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. Repairing a corrupted icon cache

    How to repair the icon cache in Windows 7 if icons are not being properly displayed... Read More

  2. Replacing the Explorer Shell in Windows 7

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

    How to replace the Windows Explorer shell in Windows 7 with another shell... Read More

  3. Replicating the MDT Database

    A tip concerning replicating the MDT database in a multi-site environment... Read More

  4. Require Login to Access Shared Folders

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 28 Sept. 2011
    • Section: Network

    Require users to enter a username and password when accessing shared folders... Read More

  5. Restoring default out-of-the-box ACLs

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 19 July 2012
    • Section: Admin

    A tip on restoring the default out-of-the-box ACLs on a Windows 7 installation... Read More

  6. Restrictions on local user names

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 17 July 2012
    • Section: Admin

    There are certain names you shouldn't try to use when creating a new local user on a Windows 7 computer... Read More

  7. Resynchronizing with a Time Server

    How to resynchronize a domain-joined Windows 7 computer with a time server... Read More

  8. Routing compartments and Windows 7

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 14 March 2012
    • Section: Network

    Explains some relics of routing compartments in Windows 7... Read More

  9. Running 16-bit applications on 64-bit Windows 7

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 15 May 2012
    • Section: Applications

    How to run older 16-bit Windows applications on 64-bit Windows 7... Read More

  10. Running 16-bit apps on 64-bit Windows

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 3 Aug. 2011
    • Section: Applications

    Here's is a workaround for running 16-bit apps in 64-bit Windows... Read More