Admin Tips

Last Updated on 27 Sept. 2016, Total: 300 Knowledge Base 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

  1. Managing Office 2007 with Group Policy

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 10 June 2008
    • Section: Applications

    Office 2007 provides some great new ways to be managed via group policy. Here is what you have to do to utilize those... Read More

  2. Managing Windows Servers with Windows 7

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 23 June 2010
    • Section: Admin

    Windows 7 does not inherently come with the ability to manage your Windows servers. This tip will tell you what you need in order to be able to manage everything from your Windows 7 desktop... Read More

  3. Managing a Server Core file server

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 May 2010
    • Section: Admin

    You can use the Share and Storage Management snap-in to create and manage shared folders and volumes on a Server Core machine... Read More

  4. Managing a Server Core print server

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 11 May 2010
    • Section: Admin

    You manage a Server Core print server using Rundll32.exe and the printer admin VBscript scripts available in Windows Server 2008... Read More

  5. Managing event logs from the command line

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 20 May 2010
    • Section: Admin

    You can use the Windows Events command-line utility Wevtutil to view and examine events locally from the command line... Read More

  6. MaximumPasswordAge DisablePasswordChange On Client Computers

    This article explains how a domain client computer changes its password with the domain controller... Read More

  7. Migrating ADM Files to the New ADMX Format

    The new Group Policy ADMX format is XML-based and provides a myriad of enhancements. Here we look at how to migrate old ADM files to this new format... Read More

  8. Migrating a Hyper-V cluster between domains

    A tip on how to move a Hyper-V cluster between Active Directory domains... Read More

  9. Minimize Number Of Repeated Entries In System Log By NetLogon

    This article explains how you can use a registry hack to increase the interval for logging duplicate event entries in the System Event Log by the NetLogon service... Read More

  10. Modifying UAC Settings with Group Policy

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 21 Jan. 2010
    • Section: Admin

    User Account Control has its place in some scenarios, but you may find it best to disable it in certain situations. This can be done globally with Group Policy... Read More