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121) What All Ports Are Rrequired By Domain Controllers And Client Computers?: Date - Feb 04, 2009; Rating - 3.8; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains the key port requirement for Client computers and Domain Controllers communicating with each other.
122) Things Not to Do When Implementing Roaming Profiles: Date - Aug 03, 2006; Rating - 3.8; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; Roaming profiles are very finicky when it comes to certain things. Here is a list of things NOT to do when implementing roaming profiles.
123) Admin Command Console: Date - Jan 10, 2006; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; I run my main workstation as an ordinary domain user, but I frequently need to perform administrator tasks with it too...
124) Configuring Windows Update via GPO: Date - Jan 24, 2007; Rating - 3.8; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Much to the appeal of network administrators everywhere, windows update settings for individual computers can be set via group policy. Here is how to do it.
125) Disabling Services in Recovery Console: Date - Dec 19, 2006; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to disable services using Recovery Console
126) Enabling Caching of Universal Groups: Date - Apr 19, 2005; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; How to enable caching of universal groups in Windows Server 2003 and why this is useful in branch office scenarios.
127) How to remove unwanted local user accounts: Date - Apr 10, 2007; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to get rid of those pesky local user accounts on your workstations, or at least mitigate their unwanted presence.
128) Find all encrypted files: Date - Jan 08, 2008; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to find all the EFS encrypted files on a machine.
129) Map Your Network For Better Protection and Incident Response: Date - Apr 01, 2005; Rating - 3.7; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; It is difficult to protect devices that you don't even know exist. In larger enterprises it is very easy to lose track of the asset inventory which leads to complacency about rogue devices. In order to effectively protect the network and to respond to incidents efficiently, an updated asset inventory and network map should always be handy.
130) Naming Network Connections: Date - Apr 12, 2006; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; Take a moment to name your network connections appropriately and save yourself time when troubleshooting later on.
131) Enable MMC Version 3 in Windows Server 2003 R2: Date - Feb 23, 2006; Rating - 3.7; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Applications; To unlock the newest version of the Microsoft Management Console in Windows Server 2003 R2 you will need to perform the following steps...
132) Disabling Caching of Failed DNS Lookups: Date - Apr 11, 2006; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to prevent caching of failed DNS lookups from preventing you from having DNS name queries resolved.
133) Default GPO Permissions: Date - Jul 13, 2006; Rating - 3.7; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Security; It is very important to assign appropriate permissions to every GPO you create. Here I list the default permissions given to a new GPO.
134) Creating a password reset disk: Date - Jan 02, 2008; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Creating a password reset disk
135) Accessing Preference Mode Internet Explorer Setting in Group Policy: Date - Jun 15, 2006; Rating - 3.7; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; Group Policy contains many hidden jewels that are not always easy to find. Here we look at some advanced internet explorer settings that aren’t readily visible to the naked eye.
136) A Quick Tip To Configure Time Service In Active Directory Environment: Date - Mar 24, 2009; Rating - 3.7; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can configure time service for an active directory environment.
137) Backup Latency Threshold In Windows Server 2003 With SP1: Date - Mar 25, 2009; Rating - 3.7; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can use a registry entry to display a warning message if a Naming Partition is not backed up for many days.
138) Troubleshooting Universal Group Caching: Date - Apr 27, 2005; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; A tip on how to troubleshoot universal group caching if it doesn't seem to be working properly.
139) Quorums in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Clusters: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network; 395 KB Microsoft Word file - This document provides a basic explanation of the two types of quorums available in Microsoft Windows server clusters.
140) Using a Script to Add a Domain User to a Local Group: Date - Aug 31, 2006; Rating - 3.6; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; There are sometimes situations when you need to be able to script the process of adding a domain user to a local group on a machine. Here is a script that will do just that.
141) When to lengthen your DHCP lease period: Date - Oct 26, 2006; Rating - 3.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; When to lengthen your DHCP lease period
142) DHCP Reservations and Exclusions: Date - Sep 20, 2007; Rating - 3.6; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; When configuring a DHCP server I have often seen people interchange the words reservation and exclusion. These are two incredibly different concepts.
143) IIS 6 and MIME Types: Date - Sep 07, 2005; Rating - 3.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Serving up files from a web server running IIS 6 can sometimes be problematical.
144) Finding Out Why a Service Won't Start: Date - Jan 03, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to display service exit codes.
145) Finding Service Dependencies: Date - Jan 02, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to use sc.exe to find service dependencies
146) Monitoring Paging Activity: Date - May 30, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Which performance counter to use to monitor hard page faults.
147) Determining Memory Requirements for Virtual Server: Date - Oct 05, 2006; Rating - 3.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Virtual Platforms; When planning for a Virtual Server deployment there are a few extra considerations to think about when determining your memory requirements.
148) Enforcing Group Policy: Date - Feb 14, 2006; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to force Group Policy to apply even when users can override settings using local admin credentials.
149) Can’t Access Your Shadow Copies?: Date - Feb 22, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; If you are unable to access the configuration of the Volume Shadow Copy service remotely, there may be a good reason why.
150) Change Management Using AGPM: Date - Aug 09, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; Keeping track of Group Policy changes can be a daunting task if done manually. Luckily, Microsoft’s AGPM utility makes this process a whole lot easier.