Windows Server 2012/2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base

Last Updated on 1 Nov. 2016, Total: 3132 Knowledge Base Tips

449 Windows 2000
280 Admin Tips
73 Registry Tips
96 User Tips
367 Windows 2003
361 Admin Tips
4 Registry Tips
2 User Tips
275 Windows 7
230 Admin Tips
21 Registry Tips
24 User Tips
75 Windows 8
71 Admin Tips
1 Registry Tips
3 User Tips
845 Windows NT
480 Admin Tips
296 Registry Tips
69 User Tips
304 Windows Server 2008
300 Admin Tips
3 Registry Tips
1 User Tips
219 Windows Server 2012
217 Admin Tips
153 Windows Vista
116 Admin Tips
3 Registry Tips
34 User Tips
444 Windows XP
233 Admin Tips
76 Registry Tips
135 User Tips

  1. How to prevent users from installing Windows XP Mode

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 5 July 2012
    • Section: Admin

    A tip on some ways of blocking users from installing Windows XP Mode on Windows 7 computers... Read More

  2. Repairing a corrupted icon cache

    How to repair the icon cache in Windows 7 if icons are not being properly displayed... Read More

  3. Configure taskbar shortcut to open user profile by default

    How to configure the Windows Explorer shortcut on your taskbar to open your user profile by default... Read More

  4. Analyzing Slow Startup and Shutdown using Event Viewer

    How to filter for events that provide detailed information about startup and shutdown of Windows services... Read More

  5. Disabling Online Help in High-Security Environments

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 28 June 2012
    • Section: Admin

    How to prevent Windows Help from prompting users to download help from the Internet in high-security environments where Internet access is tightly controlled... Read More

  6. Automatic logoff after MDT deployment

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 21 June 2012
    • Section: Migration

    How to automatically log off immediately after MDT 2010 installs Windows onto a system... Read More

  7. Copying folders but not files with Robocopy

    A tip on how you can copy folders but not files using Robocopy... Read More

  8. Linking GPOs across forests

    Some tips concerning linking Group Policy Objects across Active Directory forests... Read More

  9. Excluding folders and files in Start menu searches

    A tip on how to exclude specific folders or the file store in your Start menu searches... Read More

  10. Should you disable 8.3 filenames?

    A tip on the possible negative consequences of disabling 8.3 filenames for NTFS... Read More