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. Securing the spool files on your print server

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

    This tip describes how you can secure the spool files on your Windows Server print server... Read More

  2. A Quick Tip To Change The Location File Based DNS Database

    This article explains how you can change the location of DNS Database of file based DNS Servers... Read More

  3. A Quick Tip To Install Windows Server Backup On Multiple Computers

    This article explains how you can use ServerManagerCMD, a command line tool, to install Windows Server Backup feature on multiple Computers... Read More

  4. How To Check If A Service Is Running or Not On Multiple Servers

    This article explains how you can use a small CMD script to check the status of a service on multiple computers... Read More

  5. How To Enable Hibernation On Multiple Computers

    This article explains how you can enable Hibernation on multiple computers using a CMD script or Group Policy... Read More

  6. A Quick Tip To Check If Ports Are Listening

    This article explains how can you check quickly if the ports are listening or blocked by the firewall... Read More

  7. Troubleshooting failure to install of Exchange 2010 due to DNS issues

    What to do if you try to install Exchange 2010 and get an error saying that the DNS server could not be resolved... Read More

  8. How to repurpose an RRAS server

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 3 Feb. 2011
    • Section: Admin

    If you have a Windows Server that has RRAS installed and you need to use your server for some other purpose, here's what you need to do first before you remove the RRAS role... Read More

  9. Windows Firewall doesn't filter routed IP traffic

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 2 Feb. 2011
    • Section: Security

    Here's a tip to save you some frustration if you ever decide to configure a dual-NIC Windows Server computer as an IP router... Read More

  10. Prevent Accidental Object Deletion in Active Directory

    If you work with Active Directory long enough, chances are that you will accidentally delete something you shouldn’t. Windows Server 2008 puts a new feature in place to prevent this from happening... Read More

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