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[	3440	]	Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base	Last updated: Mar 09, 2010
[	4	]	Miscellaneous	Last updated: Sep 08, 2009
[	16	]	Booting	Last updated: Dec 10, 2008
[	34	]	Customization	Last updated: Jul 30, 2009
[	9	]	Drivers	Last updated: Jul 31, 2007
[	13	]	IE and Explorer	Last updated: Jan 31, 2006
[	64	]	Miscellaneous	Last updated: Jul 22, 2009
[	62	]	Network	Last updated: Jan 14, 2010
[	67	]	Security	Last updated: Aug 12, 2009
[	46	]	TroubleShooting	Last updated: May 13, 2009
[	33	]	Utilities	Last updated: Sep 24, 2008

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61) Logon Scripts, Group Policy Preferences, and Windows Vista: Date - Nov 05, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Many logon scripts that worked with Windows operating systems won’t work with Windows Vista. Here’s what you can do to replace them.
62) Logon scripts - Troubleshoot Local Logon Scripts: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Logon
63) Make user shares hidden.: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
64) Migrating ADM Files to the New ADMX Format: Date - Dec 04, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; The new Group Policy ADMX format is XML-based and provides a myriad of enhancements. Here we look at how to migrate old ADM files to this new format.
65) Modify the Internet Explorer 6 Unsafe file list: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE and Explorer
66) Most Recently Used Documents: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE and Explorer
67) Moving the Default Spooling Directory: Date - Mar 11, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; In some scenarios, you may need to move the default spooling location for printers on a system. Here is a quick tutorial on how to do that.
68) Moving the IE7 Toolbar to Its Classic Position: Date - Apr 23, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - IE and Explorer; The biggest uproar I have ever heard from an IE7 upgrade is that the standard toolbar has moved positions. Here is a registry fix to appease your users if they have this same complaint.
69) Multibooting with Windows 2000 and Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Boot
70) multiboot with a DOS/WIN95, NT, Linux setup: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Boot
71) MultifunctionAdapter\2\ParallelController: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
72) NAP Client state – Three ways to check the state.: Date - Jul 09, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Networking; This article discusses the three ways to check the NAP state on a client computer running Windows Vista and Windows XP with SP3.
73) NetWare to Windows 2000 Server Migration & Interoperability: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration
74) NT 4.0 SP4 Tcpip.sys: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
75) NT Automatic Reboot after Lockup: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
76) NT equivalents of NetWare Rights: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
77) NTLMv2 NT Authenication in NT and Win9x clients: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Password
78) NT owner and organizational name: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; Registry key for Registered Owner and Organization.
79) NT Servers Alive Monitor: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
80) Outlook 2000 Disk Space: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - File Systems
81) "Out of memory" error - Increasing the Desktop Application Heap: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
82) Overriding device installation policies: Date - Aug 08, 2006; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Admins on Vista machines are also subject to device installation restrictions, but you can change this.
83) Parallel Installation of Windows NT: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Installation
84) Password Expire Warning Time: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Passwords
85) Performing a Complete PC Backup from the command line: Date - May 21, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Here's how you can perform a Complete PC Backup in Vista from the command line.
86) Prevent accidental deletion of OUs: Date - Dec 12, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Trying to prevent accidental deletion of OUs
87) Prevent any new devices from being installed: Date - Aug 09, 2006; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Vista can be configured to prevent any new devices from being installed.
88) Prevent Exchange Log volume from running out of space: Date - Apr 28, 2005; Rating - 5; Author - Leon Funnell; Section - Exchange; Have you ever arrived at work to find the backup hasnt run over the weekend, the logs volume is out of space, and the Storage Group is off line? This little batch file will prevent this from happening by NTFS compressing the oldest logs until the free space is at an acceptable limit to run a backup.
89) Prevent NT logging of print jobs: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Print
90) Refresh Group Policy Remotely: Date - Jun 06, 2005; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to refresh Group Policy remotely from the command line.