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. Enabling Hibernation in Windows Vista and 7

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 19 Jan. 2011
    • Section: Admin

    The hibernation feature goes one step beyond simply putting a system to sleep, but configuring this isn’t as easy in Windows Vista and 7 as it has previously been. This tip will show you how to enable it... Read More

  2. Deleting Recently Opened PST Files

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 18 Jan. 2011
    • Section: Miscellaneous

    If you’ve ever tried to delete or rename a PST file directly after opening it in Outlook 2007 then you were probably shocked to find that you couldn’t do so for at least thirty minutes. This can become bothersome in certain situations, but we can fix that with a simply registry edit... Read More

  3. Changing the name of your MDT server

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 13 Jan. 2011
    • Section: Migration

    If you change the name of your MDT server then you need to do a few other things to make your deployments continue to work... Read More

  4. Specifying the deployment type when running LiteTouch.vbs

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 12 Jan. 2011
    • Section: Migration

    You can override the deployment type specified in the CustomSettings.ini file of MDT 2010 when you run LiteTouch.vbs from the command line... Read More

  5. Installing Windows 7 on a different partition or disk

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 12 Jan. 2011
    • Section: Migration

    You can use MDT 2010 to install Windows 7 on a disk or partition you specify... Read More

  6. You cannot relocate the Windows directory

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 Jan. 2011
    • Section: Migration

    An explanation of why Windows must always be installed in the Windows directory in Windows Vista and later... Read More

  7. Troubleshooting deploy from media method

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 6 Jan. 2011
    • Section: Migration

    You are using the deploy from DVD media method with MDT 2010 and an error occurs when Windows files are being expanded... Read More

  8. Including software updates in a deployment

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 5 Jan. 2011
    • Section: Migration

    You should be careful when adding software updates to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit... Read More

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