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331) Transferring Ownership of Files: Good or Bad?: Date - May 11, 2005; Rating - 2.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Windows Server 2003 lets you easily transfer ownership of files, but should you?
332) Web-based AD management: Date - May 31, 2006; Rating - 2.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; A web-based interface to Active Directory you should know about.
333) Managing SRV Records in DNS: Date - Mar 21, 2006; Rating - 2.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Tip for troubleshooting SRV records.
334) Disable First-Run Dialog in Internet Explorer 7: Date - Jul 19, 2007; Rating - 2.1; Author - Chris Sanders; 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.
335) Disabling Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration: Date - Jan 22, 2008; Rating - 2; Author - Chris Sanders; 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.
336) Don’t forget to secure your UPS!: Date - Apr 04, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Physical security for your servers may be useless if you don't secure your UPS also.
337) Finding Service Dependencies: Date - Jan 02, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to use sc.exe to find service dependencies
338) Consolidating file servers: Date - Nov 30, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Save money by consolidating your file servers.
339) Auditing Access to Sensitive Data: Date - Jul 06, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to see who's accessing sensitive files on a server.
340) Auditing Group Policy Settings: Date - Jun 28, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to use the GPMC for auditing purposes.
341) Authorized DHCP: Date - Dec 04, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to authorize DHCP for clients
342) Automatic Updates for Servers?: Date - Sep 27, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Should the Automatic Updates (AU) feature be used to keep your servers patched?
343) Introduction to Shadow Copies of Shared Folders: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 243 K Word doc - Shadow Copies of Shared Folders helps alleviate data loss by creating shadow copies of files or folders that are stored on network file shares at predetermined time intervals. A shadow copy is essentially a previous version of the file or folder at a specific point in time.
344) How To Quickly Check If Newly Created GPO Replicated To All Domain Controllers?: Date - Mar 25, 2009; Rating - 2; 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.
345) How To Know The Primary Member of A SYSVOL Replica Set?: Date - Nov 06, 2008; Rating - 2; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how to determine the Primary Member of a SYSVOL Replica Set in an Active Directory domain.
346) Group Policy in a Workgroup Environment: Date - Jun 01, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; Using Group Policy in a workgroup setting.
347) Reducing the Complexity of Group Policy Troubleshooting: Date - Mar 20, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; The use of group policy can sometimes bring on unexpected problems. Here are a few tips you can use to reduce the complexity of troubleshooting these fiascos.
348) Migrating Windows NT Server 4.0 Domains to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory3: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 309 KB Microsoft Word file
349) MSDN Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Internet Explorer Security Setting Functionality: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security; 36 minutes - look at the changes made to Internet Explorer in Windows Server 2003 and how these changes will affect the ISV or developer when developing applications. This short webcast will cover the background of why the default settings for Internet Explorer will be set at the highest level of security, how the user's experience will be affected and what an ISV or developer can do to ensure their customer has a productive experience on Windows Server 2003.
350) Terrific Resource for Windows Security Log: Date - Jul 05, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Here's a terrific resource for the Security log that every Windows admin should know about.
351) TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Licensing: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 84:49 minutes - how licensing works, different types of licenses, different modes of license server, and how to install the license server correctly. The presentation is designed to answer frequently asked questions about licensing in a logical fashion. A Q&A session with the Terminal Services development team will follow the presentation.
352) TechNet Webcast: Migrating from Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 77 minutes
353) Security Innovations in Windows Server 2003: Date - Aug 25, 2004; Rating - 1.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security; 205 KB Microsoft Word file - outlines how they facilitate business scenarios such as: building a secure Web application platform, providing secure mobile access, and streamlining identity management across the enterprise.
354) Reversing Folder Redirection: Date - Jun 16, 2005; Rating - 1.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Careful planning makes it easy to reverse folder redirection later on.
355) Avoid Mapped Drives: Date - Nov 10, 2005; Rating - 1.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Why mapped drives can be a bad idea on today's networks.
356) Schema vs. Enterprise vs. Domain Admins: Date - Jun 20, 2007; Rating - 1.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Domain admins can basically do anything, anywhere in the forest.
357) Remote Administration of Windows Servers Using Remote Desktop for Administration: Date - Aug 01, 2004; Rating - 1.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 177 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper explores the design goals and implementation of Remote Desktop in Windows Server 2003, and explains how an enterprise can use this feature to remotely manage its Windows Servers from anywhere.
358) Virtualization and Viruses: Date - Apr 26, 2006; Rating - 1.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to protect your virtual machines without degrading performance.
359) Tool for slipstreaming patches: Date - Oct 06, 2005; Rating - 1.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; It's not easy to slipstream a bunch of patches properly into Windows.
360) How Can I Learn Group Policy?: Date - Jun 14, 2005; Rating - 1.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Need to learn how Group Policy works, what it can do, and how to implement it?