Admin Tips

Last Updated on 7 July 2011, Total: 116 Knowledge Base Tips

29 Administration
1 Application Compatibility
1 Built-in Diagnostics
42 Deployment
11 Misc
18 Networking
5 Security
9 Troubleshooting

  1. Fix 'Multiple Networks' and the Internet in Windows Vista

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 14 Oct. 2010
    • Section: Networking

    How to get the Internet back when it says 'Muliple Networks'... Read More

  2. Free Online Network Security Auditors/Scanners

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 1 April 2009
    • Section: Misc

    Several free online tools to test your network's integrity... Read More

  3. Free up disk space

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 28 April 2006
    • Section: Misc

    How to free up disk space used by System Protection in Windows Vista... Read More

  4. Getting XP Computers to Appear on Network Map

    • by Eric Geier
    • Published on 1 April 2009
    • Section: Networking

    Installing LLTD protocol on XP, so PC will appear on Vista's Network Map... Read More

  5. Getting past the size limit for roaming profiles

    How to enable really big roaming user profiles if needed i.e. roam a lot of stuff... Read More

  6. Group Policy and Event Logs in Vista

    In previous versions of Windows, Group Policy information was logged to the System log and additional troubleshooting information could be obtained by enabling Userenv.dll logging... Read More

  7. How To Migrate User Profiles From Windows XP To Windows 7

    This tip explains how you can migrate user profiles from Windows XP to Windows 7... Read More

  8. How to Disable Ad Hoc Wireless Connections on Vista

    Windows Vista won’t automatically create ad hoc wireless connections with other computers, but for greater security you may want to disable ad-hoc wireless connections entirely. Here’s how to do this... Read More

  9. How to Migrate XP to Vista When Using EFS

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 23 Oct. 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    If you have dozens or more XP workstations that use the Encrypting File System (EFS) to safeguard data, and you need to migrate these machines to Vista without losing your EFS keys and certificates, then what should you do?... Read More

  10. How to tell if a computer has been sysprepped.

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 2 July 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    Here’s an easy way how you can tell if a computer has been sysprepped... Read More