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. When Should You Restart FRS?

    This article discusses the Regsitry entries of File Replication Service and when should you restart the FRS service for the changes to take effect... Read More

  2. Using Group Policy vs. Registry Tweaks

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 18 Nov. 2008
    • Section: Admin

    Why is it better to use Group Policy to modify the registry than to use Registry Editor itself?... Read More

  3. Exchange Message Archiving

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 13 Nov. 2008
    • Section: Exchange

    Should your company be doing some type of Exchange Message Archiving? Yes!... Read More

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Which DC Is Selected When Promoting A Member Server To DC?

    This article discusses the a mechanism used by the DCPromo.exe to select a DC when promoting a member server to Domain Controller... Read More

  7. FRS D2/D4 - When Should You Use Them?

    This article discusses about D2 and D4 of File Replication Service in Active Directory and when should you use them?... Read More

  8. How To Know The Primary Member of A SYSVOL Replica Set?

    This article explains how to determine the Primary Member of a SYSVOL Replica Set in an Active Directory domain... Read More

  9. A Quick Tip To Make Sure FRS Is Working In A Domain

    This article explains a small mechanism you can use to make sure FRS is working... Read More

  10. How To Quickly Check IP Address on Remote Computers?

    How to quickly check IP Address information on all the computers using a single command... Read More

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