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31) A Quick Tip to designate a domain controller for client authentications.: Date - Aug 13, 2008; Rating - 4.8; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains the use of SRV priority. This applies to Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
32) A Quick Tip to configure Group Policy settings in Workgroup Security Model.: Date - Aug 20, 2008; Rating - 4.8; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; 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.
33) Avoiding Legacy Built-in Groups: Date - May 10, 2006; Rating - 4.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; How you can avoid using legacy built-in groups to grant admin-level privileges.
34) Gaps in Security Log: Date - Jul 14, 2005; Rating - 4.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; You found a gap of several hours in your Security log, what does it mean?
35) Understanding the DNS Resolver Host File: Date - Jan 10, 2008; Rating - 4.7; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; The DNS Resolver host file can be used to increase performance of DNS services as well as a few other things. This tip aims at giving a better understanding of the DNS resolver host file and its capabilities.
36) Launching Control Panel Apps from the Command Line: Date - Feb 08, 2006; Rating - 4.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to launch Control Panel apps from the command line
37) How Do You Change The RDP Port No?: Date - Dec 17, 2008; Rating - 4.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; This articles explains a registry entry you can modify to change the default RDP Port No. for Terminal Services.
38) Running chkdsk on very large volumes: Date - Jun 13, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; Using DFS to get around long wait times checking very large volumes.
39) Pruning Old Computer Accounts in AD: Date - May 25, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; In large organizations the task of keeping Active Directory cleansed of inactive computer accounts can be daunting. Here are a few ways to ease the process.
40) 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.
41) A Quick Tip To Check If PDC Emulator Is Working: Date - Feb 04, 2009; Rating - 4.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can tell if PDC Emulator in an Active Directory Domain is working.
42) Enabling Remote Desktop on a Remote Machine: Date - Apr 13, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; What if you want to use Remote Desktop on a server that's already off-site? Here's how to do it.
43) Disable Enumeration of SID's: Date - Mar 08, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; One way for an attacker to scope out a target system and, particularly, to identify the Administrator account so they can focus their efforts on the account with the most privileges is to list, or enumerate, the SID's (serial identifiers) on a Windows machine.
44) Enhance Performance by Moving the Pagefile: Date - Apr 12, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; Boost performance by moving your pagefile to a separate volume.
45) Can I convert existing PCs to thin clients?: Date - Mar 10, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - William Henderson; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; Yes you can. There is no need to have to buy thin client devices, you can simply convert old (or new) PC's to thin clients. The advantage of doing this is that you will significantly reduce management of these PC's. There are several solutions to convert PC's to thin clients:
46) Secure USB ports: Date - Dec 01, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to prevent users from downloading sensitive files using USB keys.
47) Monitor Share Usage for File Server Migration: Date - Apr 07, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Leon Funnell; Section - Migration; How to monitor share access on a file server.
48) Managing Microsoft Office Applications with Group Policy: Date - Jun 08, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; In organizations where Microsoft Office is commonplace on workstations, the ability to manage settings within those applications can come in handy. I will show you how we can manage those settings via Group Policy
49) Using Netsh to Backup and Restore Network Configuration: Date - Apr 13, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; When you change your network configuration often it may make the process more efficient to backup your commonly used network settings so you can restore them in a much faster process by using the Netsh utility.
50) W2K3 DHCP vs. SBS2K3 DHCP: Date - Aug 03, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; There's an important difference in how DHCP works on a W2K3 DHCP server as compared to a Small Business Server 2003 (SBS2K3) box.
51) When to use and not use universal group membership caching: Date - Dec 20, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; This tip explains when to use and not use universal group membership caching.
52) Troubleshooting Network Connections with Netsh: Date - Dec 21, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; Netsh is a very simple to use command-line utility that can make troubleshooting connectivity issues a breeze.
53) Launch Admin Tools from the Command Line: Date - Feb 07, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; This list of .msc files will help you run admin tools from the command line.
54) Installing the Windows Server 2003 Network Monitor: Date - May 18, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; The Windows Server 2003 Network Monitor is a very useful tool for network monitoring and troubleshooting. Here is how to install it.
55) ADC Before or After the User Migration: Date - Jul 28, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Santhosh Sivarajan; Section - Exchange; Do you install and configure Active Directory Connector (ADC) before or after the user migration? The answer to this “complicated” question is either you can install and configure ADC and Connection Agreements (CAs) before or after the user migration. Here are my explanations for both scenarios.
56) Automating Disk Defragmentation: Date - Jun 22, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 both include a new way to invoke the Windows defragmenter via the command line. This allows for easy automation of this task.
57) Fast Searching of Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; Make life easier for your users by simplifying how they search for resources in Active Directory.
58) Enabling Windows Firewall on domain controllers: Date - Aug 08, 2007; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Steps for enabling WF on domain controllers.
59) Forcing Active Directory Replication: Date - Jul 27, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; There may be some instances where you need to force replication between active directory replication partners. Here I will show you one method of doing this.
60) Forcing Group Policy to Run at Startup: Date - Jun 12, 2007; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; Group policy can be quirky in the way it runs at startup, often taking two or three reboots before it actually applies to a machine. Here we are going to look at the cause of this and how to fix it.