groups: Date - Dec 07, 2005; Rating - 2.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; protected groups, user rights, PDC Emulator
329) 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.
330) 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.