Admin Tips

Last Updated on 9 May 2013, Total: 218 Knowledge Base Tips

3 Active Directory 26 March 2013
57 Admin 9 May 2013
3 Applications 20 April 2012
45 Migration 7 Feb. 2013
60 Miscellaneous 20 March 2013
22 Network 3 April 2013
26 Security 31 Jan. 2013
2 Virtual Platforms 20 April 2012

  1. Identifying reference computers by MAC address in MDT 2010

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 17 March 2011
    • Section: Miscellaneous

    This tip describes how you can identify your reference computers by their MAC addresses so that you can capture an image of these computers... Read More

  2. Prevent users from changing their time zone setting

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 16 March 2011
    • Section: Admin

    How you can prevent users from changing the time zone setting on their computers... Read More

  3. Prevent use of writable CD/DVD drives

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 16 March 2011
    • Section: Security

    How you can prevent users from writing to writable CD/DVD on their computers... Read More

  4. Using Vista answer files with Windows 7

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 15 March 2011
    • Section: Migration

    Can you use answer files created for Windows Vista to perform unattended installs of Windows 7?... Read More

  5. Troubleshooting an empty task sequence page in Lite Touch wizard

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 10 March 2011
    • Section: Migration

    You are trying to deploy Windows using MDT 2010 using LTI but the task sequence page of the wizard is blank. Why?... Read More

  6. Pre-specifying the computer name for Windows PE

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 9 March 2011
    • Section: Miscellaneous

    Here's a tip on how you can pre-specify the computer name for Windows PE... Read More

  7. Adding feature packs to Windows PE

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 9 March 2011
    • Section: Miscellaneous

    When adding feature packs to a Windows PE image, make sure you also add the corresponding language packs... Read More

  8. Copying and customizing task sequences in MDT 2010

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 25 Feb. 2011
    • Section: Miscellaneous

    This tip describes how you can copy and then customize a task sequence in MDT 2010... Read More

  9. Determining the UUID of a computer

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 25 Feb. 2011
    • Section: Miscellaneous

    How to use WMI to determine the UUID of a computer... Read More

  10. Updating a Windows Image

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 25 Feb. 2011
    • Section: Security

    Here's one method you can use for updating a Windows image that you want to deploy using MDT 2010... Read More

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