Admin Tips

Last Updated on 14 July 2016, Total: 230 Knowledge Base Tips

3 Active Directory
63 Admin
3 Applications
45 Migration
64 Miscellaneous
23 Network
27 Security
2 Virtual Platforms

  1. Enable Sharing of the Administrative Share in Windows 7 or Vista

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 12 Sept. 2011
    • Section: Security

    Allow access to the C$ share of Windows 7 or Vista... Read More

  2. Pre-mapping network drives

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 31 Aug. 2011
    • Section: Network

    How to map a network drive when the share you need to connect to isn't available... Read More

  3. Renaming a BitLocker-protected computer

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 24 Aug. 2011
    • Section: Security

    How to rename a BitLocker-protected computer without invalidating your recovery key... Read More

  4. How to ensure defragmentation occurs on Windows 7

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 Aug. 2011
    • Section: Admin

    Here's how you can make sure that Windows 7 defragments the computer's hard drive regularly... Read More

  5. Identifying 16-bit applications that won't run on 64-bit Windows

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 Aug. 2011
    • Section: Migration

    How to identify 16-bit apps in your current environment that won't be able to run when you migrate users' computers to 64-bit Windows 7... Read More

  6. Disabling automatic termination of programs blocking shutdown

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 10 Aug. 2011
    • Section: Admin

    Here's a tip to reduce helpdesk calls due to the "Programs still need to close" screen in Windows Vista and later... Read More

  7. Finding out when your domain password will expire

    Here's how you can find out when your domain password will expire... Read More

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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