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151) Warning Signs of a Rogue DHCP Server: Date - Mar 14, 2007; Rating - 3.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Security; Just because you are only supposed to have one DHCP server on your network doesn’t mean it really is the only one
152) When to lengthen your DHCP lease period: Date - Oct 26, 2006; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; When to lengthen your DHCP lease period
153) More Grace Period for Restoring Active Directory: Date - Dec 14, 2005; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Watch those tombstones when restoring Active Directory from backup--but there's less worry if you have Service Pack 1 installed.
154) 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.
155) Keyboard Shortcuts within Remote Desktop: Date - Jun 29, 2006; Rating - 3.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; The various keyboard shortcuts used in Windows change when within a remote desktop window. Here is a list of the more common ones.
156) A Quick Tip To Verify The SRV Records Of Domain Controllers: Date - Jan 27, 2009; Rating - 3.3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can use the NSLOOKUP tool to verify the SRV records of a domain controller.
157) Backing Up DHCP: Date - Jul 27, 2005; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; There's an important difference in how W2K and W2K3 store DHCP information.
158) Eliminating Ping Responses from Secret Servers: Date - Mar 27, 2007; Rating - 3.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Security; Ever have a server setup that you really don’t want people knowing even exists? Keeping it from returning ping responses is a great way to make it vanish.
159) Finding Out Why a Service Won't Start: Date - Jan 03, 2007; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to display service exit codes.
160) Enable Network Support for the Recycle Bin: Date - Jul 22, 2009; Rating - 3.2; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Using a Recycle Bin replacement to protect network shares.
161) Comparing Two Group Policy Objects: Date - Jun 16, 2005; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to compare two GPOs and see how their settings differ.
162) Joining a Domain Securely: Date - May 26, 2005; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to securely add a computer to a domain.
163) Identifying Unused Accounts: Date - Jul 11, 2007; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to identify unused user accounts.
164) Round Robin DNS and VPN Servers: Date - Jan 16, 2007; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to load-balance multiple VPN servers.
165) Using the TSKILL Command to End Processes: Date - Mar 16, 2006; Rating - 3.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; How to Use the TSKILL Command
166) Use a Larger Pagefile for Better Performance: Date - Mar 24, 2005; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; The default pagefile size isn't always enough for best performance, especially when you're running memory-hungry server apps.
167) Upgrading from Windows 2000 Server to Windows Server 2003: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Migration; 243 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper provides an overview of the upgrade process and outlines some of the basic decisions to consider—whether you are upgrading an existing system, performing a new installation, or carrying out a migration.
168) Troubleshooting Roaming Profiles: Date - Apr 18, 2006; Rating - 3.2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to resolve problems arising from user profiles not being properly unloaded during logoff.
169) The Remote Desktop Console Option: Date - Mar 13, 2007; Rating - 3.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; The Remote Desktop Client gives us the option to log into a terminal services enabled computer via the console. What does that mean to us?
170) Setting up a VPN on the Go: Date - Jul 06, 2006; Rating - 3.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; Setting up a VPN in Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP is something that is fairly easy to do in no time at all. Here is a no fluff guide on how to get it done.
171) Who's logged on?: Date - Apr 06, 2006; Rating - 3.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; How to tell who's currently logged on to an Active Directory domain.
172) Listing All DHCP Servers: Date - Aug 09, 2005; Rating - 3.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Want to know the DNS names and IP addresses of all DHCP servers on your network?
173) Configuring Wireless Security Settings via GPO: Date - Mar 23, 2006; Rating - 3.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Security; Using Group Policy wireless extensions you can more easily manage security and encryption settings for your networks wireless clients.
174) Copying Profiles Using Sysprep: Date - Aug 10, 2006; Rating - 3.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; There is a feature that is recently new to Sysprep that can speed up your time and get rid of one of the larger headaches of using the tool.
175) Can't Ping the Server: Date - Sep 07, 2006; Rating - 3.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; Why you can't ping some Windows servers and how to fix it.
176) Changing Permissions on Objects in Exchange: Date - Jan 29, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Exchange; Changing permissions on objects in Exchange is not available without a little bit of tweaking. This article will show how to do that.
177) Change Management During Deployment: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; 206 KB Microsoft Word file - This white paper outlines some of the many ways Windows Server 2003 and the .NET Framework make it easy for administrators to deploy updates to managed applications securely and efficiently. It describes the sophisticated change management, versioning, and deployment features that offer increased efficiency, reliability, and time savings.
178) Copying Group Policy Objects: Date - May 24, 2005; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Save time when implementing Group Policy.
179) Configuring Security for Server Based Printers: Date - Jul 26, 2007; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Security; Anytime you are using a printer in a large network environment you need to make sure it is securely distributed. Here we look at how to set security permissions on a server based printer.
180) Configure ABE from the command line: Date - Oct 12, 2006; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to configure ABE from the command line.