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Miscellaneous Tips

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Enable Network Support for the Recycle Bin: Date - Jul 22, 2009; Rating - 3.2; Author - Eric Geier; Using a Recycle Bin replacement to protect network shares.
When to use GPT disks: Date - May 21, 2009; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; When you should choose GPT disks over MBR.
When not to use NTFS compression: Date - Mar 04, 2009; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; NTFS compression usually works fine on client systems, but be careful using it on servers.
How To Allow System State Backups To Critical Volumes In Windows Server 2008?: Date - Jan 14, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains a registry hack you can use to allow System State to be backed up to a critical volume in Windows Server 2008.
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.
Enable Remote Desktop for Server Core: Date - Apr 30, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; One of the first tasks you may want to do on Windows Server 2008 Server core is to enable remote desktop. Here is how to do it.
Why is there no CLI Telnet in Windows Server 2008?: Date - Dec 11, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - David Davis; Like me, I am sure you are used to running telnet in Windows. it isn't there anymore in Windows Server 2008. Find out what to do in this article...