Admin Tips

Last Updated on 14 July 2016, Total: 230 Knowledge Base Tips

3 Active Directory
63 Admin
3 Applications
45 Migration
64 Miscellaneous
23 Network
27 Security
2 Virtual Platforms

  1. Configuring a secondary DNS server from the command line

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 3 April 2012
    • Section: Network

    How to configuring a secondary DNS server on a client computer from the command line... Read More

  2. Configuring IE home page using MDT 2010

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 29 March 2012
    • Section: Migration

    Here's a tip from a reader about configuring the Internet Explorer home page when deploying Windows 7 with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010... Read More

  3. Add Shared Printer as a Local Printer

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 23 March 2012
    • Section: Admin

    Having problems browsing to or adding a Network Printer? Try adding it as a Local Printer... Read More

  4. Quickly Add a Shared Printer to Your Computer

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 20 March 2012
    • Section: Admin

    You don't have to use the Add a Printer wizard... Read More

  5. Don't throw out that hub!

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 14 March 2012
    • Section: Network

    Why you should think twice about throwing out those old Ethernet hubs once you've replaced them with shiny new Ethernet switches... Read More

  6. Routing compartments and Windows 7

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 14 March 2012
    • Section: Network

    Explains some relics of routing compartments in Windows 7... Read More

  7. Protecting cached credentials

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 13 March 2012
    • Section: Security

    Are cached credentials protected by account lockout policy when your laptop is disconnected from the corporate network?... Read More

  8. Troubleshooting BIOS flash problems

    You flash the BIOS on a computer to update the BIOS and now it won't start. What do you do?... Read More

  9. Troubleshooting: Moving a Deployment Share to a Remote Site

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 8 March 2012
    • Section: Migration

    How can you make sure MDT 2010 deployments still work if you move your deployment share to another site?... Read More

  10. Customize the Command Prompt in Windows 7

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 23 Feb. 2012
    • Section: Admin

    Change the look and feel, command history preferences, and edit options, including the useful QuickEdit Mode... Read More

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