Admin Tips

Last Updated on 27 Sept. 2016, Total: 300 Knowledge Base 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

  1. Enabling Jumbo Frames for Improved Data Transfer

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 28 June 2011
    • Section: Network

    Jumbo frames are not anything new but they are often forgotten about. Enabling them may provide a bit of a performance boost. This tip shows how to do that... Read More

  2. Replacing the Default User Profile in Windows 7

    Creating a customized user profile and replacing the default user profile with it is a common administrative task, but works a bit differently in Windows 7... Read More

  3. A Quick Tip To Allow Multiple WDS Server Selection

    This article explains a registry heck you can use to allow clients to select multiple WDS Servers. This applies to Windows Server 2008 R2 only... Read More

  4. Registry Hack To Disable Automatic Launching Of Menu In Windows Server 2008 Core R2

    This article explains a registry heck which you can use to disable the automatic launching of Menu when Windows Server 2008 Server Core R2 starts. This applies to Windows Server 2008 Server Core R2 only!... Read More

  5. Deleting zillions of tiny files from a volume

    How to delete zillions of tiny files from a volume without taking forever... Read More

  6. Specifying the boot image order in Windows Deployment Services

    You want to specify the order in which boot images are displayed when using Windows Deployment Services... Read More

  7. Scripting the creation and configuration of IIS 7 websites

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 May 2010
    • Section: Admin

    You can use Appcmd.exe and other commands to script the creation and configuration of IIS 7 websites... Read More

  8. Scripting the creation of a DFS namespace

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 May 2010
    • Section: Admin

    You can use the Dfsutil command and other commands to create a new DFS namespace on Windows Server 2008... Read More

  9. Managing a Server Core print server

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 May 2010
    • Section: Admin

    You manage a Server Core print server using Rundll32.exe and the printer admin VBscript scripts available in Windows Server 2008... Read More

  10. Staging Files to Virtual Machines

    Here's a tip on how you can quickly stage files from your Hyper-V R2 host computer to a virtual machine on that host... Read More

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