Admin Tips

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 4 March 2009
• Section: Miscellaneous

NTFS compression usually works fine on client systems, but be careful using it on servers... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 21 May 2009
• Section: Miscellaneous

When you should choose GPT disks over MBR... Read More

• by Nirmal Sharma
• Published on 11 Nov. 2008
• Section: Admin

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

• by Nirmal Sharma
• Published on 22 Dec. 2010
• Section: Admin

This article explains the service which is responsible to register DNS Records on behalf of client computers. This tip applies to Windows 7 also... Read More

• by Nirmal Sharma
• Published on 9 Dec. 2010
• Section: Admin

This article explains why DNS works on both the protocols; TCP and UDP... Read More

• by David Davis
• Published on 11 Dec. 2007
• Section: Miscellaneous

Like me, I am sure you are used to running telnet in Windows. it isn't there anymore in Windows Server 2008. Find out what to do in this article... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 29 Feb. 2012
• Section: Migration

How to run a WDS server from behind a firewall... Read More

• 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

• 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 Nirmal Sharma
• Published on 28 April 2009
• Section: Admin

This article list of new features added to the Windows Server Backup tool in Windows Server 2008... Read More