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Tips - 4

Nirmal Sharma — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:15:00 GMT

A Quick Tip To Disable "Initial Configuration Tasks List" This article explains how you can disable the Initial Configuration Task List at logon. What All Ports Are Required By Domain Controllers And Client Computers? This article explains the...(read more)

Tips - 3

Nirmal Sharma — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:03:00 GMT

Group Policy Offers New Functionality in Windows Server 2008 This article explains the improvements to the Group Policy in Windows Server 2008. Domain Controller Options Not Supported By RODC This article explains the DC Options which are not supported...(read more)

Tips - 2

Nirmal Sharma — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:44:00 GMT

A Quick Tip To Prevent Users From Accessing The Computer Tab This article explains a quick tip which you can use to prevent users from accessing the Computer Tab on My Computer property. A Quick Tip To Create A User Mode Process Dump File This article...(read more)

Tips - 1

Nirmal Sharma — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:18:00 GMT

Please check all the tips at WindowsNetworking.com: A Quick Tip To Strict FRS Replication To A Specific Port This article explains a registry heck which can be used to strict FRS Replication to a specific port. A Quick Tip To Strict AD Replication To...(read more)

Tip - A Quick Tip To Make Sure FRS Is Working In A Domain

Nirmal Sharma — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:35:13 GMT

This article explains a small mechanism you can use to make sure FRS is working. FRS (File Replication Service) is used to replicate Scripts and Group Policy in Active Directory. FRS is dependent on Active Directory Connection Objects Read more here....(read more)

Tip - Remote Control in Windows Server 2008

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:34:06 GMT

Microsoft developers have introduced a remote administration tools pack, which ships with Windows Server 2008 CD. The feature, called RSAT - Remote Server Administration Tools, Read more here... http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3779931...(read more)

Tip - A Quick Tip To Update Group Policy Settings On Remote Computers

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:20:47 GMT

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 Read more here... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2000/AdminTips...(read more)

Tip - How To Take System State Backup In Server Core

Nirmal Sharma — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:36:27 GMT

There is no GUI tool available in Windows Server 2008 Server Core edition to take the System State backup. You need to depend Read more here... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsServer2008/AdminTips/Admin/HowToTakeSystemStateBackupInServerCore...(read more)

Tip - Block Write Access To Run and RunOnce Registry Entries - Rectified.

Nirmal Sharma — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:13:41 GMT

Blocking write access to Run and RunOnce registry entries for malware or other unwanted programs running in the system. Your system becomes unstable because of the malware programs running in the background. You identify these programs and kill them in...(read more)

Tip - Block Write Access To Run and RunOnce Registry Entries.

Nirmal Sharma — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:15:28 GMT

Blocking write access to Run and RunOnce registry entries for malware or other unwanted programs running in the system. Read more here... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/UserTips/Boot/BlockWriteAccessToRunandRunOnceRegistryEntries...(read more)

Tip - How does Windows Server 2008 resolve Domain Controller Load Balancing problems?

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:17:12 GMT

This article discusses a new Group Policy setting which solves the Load Balancing issues with the domain controllers. The DC Locator Service has been re-designed in Windows Server 2008 to include a new mechanism. When a client computer finds a preferred...(read more)

Tip - A Quick Tip to configure Group Policy settings in Workgroup Security Model.

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:14:20 GMT

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. The Group Policy can also be deployed in Workgroup security model but there is no central...(read more)

Tip - How To Delete System Blocked Files

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:49:59 GMT

How to delete Files/Folders which are being blocked by the processes running in the background. Read more here... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/AdminTips/Utilities/HowToDeleteSystemBlockedFiles.html...(read more)

Tip - Command Line Tips, Windows Server 2008 Server Core

Nirmal Sharma — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:14:46 GMT

Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 in various editions. One of them is Server Core. There is no GUI included in the Server Core. You must perform all the commands by using the command-line tools supplied with the Server Core. Here are few important...(read more)

Tip - A Quick Tip To Enable Terminal Services Access For Previous Versions of Windows

Nirmal Sharma — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:13:53 GMT

Allow previous versions of Windows to access Windows Server 2008 Server Core using Terminal Services. Windows Server 2008 runs in higher security level. By default, Windows Server 2008 does not allow previous versions of Windows computers to access the...(read more)

Tip - How to run your own application when Windows Starts?

Nirmal Sharma — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:41:30 GMT

This article explains a registry entry which you can use to run your application instead of Windows default Shell (Explorer.exe). Read more here... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/RegistryTips/Customization/HowtorunyourownapplicationwhenWindowsStarts...(read more)

Tip - 'GlobalNames' Zone, A DNS Feature in Windows Server 2008

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:41:07 GMT

Many Microsoft customers are still using WINS in their networks. WINS is often used as a secondary name resolution protocol for NetBIOS names. WINS uses NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NBT) for name resolution. Organizations still use WINS because they like having...(read more)

Tip - How To Check If A PSO Has Been Applied To A User Or Group?

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:38:09 GMT

Checking users' password policies in Windows Server 2008 domain. In Windows Server 2008 you can implement multiple password policies for users or groups. The effective password policies for a user or group are stored in AD Attributes. You need to...(read more)

Tip - How To Force Users To Log On To The Domain?

Nirmal Sharma — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:05:59 GMT

This article explains a mechanism you can use to force client computers to log on to the domain. Read more here... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2003/AdminTips/ActiveDirectory/HowToForceUsersToLogOnToTheDomain.html...(read more)

Tip - Break Server Core registry to disallow processing of Run and RunOnce entries

Nirmal Sharma — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:01:21 GMT

This article will show you how you can disallow processing of Run and RunOnce registry entries. This article applies to Windows Server 2008 Server Core Edition only! Read more here... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsServer2008...(read more)