Admin Tips

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 28 Oct. 2008
• Section: Administration

Windows Vista won’t automatically create ad hoc wireless connections with other computers, but for greater security you may want to disable ad-hoc wireless connections entirely. Here’s how to do this... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 23 Oct. 2008
• Section: Deployment

If you have dozens or more XP workstations that use the Encrypting File System (EFS) to safeguard data, and you need to migrate these machines to Vista without losing your EFS keys and certificates, then what should you do?... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 15 Oct. 2008
• Section: Administration

Enterprises could easily brand the logon screen for Windows XP. For Vista however, doing this requires a third-party product... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 30 Sept. 2008
• Section: Troubleshooting

You can use System File Checker to try and resolve problems that occur after an update has been applied... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 29 Sept. 2008
• Section: Deployment

You can customize your Windows PE build environment by importing additional components such as language packs... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 23 Sept. 2008
• Section: Security

You should not disable any of the default services running on Vista - here is why... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 16 Sept. 2008
• Section: Deployment

Where do you specify a MAK key in an answer file for automating installation of Vista?... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 2 Sept. 2008
• Section: Deployment

Here’s an online site you can use to create answer files for installing Vista... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 26 Aug. 2008
• Section: Deployment

Here’s the who, the why and the how to use audit mode in Sysprep... Read More

• by Mitch Tulloch
• Published on 29 July 2008
• Section: Misc

You can use CompletePC Backup to replace your system drive with a larger drive if needed... Read More