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Latest "Admin Tips" Tips

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31) A Quick Tip To Prevent Users From Accessing The Computer Tab: Date - Jul 21, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Administration; This article explains a quick tip which you can use to prevent users from accessing the Computer Tab on My Computer property.
32) A Quick Tip To Create A User Mode Process Dump File: Date - Jul 16, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Administration; This article explains how you can use ADPlus.vbs to create a User Mode Process dump file when a process terminates unexpectedly.
33) Block Users from Seeing or Connecting to Other Wi-Fi Networks: Date - Jul 02, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Filtering networks using the WLAN Netsh commands.
34) How To: Firewall Commands In Server Core: Date - Jul 01, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Security; This article explains the commands you can use to operate Windows Firewall in Server Core
35) HyperTerminal and Windows Vista: Date - Jun 30, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Networking; Windows Vista no longer includes HyperTerminal - here are some workarounds.
36) Enabling and Using Wireless Tracing: Date - Jun 25, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Built-in Diagnostics; Generating a report to troubleshoot wireless issues, using the Netsh WLAN commands.
37) USB device not recognized: Date - Jun 23, 2009; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; A simple thing to try when your flash drive or other USB device doesn't mounted by Windows when you plug it in.
38) Manually Deleting a Network Bridge: Date - Jun 03, 2009; Rating - 4.7; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Getting around the error message when deleting in the Network Connections window.
39) Remove/Disable Cached 802.1X/PEAP Login Information (in Vista): Date - Jun 02, 2009; Rating - 3; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Stop Vista from saving the username and password used for authenication.
40) Enabling 802.1X/PEAP for Wired Networks (in Vista): Date - May 28, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Make the Authenication tab visible on the network properties dialog.
41) Performing a Complete PC Backup from the command line: Date - May 21, 2009; Rating - 4.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Here's how you can perform a Complete PC Backup in Vista from the command line.
42) When to use GPT disks: Date - May 21, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; When you should choose GPT disks over MBR.
43) Offline file is not available: Date - May 21, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; What to do if a file or folder marked for offline use cannot be seen.
44) Duplicate knownfolders: Date - May 13, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; What to do if you see duplicate folders in your user profile.
45) Windows cannot find the local profile: Date - May 13, 2009; Rating - 1.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; What to try if you see "Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile."
46) BCD: Boot Configuration Database Notes: Date - Apr 29, 2009; Rating - 4.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Deployment; This article explains the new feature added to the Windows Boot process in Windows Server 2008.
47) Troubleshooting Group Policy: Date - Apr 22, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; Here's a three-step approach to troubleshooting Group Policy issues in Windows Vista and later.
48) Using GPLogView: Date - Apr 22, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; Some tips on using the GPLogView.exe command-line tool for troubleshooting Group Policy issues.
49) Troubleshooting Folder Redirection: Date - Apr 21, 2009; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; How to enable diagnostic debugging for Folder Redirection.
50) Creating a default network profile: Date - Apr 15, 2009; Rating - 4.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; How to create a default network profile in Vista.
51) Copying User Profiles: Date - Apr 14, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to copy user profile folders in Vista and later.
52) Deleting User Profiles: Date - Apr 09, 2009; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; How to properly (and improperly) delete a user profile.
53) Preventing Wireless Connection to Certain Networks in Vista/Server 2008: Date - Apr 08, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Windows Vista and Server 2008 include Netsh Commands specifically for WLANs, which let you block access to specified wireless networks.
54) Importing/Exporting Wireless Profiles in Vista/Server 2008: Date - Apr 07, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Windows Vista and Server 2008 include Netsh Commands specifically for WLANs, which let you import and export wireless network profiles.
55) Free Online Network Security Auditors/Scanners: Date - Apr 01, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Misc; Several free online tools to test your network's integrity.
56) Getting XP Computers to Appear on Network Map: Date - Apr 01, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Troubleshooting; Installing LLTD protocol on XP, so PC will appear on Vista's Network Map
57) Configuring a central store for ADMX templates: Date - Mar 10, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Windows Vista and later have a way of reducing the SYSVOL bloat that happens with Group Policy in earlier versions of Windows.
58) Securing Windows images using permissions: Date - Mar 04, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Customized Windows images may contain sensitive or proprietary information. Here's a tip on how to secure your images using permissions when using Windows Deployment Services.
59) WinRE partitions and Vista SP1: Date - Mar 03, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; If you've deployed Vista RTM computers with a WinRE RTM partition, do you have to update the WinRE partition to SP1 when you update your operating system to SP1?
60) Unblocking executable files on Vista: Date - Feb 25, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to get rid of an annoying security dialog.