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. Enabling standard users to write to the root folder

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 12 April 2012
    • Section: Security

    Can you enable standard users to write to the root folder C:\\ in Windows 7? Should you?... Read More

  2. Differences how environment variables are resolved when using RUP

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 April 2012
    • Section: Admin

    This tip explains a difference between Windows 7 and Windows XP in how environment variables are resolved when logging on using a roaming user profile... Read More

  3. Possible Reasons to Stay with x86 Windows for PCs

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 April 2012
    • Section: Migration

    You're going to migrate your corporate PC environment Windows 7. Should you deploy x64 or x86 Windows 7?... Read More

  4. Don't add service accounts to the local Administrators group

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 10 April 2012
    • Section: Security

    Why you should never add service accounts to the local Administrators group on a computer... Read More

  5. Excluding files when an image is captured using MDT 2010

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 5 April 2012
    • Section: Migration

    How to exclude files when a Windows operating system image is captured from a reference computer using MDT 2010... Read More

  6. Registry setting not applied during deployment

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 4 April 2012
    • Section: Migration

    This tip provides updated info concerning an earlier tip about a registry setting not being applied during deployment when a task sequence runs in MDT 2010... Read More

  7. Using MDT 2010 in a Group Policy environment

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 4 April 2012
    • Section: Migration

    How to resolve common issues when deploying Windows 7 using MDT 2010 in a production environment where Group Policy will be applied to the target computers... Read More

  8. Configuring a secondary DNS server from the command line

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 3 April 2012
    • Section: Network

    How to configuring a secondary DNS server on a client computer from the command line... Read More

  9. Configuring IE home page using MDT 2010

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 29 March 2012
    • Section: Migration

    Here's a tip from a reader about configuring the Internet Explorer home page when deploying Windows 7 with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010... Read More

  10. Limit the Workstations Where Users Can Login

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 28 March 2012
    • Section: Network

    Specify up to 8 computers a user can logon with... Read More