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. Adding comments to answer files

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 12 June 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    You can add comments to your XML answer files to keep track of what your answer files are used for... Read More

  2. Three more things you shouldn’t do with Sysprep

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 5 June 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    Three more things you shouldn’t do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer... Read More

  3. Three things you shouldn’t with Sysprep

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 29 May 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    Three things you should not do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer... Read More

  4. Breaking into audit mode

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 21 May 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    How to break into audit mode during a manual install of Windows Vista... Read More

  5. Changes to Sysprep switches in Vista

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 8 May 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    Differences between Sysprep options for Vista compared with XP... Read More

  6. Implicit answer file search order for Vista

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 6 May 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    How Vista searches for an answer file when you don't tell it where to look... Read More

  7. Troubleshooting Vista Installs

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 29 April 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    How to troubleshoot Vista installs using Setup logs... Read More

  8. Breaking into a command prompt in Windows PE

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 24 April 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    How to open a command prompt during the Windows PE phase of Windows Setup for Vista... Read More

  9. What state is Vista Setup currently in?

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 22 April 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    How to determine what state Windows Setup is in when installing Vista... Read More

  10. Vista’s Setup configuration passes for admins who deploy XP

    • by Mitch Tulloch
    • Published on 17 April 2008
    • Section: Deployment

    Vista’s Setup configuration passes for admins who deploy XP... Read More