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With the recent launch of Windows Server 2008 you are no doubt spending all your free time playing around with everything new. One thing you might be playing around with is Network Access Protection. There is a great document on getting a DHCP based NAP Read More...
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You have probably heard this bit of news already but in case you haven't we thought we'd share it with you. Vista SP1 and Server 2008 were both released to manufacturing today and will become available in the near future. That is unless you have a TechNet Read More...
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Ever wanted to backup your ACLs for every file in a folder? With Windows Vista, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 a new tool has been released called ICACLS. To backup the ACLs of every file in a directory type: icacls * /save aclfile.txt This command Read More...
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Deploying BDD is a big project. One of the first elements, and a huge time saver, is installing WDS. This tool allows us to stream down a copy of Windows PE 2.0 to your clients so that you can launch the installation process in a 32 or 64 bit environment. Read More...
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Windows 2000, XP and 2003 provide a feature called Dynamic Disks. A dynamic disk can contain simple volumes, spanned volumes, striped volumes, mirrored volumes, and RAID-5 volumes. When using dynamic storage, you can perform disk and volume management Read More...
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Sysprep is a great tool, to create an image that can be pushed out to client machines. With Sysprep, you can install the OS and any applications, create the Sysprep image and then push it to other client or server machines. Within minutes you can have Read More...
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Have you ever been working in the command line and want to send the output of a command to another document? Well we can right-click the command window and select Mark and then copy and paste into the document, or add > c:\info.txt to the end of the Read More...
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Many remote users connect to the corporate network using a VPN connection. Typcially they login to the local machine and then launch the VPN connection. However, it is possible to initiate the conenction before logging in allowing the user to be authenticated Read More...
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Debugging STOP errors is not for the faint of heart, or at least that is the impression most people have. In fact, it is not to difficult determine the cause with a little time, and a few free tools. Thelazyadmin.com Forum member WrldBFree, has written Read More...
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The dreaded Stop Error, affectionatley known as the Blue Screen Of Death, or BSOD, causes nightmares for most PC users. Stop Errors usually mean something major is wrong and troubleshooting them is never enjoyable. This list of the top Stop Errors and Read More...
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Encrypted File System (EFS) is a feature built into Windows 2000, XP and 2003 that allows users to securely encrypt files and folders. You can increase this level of security in Windows XP and 2003 by implementing a more secure encryption algorithm. By Read More...
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Encrypted File System (EFS) is a secure way to encrypt files and folders on your workstation (or server). EFS is pretty much uncrackable due to the way files are encrypted. EFS encryption keys are generated on the fly to encrypt the file. The File Encryption Read More...
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Are you like me and use regedit, the Microsoft registry editor, often? Find yourself digging down into the same registry keys often? Well, put the registry keys into your favorites and save time! That's right! Regedit has favorites too, just like your Read More...
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Windows XP and 2003 make it simple for you to reinstall the TCP/IP stack if you encounter any errors. Using the netsh command we can quickly and easily rewrite the two registry keys: HKLM\\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters HKLM\\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DHCP\Parameters Read More...
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What happens if the file extension for EXE's is changed? Well if you can edit the registry, through Regedit/Regedt32 (which may or may not work as they are EXEs) or Remote Registry, you can fix this! Open the registry for editing and drill down to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe Read More...
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Shortcuts make shortwork of launching programs.. MMC console shortcuts have been covered and now we will look at Control Panel shortcuts. Here is a list of Control Panel shortcuts I have complied, if you know of more, email me and I'll be sure to add Read More...
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In the Microsoft world there are usually at least 3 ways to get something done. Launching an MMC console is no different. Depending on how you set up your profile, the shortcuts can be located in various locations throught the GUI. A much faster way to Read More...
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File associations exist so that Windows knows which program to use to open a file. Its pretty simple really, however there are times when you may want to change this program, or add a filetype. Thankfully there are a few commands that we can use to create Read More...
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There is a flaw in Windows that allows the ever famous malicous hacker to view the contents of your Clipboard by directing you to a specially crafted website. To clear your Clipboard when IE launches create a webpage with the following code. You can upload Read More...
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Most admins I talk to run DNS on their Domain Controllers, and most also run DHCP on one or more of them as well. The benefits of AD-Integrated Zones and the small footprint of DHCP allow you to run these services on your DC's with minimal impact on performance. Read More...
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