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Windows 2000 RC2 Beta3 Evaluation expire date: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples
NT Automatic Reboot after Lockup: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples
"Access Is Denied" Error Message When You Try To Delete A File/Folder: Date - Jan 07, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains how you can use Process Explorer, a tool from Sysinternals (now subsidiary of Microsoft), to kill the lock on files and folders.
How To Forcefully Close A File On Remote Computer Using Command Line?: Date - Aug 24, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the steps you can use to close a file forcefully on a remote computer.
A Quick Tip to configure Group Policy settings in Workgroup Security Model.: Date - Aug 20, 2008; Rating - 4.8; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article will show how you can quickly configure Group Policy in Workgroup Security Model. This article applies to Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003.
Force End Task option at Shutdown: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.8; Author - Wayne Maples
Control Applets - Run at commandline or call in batch file: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.7; Author - Wayne Maples
ADSI Edit: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples
Microsoft Management Console (MMC): Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows NT/2000/XP Cascading Menus: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples
Decreasing the Size of VHD Files by Disabling the SFC: Date - Sep 28, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Virtual Hard Disk files can become incredibly large in size depending on there function. This simple trick will help you shrink them a bit.
Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples
Lockdown by group using Local Computer Policy without Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples
Run programs as another user in Windows 2000 / Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples
Manage boot volume space consumed by Windows 2000 Windows File Protection dllcache: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples
Enhance Performance by Moving the Pagefile: Date - Apr 12, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Boost performance by moving your pagefile to a separate volume.
Set server to AutoReboot rather than BSOD: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples
Add Command Prompt to folder context menus: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples
Disable unnecessary services to improve workstations performance: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples
DOS Windows Titles: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples
Find It Fast With Desktop Search Tools: Date - Mar 10, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Tony Bradley; Hard drive space has gotten cheaper and the size of the drives has grown to enormous proportions. That is great for saving data, but makes it increasingly difficult to find what you're looking for when you need it. Enter the desktop search tools to help solve that problem.
Enable/disable disk performance counters: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples
Use Shortcuts To Navigate Explorer Folders: Date - Apr 26, 2005; Rating - 4.2; Author - Tony Bradley; Windows Explorer is a fairly functional tool for browsing files and folders and finding what you are looking for. But, depending on how large and how organized your hard drive is, it may take some time to sift through to the folder you really want. Using command line parameters, you can create desktop shortcuts that take you quickly to your most-used folders.
Logon Banner - Displaying Warning Message: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows 2000 breaks the 26 drive letter limitation: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples
Lie to incompatible programs: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples
HIbernation vs Standby Mode in Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples
Have Ctrl-Esc Starts Task Manager: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples
SysLog Servers for NT/2000/XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples
Use Sendto to edit files in XP/W2K: Date - Jun 22, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples
Hide local drive from My Computer in Windows NT / Windows 2000 Explorer: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples
Remove Run command from Start menu: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows Program Startup Locations: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows 2000 Hidden Files and Folders: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows 2000 Desktop Restrictions: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples
Remove Patch Uninstall Folders To Clean Hard Drive: Date - May 04, 2005; Rating - 3.4; Author - Tony Bradley; Hard drives are cheap and people typically have more space than they know what to do with these days. But, that is no reason to just waste it. When you install Windows patches, hidden folders are created which contain the uninstall data. Viewing the hidden data on my computer, I found 50 or so patch uninstall folders taking up over 500 Mb of space on my drive.
Scopy copies with permissions maintained: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples
NETLOGON vs SYSVOL: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples
Use a Larger Pagefile for Better Performance: Date - Mar 24, 2005; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; The default pagefile size isn't always enough for best performance, especially when you're running memory-hungry server apps.
DOS Window cmd.exe prompt: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.1; Author - Wayne Maples
Legal Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows 2000 Deployment Planning Guides: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; MS, 3.9M, The Deployment Planning Guide provides important planning and technical product information to assist teams in charge of deploying Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional.
Automated Auditing in a Windows 2000 Environment: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Microsoft: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Interoperability in a UNIX Environment: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows 2000 Professional in a UNIX Environment: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Increasing System Reliability and Availability with Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Implementing Common Desktop Management Scenarios: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
The Definitive Guide to Identity Management: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows 2000 : How to update locked in-use files: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples
A Quick Tip To Modify Logon Rights On Multiple Computers: Date - Sep 24, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a simple command you can use to modify the "Log On Locally" rights on all the server remotely.
Disk Quota Tricks: Date - Mar 18, 2005; Rating - 2.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Want a quick hard-copy report of quota usage on a volume?
Updating Virtual Machine Additions: Date - Sep 14, 2006; Rating - 2.9; Author - Chris Sanders; Virtual Machine Additions greatly improve the performance of any virtual machine. However, we must not forget to update them from time to time.
signature( ) syntax in Windows 2000 boot.ini: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.8; Author - Wayne Maples
Use the Character Map application: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.8; Author - Wayne Maples
Back Up Printer Configurations: Date - May 18, 2005; Rating - 2.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Protect your print servers by backing up their printer configurations.
Using the Delegation of Control Wizard, Step-by-step: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.6; Author - Wayne Maples
Turnoff Windows 2000 splash screen: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples
Consolidating Print Servers: Date - May 17, 2005; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Save money by consolidating your print servers.
Windows 2000 Device Drivers: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows Media Player Tips: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.3; Author - Wayne Maples
Tweak UI for Windows 2000 / XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.3; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows 2000 Command Prompt Shell Options: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.3; Author - Wayne Maples
SQL Server 2000 Operations Guide: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples
Understanding the Value of IntelliMirror, Remote OS Installation, and Systems Management Server: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2; Author - Wayne Maples
How Do I Modify The W2K Startup Logo?: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1.6; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows XP versus Windows 2000 Performance: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1.4; Author - Wayne Maples
Directory Services Store (dsstore): Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples
Windows 2000 Explorer Shell Options: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples; Auto restart Explorer if it crashes; block open windows being restored at reboot; force taskbar / desktop / explorer to separate processes link to NT4 tip - Windows 2000 compatible Index, Tips for Windows NT Administrators, Tips for Windows NT workstation users, book recommendations for nt admins and nt users on topics such as administration, nt domain, remote access, security, integration, backup and restore, basics, dns, event logging, logon administration, iis, mcse, routers, intrusion detection, hacking, windows2000, nt2000, performance tuning and monitor, windows scripting, perl, windows resource kits, troubleshooting problems, server and tcp/ip. There is also an extensive set of links to Windows NT resource sites found elsewhere on web with a focus on Windows NT Security Guidelines, security scanners, newletters, windows nt faqs, windows nt tutorials, windows nt whitepapers, windows nt security sites, windows nt software - freeware and shareware sites.
Microsoft's Frequently Asked Questions & Highlights: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples
APCI PCI sharing - IRQ 9 is used by the PCI bus for IRQ steering: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples
Latest Hardware Compatibility Lists: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples
IntelliMirror Resource Guides for CIO, Architect, Admin, and Developer: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1; Author - Wayne Maples; Introduction to IntelliMirror 16pgs
Understanding the Value of IntelliMirror, Remote OS Installation, and Systems Management Server 4pgs
Manage Change with the Windows 2000 Platform 3pgs
IntelliMirror Lets Your Information "Follow" You 3pgs
Windows 2000 Simplifies Top 15 Administrative Tasks 24pgas
Windows 2000 Desktop Management Overview 14pgs
Windows 2000 TCO Analysis by NerveWire, Inc 17pgs
Step-by-Step Guide to Understanding the Group Policy Feature Set 24pgs
Step-by-Step Guide to Remote OS Installation 24pgs
Designing Organization-Wide Policies (Chapter 9 of Windows 2000 Active Directory, published by O'Reilly and Associates)
The Windows Installer Service 16pgs
Software Installation and Maintenance 59pgs
Software Deployment Using Windows 2000 and Systems Management Server 2.0 46pgs
Deploying Windows Installer Setup Packages with Systems Management Server 2.0 25pgs