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A Quick Tip Restrict Users From Modifying The Schedule Tasks: Date - Nov 17, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can restrict users from deleting a schedule task created by an administrator
A Quick Tip To Change KCC Interval: Date - Mar 02, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can change the KCC Interval on Windows Domain Controllers.
A Quick Tip To Change RPC Port Range: Date - Dec 29, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the MaxUserPort registry entry for RPC.
A Quick Tip To Change The Location File Based DNS Database: Date - Feb 24, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can change the location of DNS Database of file based DNS Servers.
A Quick Tip To Check If A Port Is Listening On Multiple Computers: Date - Feb 09, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can check if a port is listening on multiple computers.
A Quick Tip To Check Operating System Architecture: Date - Nov 30, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This tip explains how you can check Operating System architecture on a computer running Windows Operating System.
A Quick Tip To Check Schedule Tasks On Remote Computers: Date - Dec 15, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use Schtasks.exe with Psexec.exe to check schedule Tasks on remote computers.
A Quick Tip To Create a Dependable Service: Date - Dec 02, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can create a service dependable on another service.
A Quick Tip To Create A Kernel Memory Dump File Manually: Date - Jun 24, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can create a Kernel Memory dump file for diagnostic purpose.
A Quick Tip To Create A User Mode Process Dump File: Date - Jul 16, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use ADPlus.vbs to create a User Mode Process dump file when a process terminates unexpectedly.
A Quick Tip To Create Shared Folders Remotely: Date - Dec 07, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can create shared folders remotely on remote computers.
A Quick Tip To Fix The Blank Windows Screen: Date - Dec 10, 2008; Rating - 3.3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a quick fix you can use to solve the issue with Windows blank screen.
A Quick Tip To Get A List Of Security Groups A User Belongs To: Date - Sep 17, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a quick tip you can use to get the list of Security Groups a user or users belong/s to.
A Quick Tip To Get Members Of Security Groups: Date - Sep 17, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a command which you can use to get the members of security group or security groups mentioned in a text file.
A Quick Tip To Make Sure FRS Is Working In A Domain: Date - Oct 29, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a small mechanism you can use to make sure FRS is working.
A Quick Tip To Modify Logon Rights On Multiple Computers: Date - Sep 24, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a simple command you can use to modify the "Log On Locally" rights on all the server remotely.
A Quick Tip To Modify The Interval For DHCP Database Cleanup: Date - Feb 18, 2010; Rating - 2.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can modify a registry entry to change the default interval for DHCP Database cleanup process.
A Quick Tip To Prevent Users From Accessing The Computer Tab: Date - Jul 21, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a quick tip which you can use to prevent users from accessing the Computer Tab on My Computer property.
A Quick Tip To Prevent Users From Seeing Schedule Tasks: Date - Jun 15, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can prevent users from accessing the Schedule Tasks created by Administrators or users.
A Quick Tip To Process System Idle Tasks Forcefully: Date - Jun 15, 2010; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can process the System Idle Tasks on Windows Computers. This tip applies to Windows XP, 2000, 2003, Vista and Windows 7 Computers.
A Quick Tip To Reconfigure Windows Time Service: Date - Dec 01, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can reconfigure Windows Time Service
Accessing Preference Mode Internet Explorer Setting in Group Policy: Date - Jun 15, 2006; Rating - 3.7; Author - Chris Sanders; 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.
Add Domain User To Local Administrators Group: Date - Dec 09, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use Psexec.exe to add a domain user to local administrators Security group.
Admin Command Console: Date - Jan 10, 2006; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; I run my main workstation as an ordinary domain user, but I frequently need to perform administrator tasks with it too...
Assigning is Group Policy Software Installations: Date - Mar 21, 2007; Rating - 2.5; Author - Chris Sanders; You are given the option of publishing or assigning software when you are doing a group policy based software installation. What is the difference?
Audit Collection Services (ACS): Date - Jul 19, 2005; Rating - 1.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Microsoft's Audit Collection Services (ACS) is coming soon to simplify collection and management of Security logs throughout your organization.
Automating Disk Defragmentation: Date - Jun 22, 2006; Rating - 4.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 both include a new way to invoke the Windows defragmenter via the command line. This allows for easy automation of this task.
AutoRestartShell And Windows: Date - Mar 08, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use a registry entry to enable auto restart of Explorer.exe shell if it stops unexpectedly.
Avoiding Group Policy Bloat: Date - Jan 03, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to save disk space on SYSVOL when you have lots of Group Policy Objects (GPOs) for your domain.
Batch your patches: Date - Oct 04, 2005; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; One way of minimizing downtime due to patching systems is to batch a bunch of patches together and apply them in one shot.
Can’t Access Your Shadow Copies?: Date - Feb 22, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Chris Sanders; If you are unable to access the configuration of the Volume Shadow Copy service remotely, there may be a good reason why.
Caution with Default Domain Policy: Date - May 25, 2005; Rating - 3.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Describes best practice for using the Default Domain Policy.
Change Management Using AGPM: Date - Aug 09, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Chris Sanders; 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.
Check for problems with GPOs: Date - May 02, 2007; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to check for possible problems with your GPOs.
Checking Page File Location On Remote Computers: Date - Nov 25, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can check the Pagefile location on remote computers.
Comparing RSoP before and after: Date - Apr 26, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to compare RSoP before and after making changes to your Group Policy infrastructure.
Comparing Two Group Policy Objects: Date - Jun 16, 2005; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to compare two GPOs and see how their settings differ.
Configure ABE from the command line: Date - Oct 12, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to configure ABE from the command line.
Configure ABE on a clustered file server: Date - Oct 17, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to configure ABE on a clustered file server
Configuring FTP user isolation with AD integration: Date - May 11, 2006; Rating - 2.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Great little tool for configuring FTP user isolation with AD integration.
Configuring Wireless Security Settings via GPO: Date - Mar 23, 2006; Rating - 3.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Using Group Policy wireless extensions you can more easily manage security and encryption settings for your networks wireless clients.
Consolidating file servers: Date - Nov 30, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Save money by consolidating your file servers.
Copying Group Policy Objects: Date - May 24, 2005; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Save time when implementing Group Policy.
Copying Profiles Using Sysprep: Date - Aug 10, 2006; Rating - 3.1; Author - Chris Sanders; There is a feature that is recently new to Sysprep that can speed up your time and get rid of one of the larger headaches of using the tool.
Creating a GPO Naming Scheme: Date - Jun 21, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; Group Policy Objects can be very confusing if you don’t keep track of them. Creating a naming scheme is a good way to do this.
Custom Provider Creation in MOM: Date - Oct 11, 2006; Rating - 5; Author - Santhosh Sivarajan; Sometimes we need to use custom providers to create MOM Rules. Here is an example of creating a custom provider to return free hard drive space information from drive H.
DatabaseName, DatabasePath and DHCP Server: Date - Jan 14, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the DatabaseName and DatabasePath registry entries of DHCP Server.
Default Dynamic Port Range: Date - Dec 23, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the default dynamic port range used by the client computers.
Delegating Server Controls: Date - Dec 10, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article contains a few links you can use to delegate basic server administrations to junior Administrators.
Deploy WSUS Updates to a Workgroup: Date - Jul 24, 2007; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; In some instances you may need to deploy updates with WSUS to a workgroup that is not a part of your domain. This can be done with a quick registry edit.
Detecting RAID controller cards during Setup: Date - Jun 06, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Troubleshooting USB floppy drive issues that cause text mode Setup to fail.
Disabling network configuration settings using Group Policy: Date - May 08, 2007; Rating - 1.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to disable network configuration settings using Group Policy
Disabling Services in Recovery Console: Date - Dec 19, 2006; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to disable services using Recovery Console
Disabling the RunAs Command: Date - Mar 22, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; To enhance security you can prevent users from using the RunAs command.
Displaying Services Not Running: Date - Jan 09, 2007; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to display services not running.
Don't Bother Deleting C$: Date - Feb 15, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Why deleting the C$ share is not a good idea.
Enable MMC Version 3 in Windows Server 2003 R2: Date - Feb 23, 2006; Rating - 3.7; Author - Chris Sanders; To unlock the newest version of the Microsoft Management Console in Windows Server 2003 R2 you will need to perform the following steps...
Enabling Remote Desktop on a Remote Machine: Date - Apr 13, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; What if you want to use Remote Desktop on a server that's already off-site? Here's how to do it.
Enabling Remote Desktop Remotely: Date - Nov 22, 2006; Rating - 4.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to enable Remote Desktop Remotely
Enabling Services in Recovery Console: Date - Dec 13, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to enable a service using Recovery Console.
Enhance Performance by Moving the Pagefile: Date - Apr 12, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Boost performance by moving your pagefile to a separate volume.
Exempting User Accounts from Domain Password Policies: Date - Jun 14, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; There's one exemption to how domain password policies are applied.
Exporting DNS zone information: Date - Jul 10, 2007; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to expert your DNS zone info.
File server performance: Date - Nov 29, 2005; Rating - 2.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to prevent Shadow Copies from becoming a bottleneck on file servers.
Find All Locked-Out Accounts: Date - May 12, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Use Saved Queries to quickly locate all locked out user accounts.
Find Out When Policy Last Applied: Date - Jun 08, 2005; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to find out when Group Policy was last applied to a remote machine.
Finding Out Why a Service Won't Start: Date - Jan 03, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to display service exit codes.
Finding Service Dependencies: Date - Jan 02, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to use sc.exe to find service dependencies
Finding the Groups a User Belongs To: Date - Nov 02, 2005; Rating - 3.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here's a useful tool for troubleshooting permissions problems arising from membership in groups.
Force Windows Servers To Log An Event Entry For Disk Space: Date - Nov 17, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a registry hack you can use to configure Disk Space Threshold on Windows Servers.
Forcing Offline File Synchronization: Date - Feb 27, 2007; Rating - 2.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Here we look at how to manually synchronize offline files
FRS D2/D4 - When Should You Use Them?: Date - Nov 11, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article discusses about D2 and D4 of File Replication Service in Active Directory and when should you use them?
Group Policy and Dual-Purpose Computers: Date - May 31, 2005; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Use Group Policy to manage dual-use computers.
Group Policy does what it says: Date - Aug 22, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to avoid getting tripped up by Group Policy settings.
Group Policy in a Workgroup Environment: Date - Jun 01, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Using Group Policy in a workgroup setting.
Group Policy Task Force: Date - Jun 21, 2005; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Check out the work of the Group Policy Task Force.
Hitting the Partition Limit Causes Setup to Fail: Date - Jul 12, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How hidden partitions can cause Setup to fail.
How To Backup Shared Folders List On A Computer: Date - Nov 24, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can save the Shared Folders list on a computer.
How To Change Comment Field For Multiple Servers: Date - Nov 18, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can change the Comment Field located on My Computer for Infrastructure Servers.
How To Check If A Service Is Running or Not On Multiple Servers: Date - Feb 16, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use a small CMD script to check the status of a service on multiple computers.
How To Check If Servers In DMZ Are Up and Running Or Pinging?: Date - Nov 26, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the steps you have use to make sure the Servers in the DMZ are pinging from a Desktop computer which is running out of the DMZ.
How to choose a tunneling protocol: Date - Jan 23, 2007; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Which tunneling protocol should you use for VPN?
How to choose a VPN auth protocol: Date - Jan 17, 2007; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How do you decide which auth protocol to use on a VPN client?
How To Compress using Command Line tool?: Date - Feb 16, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use Compress.exe, a command line tool, to compress files on Windows Computers.
How To Disable Caching Of A DNS Record: Date - Mar 01, 2011; Rating - 3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can disable caching of DNS Resource Records for a DNS Server.
How To Enable Hibernation On Multiple Computers: Date - Feb 15, 2011; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can enable Hibernation on multiple computers using a CMD script or Group Policy.
How To Enable Publishing Of APIPA Records In DNS Server: Date - Mar 02, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use a small registry hack to enable building of APIPA records in DNS Server.
How To Know The Primary Member of A SYSVOL Replica Set?: Date - Nov 06, 2008; Rating - 2; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how to determine the Primary Member of a SYSVOL Replica Set in an Active Directory domain.
How to prevent users from installing software: Date - Apr 17, 2007; Rating - 1.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Preventing users from installing software.
How To Recover From A Corrupt Registry Branch: Date - Dec 29, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can recover from a corrupted registry branch.
How To Script PsLogList.EXE To Check Event Logs On Remote Computers: Date - Nov 24, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can script PsLogList.exe to check Event Logs on Remote Computers and save the output in the CSV format.
How To Set Multiple Services On Multiple Remote Computers: Date - Jun 15, 2010; Rating - 2.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains setting up multiple services on remote computers.
Identifying Unused Accounts: Date - Jul 11, 2007; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to identify unused user accounts.
Increasing Free Disk Space on the System Partition: Date - Mar 27, 2008; Rating - 2.3; Author - Chris Sanders; When the system partition on your server gets full, and hardware upgrades aren’t an option, what are you going to do? Here are a few tips.
Installing components from the command line: Date - Jul 19, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to install Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system components from the command line.
Installing the Windows Server 2003 Network Monitor: Date - May 18, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Chris Sanders; The Windows Server 2003 Network Monitor is a very useful tool for network monitoring and troubleshooting. Here is how to install it.
Issues when moving a drive between servers: Date - Nov 12, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 both use NTFS version 5.1. Does this mean that a disk that's used in one platform could be moved to the other and "just work"?
Know what you slipstreamed: Date - Oct 05, 2005; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Slipstreamed installation points are good for deployment--provided you remember what you slipstreamed into them!
Launch Admin Tools from the Command Line: Date - Feb 07, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This list of .msc files will help you run admin tools from the command line.
Launching Control Panel Apps from the Command Line: Date - Feb 08, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to launch Control Panel apps from the command line
LDAP Search Tips: Date - May 05, 2005; Rating - 2.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Unleash the power of Saved Queries using this resource.
Listing your GPOs and GPO links: Date - Jun 27, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to list all your GPOs and their GPO links.
Manage Shadow Copies on Client Machines: Date - May 12, 2005; Rating - 2.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Did you know you can manage shadow copies on the client side from the command line?
Managing Event Logs on Multiple Servers: Date - Jul 13, 2005; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Tools for managing Event logs on multiple Windows servers.
Managing Microsoft Office Applications with Group Policy: Date - Jun 08, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Chris Sanders; In organizations where Microsoft Office is commonplace on workstations, the ability to manage settings within those applications can come in handy. I will show you how we can manage those settings via Group Policy
Maximum number of services: Date - Oct 16, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to see if you are hitting the limit for number of services on a server.
Maximum size for Event logs: Date - Nov 29, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Maximum size for Event logs
MaximumPasswordAge DisablePasswordChange On Client Computers: Date - Jan 27, 2010; Rating - 3.4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how a domain client computer changes its password with the domain controller.
Minimize Number Of Repeated Entries In System Log By NetLogon: Date - Mar 03, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; 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.
Minimizing the performance hit from using ABE: Date - Oct 10, 2006; Rating - 1.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to minimize the performance hit from using ABE.
Missing Computers in the WSUS Console: Date - Apr 16, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Chris Sanders; One of the more frustrating problems I have run into when deploying WSUS is when computers simply do not show up in the console. Here is the most common solution to this problem.
Modifying ACLs from the command line: Date - Jun 05, 2007; Rating - 2.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Using a script to modify permissions.
Monitoring Paging Activity: Date - May 30, 2007; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Which performance counter to use to monitor hard page faults.
Naming printers: Date - Feb 15, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Be careful naming your printers if you want to be able to manage them!
Planning DHCP for Static Assignments: Date - Mar 29, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; 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.
Pre-staging computer accounts: Date - Apr 25, 2007; Rating - 3.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to ensure client computers are not left in an unmanaged state after joining a domain.
Prevent saving to desktop: Date - May 10, 2007; Rating - 2.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to prevent users from cluttering up their desktops with files.
Preventing Offline Files from Caching Certain Files: Date - Mar 01, 2007; Rating - 3.4; Author - Chris Sanders; Certain files can cause headaches for the offline file backup system. Using group policy we can all together exclude these files.
Preventing users from Modifying Group Policy Settings: Date - May 30, 2006; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to prevent users from modifying Group Policy.
Process "Don't Kill List": Date - Dec 06, 2006; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Processes you should avoid killing with Task Manager
Protect Your Security Logs: Date - Jul 26, 2005; Rating - 1.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Tip on how to protect your Security logs.
Pruning Old Computer Accounts in AD: Date - May 25, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Chris Sanders; In large organizations the task of keeping Active Directory cleansed of inactive computer accounts can be daunting. Here are a few ways to ease the process.
Recovering from a lost domain controller: Date - Jul 04, 2007; Rating - 2.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How NOT to replace a dead domain controller.
Reducing the Complexity of Group Policy Troubleshooting: Date - Mar 20, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Chris Sanders; 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.
Refresh Group Policy Remotely: Date - Jun 06, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to refresh Group Policy remotely from the command line.
Reversing Folder Redirection: Date - Jun 16, 2005; Rating - 1.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Careful planning makes it easy to reverse folder redirection later on.
Running admin commands on a workstation: Date - Nov 23, 2005; Rating - 4.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to run admin commands on a workstation when you are logged on as a non-admin.
Schema vs. Enterprise vs. Domain Admins: Date - Jun 20, 2007; Rating - 1.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Domain admins can basically do anything, anywhere in the forest.
Setting Up Disk Quotas with Group Policy: Date - Apr 03, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; Setting up disk quotas manually is good for small networks but for larger ones group policy can make this a lot easier.
Simplifying Quota Management with Quota Templates: Date - Apr 08, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Disk Quotas are a great way to manage physical disk space, but managing them can become cumbersome. Quota templates are a good way to help with this
Size Requirements for the Volume Shadow Copy Service: Date - Jan 25, 2007; Rating - 2.2; Author - Chris Sanders; The Volume Shadow Copy service is a great way to provide an added means of backing up your data. Here we will look at some of the space requirements you will need to plan for when implementing it.
Stop Errors and the System Log: Date - Nov 23, 2006; Rating - 1.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to troubleshoot stop errors using the system log.
Sysprep and networking components: Date - Sep 11, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to properly deploy servers with pre-configured networking components
TechNet Webcast: Enterprise Reporting using Crystal Enterprise 9 and Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.5; Author - Wayne Maples; 82 minutes - you will see how Crystal Enterprise 9 can provide enterprise reporting, analysis and information delivery your organization is looking for. Optimized for enterprise reliability and scalability running on Windows Server 2003, Crystal Enterprise 9 can provide employees across the enterprise with immediate and secure access to up-to-date information. Crystal Decisions solutions enable you to leverage your investments in strategic information systems such as ERP, CRM or data warehousing and maximize your ROI. This seminar will help you understand the benefits of enterprise reporting
TechNet Webcast: Managing Windows Server 2003 Patch Deployments: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3; Author - Wayne Maples; 66 mins - This session covers how SMS and the Software Update Services Feature Pack, together with the Microsoft Solutions for Management 'Critical Patch Management' scenario and best practices can be applied to quickly and effectively apply and implement patch management in enterprise environments.
TechNet Webcast: What’s New in Scripting for Windows 2003?: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; 77 mins - the Microsoft Scripting Guys provide a preview of coming scripting attractions, including such things as: new WMI classes, methods, and properties; the ability to monitor performance; the ability to manage Terminal Server; and the ability to set security on anything and everything from files to folders to registry keys.
TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2003 Maintenance Best Practices: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; 70 mins - This session will uncover ways to make maintenance best practices become common place in an environment and alleviate many of the common firefighting pitfalls.
Terrific Resource for Windows Security Log: Date - Jul 05, 2005; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here's a terrific resource for the Security log that every Windows admin should know about.
The Power with Power Users: Date - Apr 12, 2007; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; The power users group is often misused and can lead to the compromise of a system. Here is why this can happen.
Things Not to Do When Implementing Roaming Profiles: Date - Aug 03, 2006; Rating - 3.8; Author - Chris Sanders; Roaming profiles are very finicky when it comes to certain things. Here is a list of things NOT to do when implementing roaming profiles.
Three Ways To Check Event Logs On Remote Computers: Date - Nov 23, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can check Event Logs on remote computer.
Tool for slipstreaming patches: Date - Oct 06, 2005; Rating - 1.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; It's not easy to slipstream a bunch of patches properly into Windows.
Transferring Ownership of Files: Good or Bad?: Date - May 11, 2005; Rating - 2.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Windows Server 2003 lets you easily transfer ownership of files, but should you?
Troubleshooting Hung Services: Date - Jan 10, 2007; Rating - 2.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to troubleshoot hung services.
Troubleshooting Startup Errors: Date - Dec 05, 2006; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to troubleshoot an "invalid partition table" error
Troubleshooting Startup Problems: Date - Nov 28, 2006; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to troubleshoot "missing or damaged system file" startup errors.
Troubleshooting Universal Group Caching: Date - Apr 27, 2005; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; A tip on how to troubleshoot universal group caching if it doesn't seem to be working properly.
Understanding Site Links: Date - May 10, 2005; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Site links can provide redundancy but not in the way you might think.
Uninstalling WSUS: Date - May 15, 2008; Rating - 3; Author - Chris Sanders; One common problem you may encounter with WSUS is when you go to uninstall it. WSUS has a nasty habit of simply not uninstalling correctly. Here is a quick way to remedy this.
Use a Larger Pagefile for Better Performance: Date - Mar 24, 2005; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; The default pagefile size isn't always enough for best performance, especially when you're running memory-hungry server apps.
Using a Batch File for Resetting Domain Passwords: Date - Mar 02, 2006; Rating - 4.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Occasionally someone in your organization will need to be able to reset passwords of others without having access to active directory. This can be achieved with a simple batch file…
Using a Script to Add a Domain User to a Local Group: Date - Aug 31, 2006; Rating - 3.6; Author - Chris Sanders; 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.
Using the Remote Desktop Client from the Command Prompt: Date - Feb 13, 2006; Rating - 4.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Running the remote desktop client from the command prompt can be very useful in the right situation. Here is how to do it…
Verifying the /3GB switch: Date - Aug 14, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to verify memory allocation when the /3GB switch is used.
Web-based AD management: Date - May 31, 2006; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; A web-based interface to Active Directory you should know about.
What To Check If A Single User Can't Log On To Domain?: Date - Jan 29, 2009; Rating - 3.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the tips you can use to troubleshoot the problem for a user who can't log on to the domain.
When Delegation Doesn't Seem to Take: Date - Dec 09, 2005; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Sometimes you delegate a task to a user, and then later on they can't perform that task. Why?
When Should You Restart FRS?: Date - Nov 19, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article discusses the Regsitry entries of File Replication Service and when should you restart the FRS service for the changes to take effect.
Which DC Is Selected When Promoting A Member Server To DC?: Date - Nov 11, 2008; Rating - 2.7; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article discusses the a mechanism used by the DCPromo.exe to select a DC when promoting a member server to Domain Controller.
Which Service Is Responsible To Register A and PTR Records In DNS?: Date - Dec 22, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the service which is responsible to register DNS Records on behalf of client computers. This tip applies to Windows 7 also.
Why DNS Works On Both TCP and UDP: Date - Dec 09, 2010; Rating - 3.3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains why DNS works on both the protocols; TCP and UDP.