Windows Server 2008

Last Updated on 27 Sept. 2016, Total: 304 Knowledge Base Tips

300 Admin Tips
53 Active Directory
123 Admin
1 Applications
3 Exchange
13 Migration
20 Miscellaneous
45 Network
22 Security
10 Terminal Servers and Thin Clients
9 Virtual Platforms
3 Registry Tips
3 Miscellaneous
1 User Tips
1 Miscellaneous

  1. Improving Group Policy performance

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 22 May 2012
    • Section: Admin

    A tip on improving Group Policy processing performance by limiting the number of GPOs you are using in your environment... Read More

  2. Installing MDT 2010 in a Virtual Machine

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 15 Feb. 2012
    • Section: Migration

    Can you install MDT 2010 in a virtual machine and then use it to deploy Windows in your production environment?... Read More

  3. Installing and managing updates from the command line

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 20 May 2010
    • Section: Security

    You can install and manage software updates from the command line... Read More

  4. Interpreting Security Log Events

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 5 March 2012
    • Section: Security

    Here are two resources you can use to help you interpret events from the Security event log... Read More

  5. Introducing the Read-Only Domain Controller

    A new Windows Server 2008 feature that is drawing great praise is the introduction of the Read-Only Domain Controller. Let’s look at what this means to you... Read More

  6. Issues after disabling administrative shares

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 12 Nov. 2008
    • Section: Admin

    Here are several reasons why you should never disable the default administrative shares on Windows computers, especially in an enterprise (managed) environment... Read More

  7. Issues using Windows Server 2008 as a workstation OS

    Some users like to run a server OS such as Windows Server 2008 on their workstations. This tip describes some of the issue you may encounter when you do this... Read More

  8. Issues when moving a drive between servers

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 12 Nov. 2008
    • Section: Admin

    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"?... Read More

  9. Limit the Login Time of Users

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 28 March 2012
    • Section: Admin

    Specify exact when a user can login for control and security reasons... Read More

  10. Limit the Workstations Where Users Can Login

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 28 March 2012
    • Section: Network

    Specify up to 8 computers a user can logon with... Read More

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