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. Troubleshooting: Windows Easy Transfer and temporary profiles

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 16 May 2012
    • Section: Migration

    How to resolve an issue where Windows Easy Transfer fails because of temporary profiles stored in the registry... Read More

  2. Troubleshooting: Incompatible CD/DVD driver

    An example of how to resolve a problem where installing an older application on Windows 7 x64 created a driver compatibility issue that prevented the CD/DVD drive from functional... 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. Troubleshooting projection mode in Windows 7

    How to troubleshoot failure of projection mode on Windows 7... Read More

  5. 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

  6. Block installation of Windows XP Mode

    Some ways you can prevent users from installing Windows XP Mode on their Windows 7 Enterprise computers... Read More

  7. Deploying Windows 7 with BitLocker using MDT 2010

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 19 April 2012
    • Section: Migration

    A tip concerning deploying Windows 7 using MDT 2010 and enabling BitLocker with TPM+PIN on target computers... Read More

  8. How transparent caching works

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 17 April 2012
    • Section: Network

    Answers two questions about how transparent caching works in Windows 7... Read More

  9. Differences how environment variables are resolved when using RUP

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 April 2012
    • Section: Admin

    This tip explains a difference between Windows 7 and Windows XP in how environment variables are resolved when logging on using a roaming user profile... Read More

  10. Configuring a secondary DNS server from the command line

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 3 April 2012
    • Section: Network

    How to configuring a secondary DNS server on a client computer from the command line... Read More