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. Using Process Explorer to Examine Dialog Boxes

    When troubleshooting program errors dialog boxes can often be unclear or confusing. This tip will show you a quick method to getting more out of those dialog boxes than meets the eye... Read More

  2. Process Monitor versus Process Explorer

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 4 July 2011
    • Section: Admin

    Process Monitor and Process Explorer both have a lot in common. This tip gives a brief outline of how they are different and what tasks each on does... Read More

  3. Hiding Account Properties When a Device is Locked

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 30 June 2011
    • Section: Security

    When a Windows computer is locked it will show the username of the person who locked it by default. This tip will provide a method for fixing this bad security practice... Read More

  4. Configuring Indexing for Performance

    Indexing has improved greatly in Windows operating systems over the course of the last several years, but you can still benefit from disabling it in certain areas. This tip discusses how to configure indexing for greater performance... Read More

  5. Add New Hardware Wizard in Windows 7

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 22 June 2011
    • Section: Admin

    How to launch the Add New Hardware Wizard in Windows 7... Read More

  6. Changing the Location of the Indexing Database

    This tip demonstrates how to change the location of the Windows indexing database and why you might want to do so... Read More

  7. Network traffic and the ADMX central store

    A tip concerning planning for network traffic when you implement a central store for ADMX template files... Read More

  8. Resynchronizing with a Time Server

    How to resynchronize a domain-joined Windows 7 computer with a time server... Read More

  9. Printing from Windows 7 to Windows XP in a workgroup

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 15 June 2011
    • Section: Admin

    How to print from a Windows 7 computer to a Windows XP printer in a workgroup... Read More

  10. Creating a new file association in Windows 7

    How to create a new file association in Windows 7... Read More

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