Tips

Tips

Windows systems and network management

• Boosting the performance of a print server

  A few things you can do to ease your print server's burden and increase performance.  Continue Reading

• Keep applications from stealing focus

  How to cure system ADD.  Continue Reading

• Planning a network management system: Six easy steps

  By planning your system, you'll avoid spending hours of fruitless time trying to manage it later.  Continue Reading

• The difference between REGEDIT and REGEDT32

  What you can do with them.  Continue Reading

• Introduction to steganography

  Mark explains steganography, the basics and uses of this security technology, and how it differs from encryption.  Continue Reading

• Stop users creating shared folders

  Procedure for eliminating shared folders.  Continue Reading

• Manage Plug-and-Play devices from the command line

  How to use a command-line utility to handle Plug-and-play devices.  Continue Reading

• Use the registry to enable services

  Use the registry to enable services.  Continue Reading

• Shortcut to ipconfig /all

  A quick shortcut to find the ipconfig /all settings in a wink.  Continue Reading

• Configure opportunistic locking

  A way to allow concurrent read operations on open files.  Continue Reading

• When to use Active Directory containers

  Active Directory offers five basic containers: forest, tree, domain, site and OU. Find out how they work and what their differences are.  Continue Reading

• Perimeter security explored: Firewalls

  The foundation of your perimeter security should be firewalls.  Continue Reading

• Shortcut to Offer Remote Assistance

  Here's a shortcut to the Offer Remote Assistance feature of the Windows XP Help and Support Center.  Continue Reading

• Locking a workstation vs. logging off

  Why locking a workstation is better, and what to do if you cannot.  Continue Reading

• Stripe and cluster your RAID

  How to set stripe and cluster size in a Win2K RAID.  Continue Reading

• Troubleshooting slow connections to SQL Server

  If your attempts to connect to a SQL Server 7.0 or SQL Server 2000 take an extreme amount of time, try this workaround.  Continue Reading

• Manually changing MAC addresses

  How to do it, if your email adapter is programmable.  Continue Reading

• Windows 2000 and cached credentials

  Cached credentials in Win2k can be a security hazard. Learn more in this Tech Tip.  Continue Reading

• Troubleshooting tools for common Active Directory problems

  Check out these helpful tools and utitlities for when things go awry with Active Directory.  Continue Reading

• A more elegant way to wait for InstallShield to terminate

  Use the -SMS command line when using InstallShield.  Continue Reading

• Change OS system drive letter

  Change the letter of your system drive.  Continue Reading

• Using the Microsoft Management Console: The basics

  Just what exactly is the Microsoft Management Console? Find the basic details here, with info on how to use it to accomplish certain Windows management tasks.  Continue Reading

• Top 10 ways to improve desktop management

  Following some common-sense principles can make desktop management easier for all parties involved.  Continue Reading

• Script for remote synchronization of workstation's time with PDC

  Here's a small batch file that allows the administrator to remotely synchronize a workstation's time with the PDC.  Continue Reading

• Append date to log file names

  Here's a simple script for a batch file to append the current date to log files.  Continue Reading

• Permanent processor affinity

  How to link a particular third-party program with a particular processor.  Continue Reading

• Manage scheduled tasks remotely

  How to manage scheduled tasks on a computer that isn't at your location.  Continue Reading

• Test your systems with a manual blue screen and memory dump

  Wanna see if systems can survive a bluescreen?  Continue Reading

• Change your company's default screensaver and wallpaper

  Learn how to change your company's default wallpaper or screensaver to be installed on all machines and enabled by default.  Continue Reading

• Assigning group policies to groups in Active Directory

  Here is a great trick for making Microsoft Active Directory assign group policies where it doesn't want to.  Continue Reading

• Throttle network adapters

  How to limit the bandwidth used by a system, or a specific adapter.  Continue Reading

• Customize remote installation services

  How you can make up custom installation scripts for installation across a Windows 2000 network.  Continue Reading

• Quick Tips: Install Active Directory without a network card or network cable

  You probably think you can't install AD if you've got a disconnected network card/cabe, but you can. Here's how.  Continue Reading

• Performance monitoring methodology

  Discussion of some basic information about performance monitoring for Windows based computers.  Continue Reading

• Moving shares from one drive to another

  Time-saving procedure for moving Windows NT shares from one drive to another drive in the same computer.  Continue Reading

• How to create and copy roaming user profiles

  This tip shows how to copy a defined user profile to several users or to a group of users.  Continue Reading

• Making HP JetDirect print servers secure on the network

  Here are tips for securing an HP JetDirect print server on a network.  Continue Reading

• How to reset the 90 temporary license with Terminal Server/Win2k

  A workaround to for the 90 day temporary license that allows you to connect to Win2k server.  Continue Reading

• Speed up network browsing

  When you view shared files in a Win2k LAN, you can experience up to a 30 second delay. Find out how one user speeds it up.  Continue Reading

• Defragmenting the Active Directory object database

  All Active Directory objects are stored in a database that you should periodically defragment; here's how.  Continue Reading

• Use caution when disabling the Windows Server service on your workstation

  Use caution when disabling the Windows Server service on your workstation, says this searchWin2000 member.  Continue Reading

• Add Notepad.exe to your Send To menu

  One member finds it quite useful to add Notepade.exe to his Send To folder so he can view the raw content of any file.  Continue Reading

• Add a program to the right click menu

  SearchWin2000 member Rick Ziminski shares a handy tip for adding any program to your right click menu.  Continue Reading

• What seems to be the problem? Slow server

  Sooner or later, it happens to everyone. Slow server? Read on...  Continue Reading

• Auto logon for NT 4.0

  Auto logon can easily be setup on any NT machine by adding two strings to the registry and modifying two others. Here's how.  Continue Reading

• Creating new Active Directory users with dial-in permission

  Two parameters are needed for new user dial-in access. This Active Directory tip helps you cover all the bases.  Continue Reading

• Force Windows 2000 to use a specific .inf file

  A simple tip for using specific .inf files for particular reasons.  Continue Reading

• Msconfig works in Windows 2000 too

  User submitted tip: Msocnfig works in Windows 2000 too  Continue Reading

• Using access control inheritance in Active Directory

  Admins can increase productivity by using Active Directory to manage how objects inherit access control entities.  Continue Reading

• Create .MSC files to save time in MMC

  Learn a better way to access Microsoft Management Console tools in Windows.  Continue Reading

• Publishing a folder in Active Directory

  Step-by-step look at how to create and publish a shared folder in Microsoft Active Directory.  Continue Reading

• The ethics of programming

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• Visual Basic add-ins

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• Setting NTFS security via group policies

  User-submitted shortcut that uses plug-ins to help you increase security on system drives and the registry.  Continue Reading

• Turn off roaming profile caching

  If you use roaming profiles on your network, the hard drive will become cluttered with cached copies.  Continue Reading

• Secedit to force GPO changes

  Use this command line to trigger group policy application for a local computer or currently logged on user.  Continue Reading

• Print services for Unix

  Learn about the two components in Windows 2000 that provide print services for Unix.  Continue Reading

• Back up the registry with batch files

  Find out how you can use a simple DOS batch file system to back up your registry with this member tip.  Continue Reading

• Use command-prompt properties to increase screen buffer

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• Common Registry entries for COM/COM+ classes

  Developer Tip: Common Registry entries for COM/COM+ classes  Continue Reading

• Software Installation and Maintenance Tips and Tricks

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• Switch from uniprocessor to multiprocessor support

  Administrator Tip: Switch from uniprocessor to multiprocessor support  Continue Reading

• System Administrator's Checklist

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• The Structure of an MFC Application

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• Fourteen points for Software Development

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• Is e-commerce for real and is it right for small business?

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• Creating ActiveX controls with Delphi

  Developer Tip: Creating ActiveX controls with Delphi  Continue Reading

• Major Features of Active Directory

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• Optimizing Disk I/O Performance

  Tips for optimizing disk I/O performance  Continue Reading

• Common booting problems and remedies

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• DCOM Debugging Techniques

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• Printing a List of Domain Users

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