Admin Tips

Last Updated on 19 July 2011, Total: 361 Knowledge Base Tips

37 Active Directory
76 Admin
9 Applications
4 Exchange
11 Migration
66 Miscellaneous
62 Network
77 Security
12 Terminal Servers and Thin Clients
7 Virtual Platforms

  1. More Grace Period for Restoring Active Directory

    Watch those tombstones when restoring Active Directory from backup--but there's less worry if you have Service Pack 1 installed... Read More

  2. When Delegation Doesn't Seem to Take

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 9 Dec. 2005
    • Section: Admin

    Sometimes you delegate a task to a user, and then later on they can't perform that task. Why?... Read More

  3. Avoid Overuse of Protected Groups

    protected groups, user rights, PDC Emulator... Read More

  4. Scanning network drives

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 6 Dec. 2005
    • Section: Security

    Is your network slow? It could be your antivirus program's fault... Read More

  5. Consolidating file servers

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 30 Nov. 2005
    • Section: Admin

    Save money by consolidating your file servers... Read More

  6. File server performance

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 29 Nov. 2005
    • Section: Admin

    How to prevent Shadow Copies from becoming a bottleneck on file servers... Read More

  7. Running admin commands on a workstation

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 23 Nov. 2005
    • Section: Admin

    How to run admin commands on a workstation when you are logged on as a non-admin... Read More

  8. Security Options Ignored

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 8 Nov. 2005
    • Section: Security

    Why are some Security Options in Group Policy not being applied?... Read More

  9. Finding the Groups a User Belongs To

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 2 Nov. 2005
    • Section: Admin

    Here's a useful tool for troubleshooting permissions problems arising from membership in groups... Read More

  10. Why It's Hard to Harden Clients

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 1 Nov. 2005
    • Section: Security

    Servers are usually hardened--why not clients?... Read More