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1) A Quick Tip To Modify The Interval For DHCP Database Cleanup
Date - Feb 18, 2010
Rating - 4
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Customization
This article explains how you can modify a registry entry to change the default interval for DHCP Database cleanup process.
2) MaximumPasswordAge DisablePasswordChange On Client Computers
Date - Jan 27, 2010
Rating - 3
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains how a domain client computer changes its password with the domain controller.
3) A Quick Tip To Check If DCs Can Register Records With DNS Dynamically
Date - Jan 21, 2010
Rating - 4.5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains a registry key which you can query to know if DCs are using Dynamic DNS protocol to register records with DNS Servers.
4) How To Change The Default DNS Interval For Domain Controllers?
Date - Jan 14, 2010
Rating - 1
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains how you can use a registry entry to change the default DNS Referesh interval for a domain controller.
5) DatabaseName, DatabasePath and DHCP Server
Date - Jan 14, 2010
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Network
This article explains the DatabaseName and DatabasePath registry entries of DHCP Server.
6) A Quick Tip To Strict FRS Replication To A Specific Port
Date - Oct 22, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains a registry heck which can be used to strict FRS Replication to a specific port.
7) A Quick Tip To Strict AD Replication To A Specific Port
Date - Oct 22, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains a registry entry which can be used to strict the AD Replication traffic to a specific port.
8) A Quick Tip To Enable White Space Logging
Date - Oct 01, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains the use of White Space Logging and how you enable it on the domain controllers.
9) What Is Strict Replication and How Do You Enable?
Date - Sep 08, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains Strict Replication and how you enable it on the domain controllers in the Forest.
10) Backup Latency Threshold In Windows Server 2003 With SP1
Date - Mar 25, 2009
Rating - 3.7
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains how you can use a registry entry to display a warning message if a Naming Partition is not backed up for many days.
11) How To Quickly Check If Newly Created GPO Replicated To All Domain Controllers?
Date - Mar 25, 2009
Rating - 2
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains a quick tip to check whether a newly created GPO replicated to all the Domain Controllers for that domain or not.
12) A Quick Tip To Configure Time Service In Active Directory Environment
Date - Mar 24, 2009
Rating - 3
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains how you can configure time service for an active directory environment.
13) AvoidPDCOnWan and PDC Emulator
Date - Mar 19, 2009
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains how you can control a domain controller contacting a PDC which is out of the site.
14) How To Change The Bakcup Interval Of DHCP Database
Date - Jan 06, 2009
Rating - 1
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Network
This article explains how you can change the Backup Interval of DHCP using a registry entry.
15) Terminal Services Advertising in Windows Server 2008
Date - Dec 18, 2008
Rating - 1
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Registry Tools
This article explains a registry entry for Terminal Services to disable/enable advertising.
16) A Quick Tip To Fix The Blank Windows Screen
Date - Dec 10, 2008
Rating - 3.5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Registry Tools
This article explains a quick fix you can use to solve the issue with Windows blank screen.
17) When Should You Restart FRS?
Date - Nov 19, 2008
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article discusses the Regsitry entries of File Replication Service and when should you restart the FRS service for the changes to take effect.
18) Block Write Access To Run and RunOnce Registry Entries.
Date - Oct 01, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Registry Tools
Blocking write access to Run and RunOnce registry entries for malware or other unwanted programs running in the system.
19) How To Delete System Blocked Files
Date - Sep 24, 2008
Rating - 3.3
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Miscellaneous
How to delete Files/Folders which are being blocked by the processes running in the background.
20) How to run your own application when Windows Starts?
Date - Sep 17, 2008
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Registry Tools
This article explains a registry entry which you can use to run your application instead of Windows default Shell (Explorer.exe).
21) How to break into registry to explore HKLM\SAM and HKLM\SECURITY keys?
Date - Jul 16, 2008
Rating - 3
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Registry Tools
This article explains how you can use Psexec.exe to execute registry editor to explore SAM and SECURITY registry hives.
22) Disk Quota Tricks
Date - Mar 18, 2005
Rating - 2.9
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Event log
Want a quick hard-copy report of quota usage on a volume?
23) Set i386 Source Path
Date - Nov 11, 2004
Rating - 3.5
Author - Chris Calderon
Section - Registry Tips
Get rid of an annoying message when you try to add or remove Windows components.
24) Set server to AutoReboot rather than BSOD
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
25) Slow browsing of Win9x and ME network resources
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
26) Virtual Device Driver failed DLL initialization
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
27) W2K registry Tweaks to increase cable modem and dsl speed
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
28) W2K /XP /.NET enable verbose event messages
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - Not Rated
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Event log
29) Windows 2000 Command Prompt Shell Options
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Command shell
30) Windows 2000 Desktop Restrictions
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Restriction
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