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

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 5 July 2011
• Section: Miscellaneous

When troubleshooting program errors dialog boxes can often be unclear or confusing. This tip will show you a quick method to getting more out of those dialog boxes than meets the eye... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 4 July 2011
• Section: Admin

Process Monitor and Process Explorer both have a lot in common. This tip gives a brief outline of how they are different and what tasks each on does... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 30 June 2011
• Section: Security

When a Windows computer is locked it will show the username of the person who locked it by default. This tip will provide a method for fixing this bad security practice... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 30 June 2011
• Section: Active Directory

When forcing the demotion of a domain controller in Windows Server 2003 there was a caveat that limited your ability to perform this action. This tip explains the caveat and its removal in Server 2008... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 28 June 2011
• Section: Network

Jumbo frames are not anything new but they are often forgotten about. Enabling them may provide a bit of a performance boost. This tip shows how to do that... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 23 June 2011
• Section: Miscellaneous

Indexing has improved greatly in Windows operating systems over the course of the last several years, but you can still benefit from disabling it in certain areas. This tip discusses how to configure indexing for greater performance... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 22 June 2011
• Section: Miscellaneous

This tip demonstrates how to change the location of the Windows indexing database and why you might want to do so... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 30 June 2010
• Section: Miscellaneous

Creating a customized user profile and replacing the default user profile with it is a common administrative task, but works a bit differently in Windows 7... Read More

• by Nirmal Sharma
• Published on 30 June 2010
• Section: Admin

This article explains a registry heck you can use to allow clients to select multiple WDS Servers. This applies to Windows Server 2008 R2 only... Read More

• by Nirmal Sharma
• Published on 24 June 2010
• Section: Admin

This article explains a registry heck which you can use to disable the automatic launching of Menu when Windows Server 2008 Server Core R2 starts. This applies to Windows Server 2008 Server Core R2 only!... Read More