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. Domain Rename Tools

    • by Wayne Maples
    • Published on 20 April 2004
    • Section: Network

    link to download tools and 401K word document "Understanding How Domain Rename Works"... Read More

  2. Don't Bother Deleting C$

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 15 Feb. 2006
    • Section: Security

    Why deleting the C$ share is not a good idea... Read More

  3. Don’t forget to secure your UPS!

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 4 April 2007
    • Section: Security

    Physical security for your servers may be useless if you don't secure your UPS also... Read More

  4. Dumping group memberships

    A useful tool for dumping groups and membership info... Read More

  5. DynamicSiteName and SiteName – Which site a client computer belongs to?

    If you are troubleshooting a client computer which always communicates to a domain controller in different site, you should look at the two registry entries explained in this article. This article applies to Windows 2000 and Windows XP... Read More

  6. Editing the DNS Root Hints Files

    DNS Root Hints are essential for the location of records that takes place during DNS recursion. Here are a couple of quick tips regarding DNS Root Hints... Read More

  7. Eliminating Ping Responses from Secret Servers

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 27 March 2007
    • Section: Security

    Ever have a server setup that you really don’t want people knowing even exists? Keeping it from returning ping responses is a great way to make it vanish... Read More

  8. Enable MMC Version 3 in Windows Server 2003 R2

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 23 Feb. 2006
    • Section: Applications

    To unlock the newest version of the Microsoft Management Console in Windows Server 2003 R2 you will need to perform the following steps... Read More

  9. Enable Viewing of All Processes for Non-Administrative Users on a Terminal Server

    Terminal Servers typically only displays the processes for all users logged on to it to administrators. You can change that with a simple registry hack... Read More

  10. Enabling Caching of Universal Groups

    How to enable caching of universal groups in Windows Server 2003 and why this is useful in branch office scenarios... Read More