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Block Users from Seeing or Connecting to Other Wi-Fi Networks: Filtering networks using the WLAN Netsh commands.
2 July 2009
How To: Firewall Commands In Server Core: This article explains the commands you can use to operate Windows Firewall in Server Core
1 July 2009
HyperTerminal and Windows Vista: Windows Vista no longer includes HyperTerminal - here are some workarounds.
30 June 2009
Enabling and Using Wireless Tracing: Generating a report to troubleshoot wireless issues, using the Netsh WLAN commands.
25 June 2009
A Quick Tip To Create A Kernel Memory Dump File Manually: This article explains how you can create a Kernel Memory dump file for diagnostic purpose.
24 June 2009
USB device not recognized: A simple thing to try when your flash drive or other USB device doesn't mounted by Windows when you plug it in.
23 June 2009
Restoring a Complete PC backup: How to avoid problems when restoring from a Complete PC backup.
18 June 2009
Drive letters and USB multi-card readers: How to get rid of drive letter clutter with readers for memory cards.
18 June 2009
Encrypting the system volumes on a server: Why encrypting the system volume on a server is usually not a good idea.
18 June 2009
Moving the system hard drive to another computer: How to move the system hard drive of a computer running Windows Vista to a new computer without generating a Stop message.
9 June 2009
Manually Deleting a Network Bridge: Getting around the error message when deleting in the Network Connections window.
3 June 2009
Fixing Accidental Enabling of 802.1X for a Network: Addressing the "Click here to select a certificate or other credentials for connection to the network" message.
3 June 2009
Remove/Disable Cached 802.1X/PEAP Login Information (in Vista): Stop Vista from saving the username and password used for authenication.
2 June 2009
Remove Cached 802.1X/PEAP Login Information (in XP): Delete the username and password stored for authenication.
28 May 2009
Enabling 802.1X/PEAP for Wired Networks (in Vista): Make the Authenication tab visible on the network properties dialog.
28 May 2009
Performing a Complete PC Backup from the command line: Here's how you can perform a Complete PC Backup in Vista from the command line.
21 May 2009
When to use GPT disks: When you should choose GPT disks over MBR.
21 May 2009
Offline file is not available: What to do if a file or folder marked for offline use cannot be seen.
21 May 2009
Duplicate knownfolders: What to do if you see duplicate folders in your user profile.
13 May 2009
Windows cannot find the local profile: What to try if you see "Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile."
13 May 2009
Group Policy Offers New Functionality in Windows Server 2008: This article explains the improvements to the Group Policy in Windows Server 2008.
12 May 2009
Domain Controller Options Not Supported By RODC: This article explains the DC Options which are not supported by a RODC.
7 May 2009
DS Auditing in Windows Server 2008: This article explains the new functionality offered by auditing in Windows Server 2008.
6 May 2009
Fine Grained Password Policies Facts: This article lists some facts about the FGPP.
6 May 2009
Windows cannot load the profile: What to try if you see "Windows cannot load the profile and is logging you on with a temporary profile."
29 April 2009
BCD: Boot Configuration Database Notes: This article explains the new feature added to the Windows Boot process in Windows Server 2008.
29 April 2009
Windows Server Backup and New Features In Windows Server 2008: This article list of new features added to the Windows Server Backup tool in Windows Server 2008.
28 April 2009
Multiple PSOs To One User?: This article explains the conflict which arise when multiple PSOs are applied to a user.
23 April 2009
Troubleshooting Group Policy: Here's a three-step approach to troubleshooting Group Policy issues in Windows Vista and later.
22 April 2009
Using GPLogView: Some tips on using the GPLogView.exe command-line tool for troubleshooting Group Policy issues.
22 April 2009
Troubleshooting Folder Redirection: How to enable diagnostic debugging for Folder Redirection.
21 April 2009
Creating a default network profile: How to create a default network profile in Vista.
15 April 2009
Copying User Profiles: How to copy user profile folders in Vista and later.
14 April 2009
Deleting User Profiles: How to properly (and improperly) delete a user profile.
9 April 2009
Preventing Wireless Connection to Certain Networks in Vista/Server 2008: Windows Vista and Server 2008 include Netsh Commands specifically for WLANs, which let you block access to specified wireless networks.
8 April 2009
Free Network Analyzers/Sniffers for Windows: Several tools to see a network's raw packets for troubleshooting or security audits.
8 April 2009
Importing/Exporting Wireless Profiles in Vista/Server 2008: Windows Vista and Server 2008 include Netsh Commands specifically for WLANs, which let you import and export wireless network profiles.
7 April 2009
Free Online Network Security Auditors/Scanners: Several free online tools to test your network's integrity.
1 April 2009
Getting XP Computers to Appear on Network Map: Installing LLTD protocol on XP, so PC will appear on Vista's Network Map
1 April 2009
How To Quickly Check If Newly Created GPO Replicated To All Domain Controllers?: This article explains a quick tip to check whether a newly created GPO replicated to all the Domain Controllers for that domain or not.
25 March 2009
Backup Latency Threshold In Windows Server 2003 With SP1: This article explains how you can use a registry entry to display a warning message if a Naming Partition is not backed up for many days.
25 March 2009
A Quick Tip To Configure Time Service In Active Directory Environment: This article explains how you can configure time service for an active directory environment.
24 March 2009
AvoidPDCOnWan and PDC Emulator: This article explains how you can control a domain controller contacting a PDC which is out of the site.
19 March 2009
Tip To Check Network and DNS Settings Before Deploying A DC or Domain: 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.
19 March 2009
What is Replication Queue and who manages the Queue?: This article explains the mechanim Bridgehead Servers use to process the replication changes.
19 March 2009
SYSVOL Replication Notes: This article explains some notes related to the FRS and SYSVOL replication.
17 March 2009
Configuring a central store for ADMX templates: Windows Vista and later have a way of reducing the SYSVOL bloat that happens with Group Policy in earlier versions of Windows.
10 March 2009
Securing Windows images using permissions: 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.
4 March 2009
When not to use NTFS compression: NTFS compression usually works fine on client systems, but be careful using it on servers.
4 March 2009
WinRE partitions and Vista SP1: 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?
3 March 2009
A Quick Tip To Disable "Initial Configuration Tasks List": This article explains how you can disable the Initial Configuration Task List at logon.
26 February 2009
Unblocking executable files on Vista: How to get rid of an annoying security dialog.
25 February 2009
Vista SendTo shortcuts: How can you add entries to the right-click (shortcut) menu in Vista?
25 February 2009
TCP Chimney Offload and Windows Server 2008: How to verify that your server is utilizing the capabilities of a NIC that supports TCP Chimney Offload.
24 February 2009
Uninstall applications in Safe Mode: How can you uninstall Windows Installer-based applications in Safe Mode if you need to?
19 February 2009
Accessing a Hidden or Administrative Share: Bringing up a shared folder or drive you or the system have hidden.
18 February 2009
Creating a Hidden or Administrative Share: Preventing a shared folder or drive from showing in My Network Places and Network
18 February 2009
Changing Login Credentials for Shared Computers: How to change the username and password used to access a shared resource.
17 February 2009
Tips for Securing Your Wireless LAN: Ways to protect your Wi-Fi network from eavesdroppers and hackers.
4 February 2009
What All Ports Are Rrequired By Domain Controllers And Client Computers?: This article explains the key port requirement for Client computers and Domain Controllers communicating with each other.
4 February 2009
A Quick Tip To Check If PDC Emulator Is Working: This article explains how you can tell if PDC Emulator in an Active Directory Domain is working.
4 February 2009
What To Check If A Single User Can't Log On To Domain?: This article explains the tips you can use to troubleshoot the problem for a user who can't log on to the domain.
29 January 2009
Preventing processing of local Group Policy: In Windows Vista and later you can prevent the processing of local Group Policy by configuringguess whata Group Policy setting!
28 January 2009
Using ADMX Migrator: ADMX Migrator is a useful tool you can use to convert ADM template files to ADMX template files.
28 January 2009
A Quick Tip To Verify The SRV Records Of Domain Controllers: This article explains how you can use the NSLOOKUP tool to verify the SRV records of a domain controller.
27 January 2009
How To Browse NTDS.DIT Offline: This article shows how you can browse the NTDS.DIT (Active Directory database file) offline by using the DSAMIN command in Windows Server 2008.
22 January 2009
Group Policy and Event Logs in Vista: 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.
21 January 2009
Enabling Group Policy Debug Logging in Vista: 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.
21 January 2009
Prepping Windows PE for capture: Prepping a Windows PE build environment removes any components that are present in the component store but have not been installed.
20 January 2009
Installing updates on Windows PE: You can install updates on your Windows PE build environment using the peimg command.
15 January 2009
How To Allow System State Backups To Critical Volumes In Windows Server 2008?: 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.
14 January 2009
How Global Name Zones Work In Windows Server 2008?: This article shows the steps included when resolving a name in DNS Server running on Windows Server 2008.
14 January 2009
How Do You Restore Previous Backups On A Windows Server 2008 Computer?: This article explains how you can use the Windows NTbackup tool to restore the previous backups on a computer running Windows Server 2008.
13 January 2009
Adding device drivers online to Windows PE: You can add device drivers to dynamically when running Windows PE by using the drvload command.
8 January 2009
Using Windows Server 2008 Remote Server Administration Tools: If you are using Windows Vista as your primary desktop for managing Windows Server 2008, then you will need RSAT to do so.
7 January 2009
"Access Is Denied" Error Message When You Try To Delete A File/Folder: This article explains how you can use Process Explorer, a tool from Sysinternals (now subsidiary of Microsoft), to kill the lock on files and folders.
7 January 2009
How To Change The Bakcup Interval Of DHCP Database: This article explains how you can change the Backup Interval of DHCP using a registry entry.
6 January 2009
Terminal Services Advertising in Windows Server 2008: This article explains a registry entry for Terminal Services to disable/enable advertising.
18 December 2008
Adding device drivers offline to Windows PE: You can add device drivers to an offline Windows PE build environment by using the peimg command.
17 December 2008
How Do You Change The RDP Port No?: This articles explains a registry entry you can modify to change the default RDP Port No. for Terminal Services.
17 December 2008
Copying applications into Windows PE: You can copy applications into your Windows PE build environment by using the xcopy command.
16 December 2008
Using Netsh to Manage Wireless Connections: Netsh is more powerful now than ever. Here we look at how to use Netsh to manage your wireless network connection properties.
10 December 2008
A Quick Tip To Fix The Blank Windows Screen: This article explains a quick fix you can use to solve the issue with Windows blank screen.
10 December 2008
Dynamic Port Range in Windows Server 2008: This article explains the default Dynamic Port range in Windows Server 2008 and how to see the range using the NetSH command line tool.
9 December 2008
Migrating ADM Files to the New ADMX Format: The new Group Policy ADMX format is XML-based and provides a myriad of enhancements. Here we look at how to migrate old ADM files to this new format.
4 December 2008
Service Records of Domain Controller used by Various Services and Components: This article explains what all components or Services use the SRV records of domain controller.
3 December 2008
A Quick Tip To Fix DC SRVs in Active Directory Domain: This article explains how you can use few simple commands to fix the SRV records of a Domain Controller in an Active Directory Domain.
2 December 2008
Finding and Fixing Duplicate SIDs on the Network: Duplicate SIDs on the network can cause all types of problems. Why would we have duplicate SIDs and how to we correct it?
26 November 2008
How To Check If Servers In DMZ Are Up and Running Or Pinging?: 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.
26 November 2008
Performing a Recovery Using Complete PC Restore: Here's a simple tip to make sure you are able to properly recover a Vista system from a backup you made using Complete PC Backup.
25 November 2008
Boosting Vista Startup Performance: How can you improve the startup performance of your Vista computer? Disable SuperFetch!
20 November 2008
When Should You Restart FRS?: This article discusses the Regsitry entries of File Replication Service and when should you restart the FRS service for the changes to take effect.
19 November 2008
Using Group Policy vs. Registry Tweaks: Why is it better to use Group Policy to modify the registry than to use Registry Editor itself?
18 November 2008
Exchange Message Archiving: Should your company be doing some type of Exchange Message Archiving? Yes!
13 November 2008
Using Multiple Monitors in Vista and getting Aero: You can use multiple monitors with Vista if you have multiple video cards, but how can you get the Windows Aero experience on these monitors?
13 November 2008
Issues when moving a drive between servers: Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 both use NTFS version 5.1. Does this mean that a disk that's used in one platform could be moved to the other and "just work"?
12 November 2008
Issues after disabling administrative shares: Here are several reasons why you should never disable the default administrative shares on Windows computers, especially in an enterprise (managed) environment.
12 November 2008
Which DC Is Selected When Promoting A Member Server To DC?: This article discusses the a mechanism used by the DCPromo.exe to select a DC when promoting a member server to Domain Controller.
11 November 2008
FRS D2/D4 - When Should You Use Them?: This article discusses about D2 and D4 of File Replication Service in Active Directory and when should you use them?
11 November 2008
How To Know The Primary Member of A SYSVOL Replica Set?: This article explains how to determine the Primary Member of a SYSVOL Replica Set in an Active Directory domain.
6 November 2008
Logon Scripts, Group Policy Preferences, and Windows Vista: Many logon scripts that worked with Windows operating systems won't work with Windows Vista. Here's what you can do to replace them.
5 November 2008
Vista Logoff/Shutdown and Accessibility: If you find it tricky to logoff/shutdown Vista using the Start button because of accessibility issues, here's a solution.
4 November 2008
A Quick Tip To Make Sure FRS Is Working In A Domain: This article explains a small mechanism you can use to make sure FRS is working.
29 October 2008
How to Disable Ad Hoc Wireless Connections on Vista: 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.
28 October 2008
How to Migrate XP to Vista When Using EFS: 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?
23 October 2008
Removing RTM Files from Vista SP1: Installing Service Pack 1 on Windows Vista archives certain files so you can remove SP1 later if you decide to. You can reclaim disk space by deleting these files.
22 October 2008
How To Quickly Check IP Address on Remote Computers?: How to quickly check IP Address information on all the computers using a single command.
21 October 2008
A Quick Tip To Update Group Policy Settings On Remote Computers: This article explains a single command you can use to update the Group Policy settings on remote computers. Please note this applies to Windows 2000 Computers only!
16 October 2008
Branding the Vista Logon Screen: Enterprises could easily brand the logon screen for Windows XP. For Vista however, doing this requires a third-party product.
15 October 2008
How To Take System State Backup In Server Core: Take System State backup in Server Core.
14 October 2008
Changing the IP Address of a Server: Changing the IP address of a Windows server requires some special consideration. Here are a couple of things to make note of when doing this.
9 October 2008
Resolving Server Manager Errors: Server Manager in Windows Server 2008 can generate errors if the cache of CBS data becomes corrupt.
8 October 2008
Backing Up the Outlook Auto Complete Name List: Backing up the Microsoft Outlook auto complete list is indeed possible and easier than you think.
2 October 2008
Block Write Access To Run and RunOnce Registry Entries.: Blocking write access to Run and RunOnce registry entries for malware or other unwanted programs running in the system.
1 October 2008
Block Write Access To Run and RunOnce Registry Entries.: Blocking write access to Run and RunOnce registry entries for malware or other unwanted programs running in the system.
1 October 2008
Resolving Problems After Applying an Update: You can use System File Checker to try and resolve problems that occur after an update has been applied.
30 September 2008
Accessing Directory Services Restore Mode Remotely: Directory Services Restore Mode can be accessed remotely using some unique procedures. Here we look at how this is done.
25 September 2008
How To Delete System Blocked Files: How to delete Files/Folders which are being blocked by the processes running in the background.
24 September 2008
Don't Disable Any Default Services in Vista: You should not disable any of the default services running on Vista - here is why.
23 September 2008
A Quick Tip To Enable Terminal Services Access For Previous Versions of Windows: Allow previous versions of Windows to access Windows Server 2008 Server Core using Terminal Services.
18 September 2008
How to run your own application when Windows Starts?: This article explains a registry entry which you can use to run your application instead of Windows default Shell (Explorer.exe).
17 September 2008
Specifying MAK Keys in Answer Files: Where do you specify a MAK key in an answer file for automating installation of Vista?
16 September 2008
How To Check If A PSO Has Been Applied To A User Or Group: Checking users' password policies in Windows Server 2008 domain.
11 September 2008
Searching for Arbitrary Files on Vista: The quickest way to find an arbitrary file on a Vista computer.
9 September 2008
Securing DNS with Secure Dynamic Updates: DNS is crucial to the operation of a DNS domain. Using Secure Dynamic Updates is something you can do to make your DNS infrastructure a bit more secure.
4 September 2008
How To Force Users To Log On To The Domain?: This article explains a mechanism you can use to force client computers to log on to the domain.
3 September 2008