Windows Server 2008

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 31 July 2008
• Section: Admin

User Account Control is one of the premier security features for Windows Vista client systems. There may be some cases where you need it disabled. You can do this with group policy as outlined here... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 17 July 2008
• Section: Security

Windows Server 2008 Group Policy introduces a lot of flexibility in performing security tasks that often involved a bit more headache. One of these is more control of the administrator account on domain workstations... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 10 July 2008
• Section: Security

The windows firewall is now more manageable than ever with the group policy options available for it in Windows Server 2008. Here we discuss how to access these... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 17 June 2008
• Section: Active Directory

This quick tip will show you how to promote a Windows Server 2008 Server Core device to domain controller status... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 10 June 2008
• Section: Applications

Office 2007 provides some great new ways to be managed via group policy. Here is what you have to do to utilize those... Read More

• by Nirmal Sharma
• Published on 4 June 2008
• Section: Active Directory

Adprep /ForestPrep must be executed to introduce a Windows Server 2008 in an existing Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 domain environment. This will show you how to make sure that it has run successfully... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 3 June 2008
• Section: Active Directory

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

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 28 May 2008
• Section: Active Directory

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista utilize the ADMX format for a more efficient group policy implementation in regards to administrative templates. You can better manage administrative templates for group policy by using a central store... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 20 May 2008
• Section: Terminal Servers and Thin Clients

One of the most common reasons people shy away from Terminal Services is it’s horrible printer management scheme. Easy Print is a likely solution to these issues... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 14 May 2008
• Section: Terminal Servers and Thin Clients

After a terminal services platform upgrade to Windows Server 2008, you may be shocked to find that the console switch is no longer an option when connecting to the terminal server. Where did it go?... Read More