Windows Server 2008

Last Updated on 27 Sept. 2016, Total: 304 Knowledge Base Tips

300 Admin Tips
53 Active Directory
123 Admin
1 Applications
3 Exchange
13 Migration
20 Miscellaneous
45 Network
22 Security
10 Terminal Servers and Thin Clients
9 Virtual Platforms
3 Registry Tips
3 Miscellaneous
1 User Tips
1 Miscellaneous

  1. Hide Drives from Your Computer

    Remove drives from windows and dialogs, but allow access by commands and applications... Read More

  2. Display a list of installed hotfixes on a remote computer

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 6 Oct. 2011
    • Section: Admin

    How to use the Get-Hotfix Windows PowerShell cmdlet to display a list of installed hotfixes on a remote computer... Read More

  3. Verify the SQL Server service is running on a remote server

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 5 Oct. 2011
    • Section: Admin

    How to use the Get-Service Windows PowerShell cmdlet to verify that the SQL Server service is running on a remote server... Read More

  4. Display a list of volumes on a remote computer

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 5 Oct. 2011
    • Section: Admin

    How to use the Get-WmiObject Windows PowerShell cmdlet to display a list of volumes on a remote computer... Read More

  5. View List of Shares

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 4 Oct. 2011
    • Section: Security

    See what is being shared to the network... Read More

  6. Delete Login Credentials for a Network Share

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 29 Sept. 2011
    • Section: Network

    Remove the cached username and password for a network share(s)... Read More

  7. Do Not Require Login to Access Shared Folders

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

    Open access to shared folders so users don't have to enter a username and password... Read More

  8. Troubleshooting: Changing the timeout on the WDS boot screen

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 26 April 2012
    • Section: Migration

    How to troubleshoot a problem where you try to change the default timeout value for the Windows Deployment Services boot screen but your change doesn't take effect... Read More

  9. Troubleshooting: Out-of-box driver deployment using WDS

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 26 April 2012
    • Section: Migration

    How to troubleshoot a problem where you try to deploy a driver to a computer using Windows Deployment Services and you get the message "Error 0xe0000228: There are no compatible drivers for this device"... Read More

  10. Using WMIC to determine whether Windows is running in a virtual machine

    How to use the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line to determine whether Windows is running in a virtual machine... Read More