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61) DS Auditing in Windows Server 2008: Date - May 06, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains the new functionality offered by auditing in Windows Server 2008.
62) Fine Grained Password Policies Facts: Date - May 06, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article lists some facts about the FGPP.
63) FRS D2/D4 - When Should You Use Them?: Date - Nov 11, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article discusses about D2 and D4 of File Replication Service in Active Directory and when should you use them?
64) How To Check If Servers In DMZ Are Up and Running Or Pinging?: Date - Nov 26, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Network; This article explains the steps you have use to make sure the Servers in the DMZ are pinging from a Desktop computer which is running out of the DMZ.
65) How To Configure Cluster Disks In Server Core?: Date - Jan 21, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains a quick tip you can use to configure the cluster disks in Server Core. This article applies to Server Core and Windows Server 2008 Full edition only.
66) How To Designate A Domain User To Manage A RODC?: Date - Jan 14, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can delegate administration of RODC to a domain user.
67) Block Users from Seeing or Connecting to Other Wi-Fi Networks: Date - Jul 02, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Filtering networks using the WLAN Netsh commands.
68) 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.
69) A Quick Tip To Make Sure FRS Is Working In A Domain: Date - Oct 29, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains a small mechanism you can use to make sure FRS is working.
70) A Quick Tip To Modify Logon Rights On Multiple Computers: Date - Sep 24, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains a simple command you can use to modify the "Log On Locally" rights on all the server remotely.
71) A Quick Tip To Place Authenticating DC In DFS Referral List: Date - Oct 08, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains a registry entry which can be used to place the authenticating domain controller on top of the DFS Referral list.
72) A Quick Tip To Prevent Users From Accessing The Computer Tab: Date - Jul 21, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains a quick tip which you can use to prevent users from accessing the Computer Tab on My Computer property.
73) 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.
74) Authorizing a DHCP server using Netsh: Date - Aug 04, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; You can use the Netsh command to authorize a DHCP server from the command line.
75) 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.
76) 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.
77) A Quick Tip To Create A Kernel Memory Dump File Manually: Date - Jun 24, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains how you can create a Kernel Memory dump file for diagnostic purpose.
78) A Quick Tip To Find The Security Updates On Server Core: Date - Sep 24, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article shows a quick command you can use to find the security updates on server core.
79) What is Replication Queue and who manages the Queue?: Date - Mar 19, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains the mechanim Bridgehead Servers use to process the replication changes.
80) What Is Offline Domain Join?: Date - Feb 18, 2010; Rating - 3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains a new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 called "Offline Domain Join". This article applies to Windows Server 2008 R2 only.
81) What is RemoteApp for Windows Server 2008?: Date - Nov 15, 2007; Rating - 3; Author - David Davis; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; A very cool new feature included with Windows Server 2008 is Termnial Server's RemoteApp. Let's find out how this can help you!
82) When not to use NTFS compression: Date - Mar 04, 2009; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; NTFS compression usually works fine on client systems, but be careful using it on servers.
83) When Should You Restart FRS?: Date - Nov 19, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article discusses the Regsitry entries of File Replication Service and when should you restart the FRS service for the changes to take effect.
84) Tip To Check Network and DNS Settings Before Deploying A DC or Domain: Date - Mar 19, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains a small tip or syntax of a command you can use to check the network and DNS settings before deploying a child domain or additional domain controller in an existing forest.
85) Troubleshooting Group Policy: Date - Apr 22, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Here's a three-step approach to troubleshooting Group Policy issues in Windows Vista and later.
86) The Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Console Switch...Or Lack Thereof: Date - May 14, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; After a terminal services platform upgrade to Windows Server 2008, you may be shocked to find that the console switch is no longer an option when connecting to the terminal server. Where did it go?
87) Preventing Wireless Connection to Certain Networks in Vista/Server 2008: Date - Apr 08, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Windows Vista and Server 2008 include Netsh Commands specifically for WLANs, which let you block access to specified wireless networks.
88) Propagating Permissions in Exchange 2007 Public Folders: Date - Jan 27, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Exchange; This tip will explain how to propagate permissions through an Exchange 2007 public folder structure.
89) Resolving Server Manager Errors: Date - Oct 08, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Server Manager in Windows Server 2008 can generate errors if the cache of CBS data becomes corrupt.
90) Search for Files on Server Core: Date - Feb 24, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to search for files or folders on a volume on a Server Core computer.