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. Configure taskbar shortcut to open user profile by default

    How to configure the Windows Explorer shortcut on your taskbar to open your user profile by default... Read More

  2. Analyzing Slow Startup and Shutdown using Event Viewer

    How to filter for events that provide detailed information about startup and shutdown of Windows services... Read More

  3. Disabling Online Help in High-Security Environments

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 28 June 2012
    • Section: Admin

    How to prevent Windows Help from prompting users to download help from the Internet in high-security environments where Internet access is tightly controlled... Read More

  4. Automatic logoff after MDT deployment

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 21 June 2012
    • Section: Migration

    How to automatically log off immediately after MDT 2010 installs Windows onto a system... Read More

  5. Copying folders but not files with Robocopy

    A tip on how you can copy folders but not files using Robocopy... Read More

  6. Excluding folders and files in Start menu searches

    A tip on how to exclude specific folders or the file store in your Start menu searches... Read More

  7. Non-admins and ActiveX controls

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 16 June 2012
    • Section: Security

    How to enable non-admins to install ActiveX controls... Read More

  8. Local admin accounts vs. the default Administrator account

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 13 June 2012
    • Section: Admin

    What’s the difference between the local Administrator account in Windows 7 and a new user account you create on the system that belongs to the Administrators local group?... Read More

  9. Preventing Windows Update reboots

    How to prevent a Windows 7 system from rebooting after installing updates that require a reboot... Read More

  10. Configuring IE homepage for deployment

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 6 June 2012
    • Section: Migration

    Here’s a tip from a WN reader on how to configure the Internet Explorer home page when customizing the default user profile for deploying Windows using MDT 2010... Read More