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31) Importing/Exporting Wireless Profiles in Vista/Server 2008: Date - Apr 07, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Windows Vista and Server 2008 include Netsh Commands specifically for WLANs, which let you import and export wireless network profiles.
32) Free Online Network Security Auditors/Scanners: Date - Apr 01, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Misc; Several free online tools to test your network's integrity.
33) Getting XP Computers to Appear on Network Map: Date - Apr 01, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Troubleshooting; Installing LLTD protocol on XP, so PC will appear on Vista's Network Map
34) Configuring a central store for ADMX templates: Date - Mar 10, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Windows Vista and later have a way of reducing the SYSVOL bloat that happens with Group Policy in earlier versions of Windows.
35) Securing Windows images using permissions: Date - Mar 04, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Customized Windows images may contain sensitive or proprietary information. Here's a tip on how to secure your images using permissions when using Windows Deployment Services.
36) WinRE partitions and Vista SP1: Date - Mar 03, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; If you've deployed Vista RTM computers with a WinRE RTM partition, do you have to update the WinRE partition to SP1 when you update your operating system to SP1?
37) Unblocking executable files on Vista: Date - Feb 25, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to get rid of an annoying security dialog.
38) Tips for Securing Your Wireless LAN: Date - Feb 04, 2009; Rating - 3.4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Ways to protect your Wi-Fi network from eavesdroppers and hackers.
39) Preventing processing of local Group Policy: Date - Jan 28, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; In Windows Vista and later you can prevent the processing of local Group Policy by configuring—guess what—a Group Policy setting!
40) Using ADMX Migrator: Date - Jan 28, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; ADMX Migrator is a useful tool you can use to convert ADM template files to ADMX template files.
41) Group Policy and Event Logs in Vista: Date - Jan 21, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; In previous versions of Windows, Group Policy information was logged to the System log and additional troubleshooting information could be obtained by enabling Userenv.dll logging.
42) Enabling Group Policy Debug Logging in Vista: Date - Jan 21, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; In Windows Vista and later you can obtain additional detailed information concerning Group Policy processing by enabling debug logging. This can be useful when troubleshooting Group Policy processing issues.
43) Prepping Windows PE for capture: Date - Jan 20, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Prepping a Windows PE build environment removes any components that are present in the component store but have not been installed.
44) Installing updates on Windows PE: Date - Jan 15, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can install updates on your Windows PE build environment using the peimg command.
45) Adding device drivers online to Windows PE: Date - Jan 08, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can add device drivers to dynamically when running Windows PE by using the drvload command.
46) Adding device drivers offline to Windows PE: Date - Dec 17, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can add device drivers to an offline Windows PE build environment by using the peimg command.
47) Copying applications into Windows PE: Date - Dec 16, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can copy applications into your Windows PE build environment by using the xcopy command.
48) Using Netsh to Manage Wireless Connections: Date - Dec 10, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Networking; Netsh is more powerful now than ever. Here we look at how to use Netsh to manage your wireless network connection properties.
49) Dynamic Port Range in Windows Server 2008: Date - Dec 09, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Networking; This article explains the default Dynamic Port range in Windows Server 2008 and how to see the range using the NetSH command line tool.
50) Using Group Policy vs. Registry Tweaks: Date - Nov 18, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Why is it better to use Group Policy to modify the registry than to use Registry Editor itself?
51) Issues after disabling administrative shares: Date - Nov 12, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Here are several reasons why you should never disable the default administrative shares on Windows computers, especially in an enterprise (managed) environment.
52) Logon Scripts, Group Policy Preferences, and Windows Vista: Date - Nov 05, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Many logon scripts that worked with Windows operating systems won’t work with Windows Vista. Here’s what you can do to replace them.
53) How to Disable Ad Hoc Wireless Connections on Vista: Date - Oct 28, 2008; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Windows Vista won’t automatically create ad hoc wireless connections with other computers, but for greater security you may want to disable ad-hoc wireless connections entirely. Here’s how to do this.
54) How to Migrate XP to Vista When Using EFS: Date - Oct 23, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; If you have dozens or more XP workstations that use the Encrypting File System (EFS) to safeguard data, and you need to migrate these machines to Vista without losing your EFS keys and certificates, then what should you do?
55) How To Quickly Check IP Address on Remote Computers?: Date - Oct 21, 2008; Rating - 2.3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Networking; How to quickly check IP Address information on all the computers using a single command.
56) Branding the Vista Logon Screen: Date - Oct 15, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Administration; Enterprises could easily brand the logon screen for Windows XP. For Vista however, doing this requires a third-party product.
57) Resolving Problems After Applying an Update: Date - Sep 30, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Troubleshooting; You can use System File Checker to try and resolve problems that occur after an update has been applied.
58) Importing a language pack into Windows PE: Date - Sep 29, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; You can customize your Windows PE build environment by importing additional components such as language packs.
59) Don’t Disable Any Default Services in Vista: Date - Sep 23, 2008; Rating - 1.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; You should not disable any of the default services running on Vista - here is why.
60) Specifying MAK Keys in Answer Files: Date - Sep 16, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Deployment; Where do you specify a MAK key in an answer file for automating installation of Vista?