Admin Tips

Last Updated on 19 July 2011, Total: 361 Knowledge Base Tips

37 Active Directory
76 Admin
9 Applications
4 Exchange
11 Migration
66 Miscellaneous
62 Network
77 Security
12 Terminal Servers and Thin Clients
7 Virtual Platforms

  1. Avoiding Metabase Corruption

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 Aug. 2005
    • Section: Network

    IIS 6 on W2K3 has a new feature that helps prevent metabase corruption... Read More

  2. Back Up Printer Configurations

    Protect your print servers by backing up their printer configurations... Read More

  3. Backing Up DHCP

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 27 July 2005
    • Section: Network

    There's an important difference in how W2K and W2K3 store DHCP information... Read More

  4. Batch your patches

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 4 Oct. 2005
    • Section: Admin

    One way of minimizing downtime due to patching systems is to batch a bunch of patches together and apply them in one shot... Read More

  5. Be an example

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 18 Oct. 2005
    • Section: Security

    Want users in your company to follow the security policies and practices you lay down?... Read More

  6. Building in Security for Applications in Windows Server 2003

    • by Wayne Maples
    • Published on 20 April 2004
    • Section: Applications

    388 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper outlines how the flexible, out-of-the-box security technologies in Windows Server 2003 and the .NET Framework can help prevent malicious code from breaching a corporate firewall. It also offers suggestions for making programs of all kinds more secure and easier to manage... Read More

  7. Can I convert existing PCs to thin clients?

    Yes you can. There is no need to have to buy thin client devices, you can simply convert old (or new) PC's to thin clients. The advantage of doing this is that you will significantly reduce management of these PC's. There are several solutions to convert PC's to thin clients:... Read More

  8. Can't Ping the Server

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 7 Sept. 2006
    • Section: Network

    Why you can't ping some Windows servers and how to fix it... Read More

  9. Can’t Access Your Shadow Copies?

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 22 Feb. 2007
    • Section: Admin

    If you are unable to access the configuration of the Volume Shadow Copy service remotely, there may be a good reason why... Read More

  10. Caution with Default Domain Policy

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 25 May 2005
    • Section: Admin

    Describes best practice for using the Default Domain Policy... Read More

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