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. Propagating Permissions in Exchange 2007 Public Folders

    • by Chris Sanders
    • Published on 27 Jan. 2010
    • Section: Exchange

    This tip will explain how to propagate permissions through an Exchange 2007 public folder structure... Read More

  2. Quickly Turn ON/OFF Windows Firewall Using Command Line

    This article explains how you can quickly Turn Windows Firewall On or Off. This tips applies to Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 only!... Read More

  3. Quickly edit a GPO

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 22 July 2009
    • Section: Admin

    Gpedit.msc has some command-line options that let you quickly edit targeted Group Policy OPbjects... Read More

  4. ROSP and FGPP

    A tip on how to view the Resultant Set Of Policy for Fine-Grained Password Policies... Read More

  5. Redefining Map Drives and Speeding up User Logins

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 27 July 2016
    • Section: Admin

    A tip for IT admins that still have traditional file servers and how they can resolve some of the issues associated with using drive mappings... Read More

  6. Registry Hack To Disable Automatic Launching Of Menu In Windows Server 2008 Core R2

    This article explains a registry heck which you can use to disable the automatic launching of Menu when Windows Server 2008 Server Core R2 starts. This applies to Windows Server 2008 Server Core R2 only!... Read More

  7. Remove/Disable Cached 802.1X/PEAP Login Information (in Vista)

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 2 June 2009
    • Section: Security

    Stop Vista from saving the username and password used for authenication... Read More

  8. Replacing the Default User Profile in Windows 7

    Creating a customized user profile and replacing the default user profile with it is a common administrative task, but works a bit differently in Windows 7... Read More

  9. Replacing the Windows Time Service

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 20 Sept. 2016
    • Section: Admin

    A tip about a freeware program that handles setting up and monitoring of Windows Time Service... Read More

  10. Resolving Server Manager Errors

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 8 Oct. 2008
    • Section: Admin

    Server Manager in Windows Server 2008 can generate errors if the cache of CBS data becomes corrupt... Read More