How to enable Remote Desktop on a Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation

Explains how you can enable Remote Desktop (RDP) on a computer running Windows Server 2008 Server Core.

How to enable Remote Desktop remotely

Explains how you can enable Remote Desktop (RDP) on a computer that you don't have physical access to.

Why you should not store PST files on a file server

Discusses the potential risks of storing Outlook PST files on a Windows File Server

 How to clear cached credentials on a Windows-based computer

Describes how to delete stored usernames and passwords on a Windows computer

 How to run a command in the context of SYSTEM account

Describes how to execute a command or start a process from the command line using the context of the SYSTEM account in Windows

 Analyzing Windows BSOD (Blue Screen of Death)

How to find out what's causing a Blue Screen (stop error) on Windows machines

 Troubleshooting Windows Task Scheduler

How to resolve common problems with Scheduled tasks on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista

 Modifying a user registry hive without logging in as the user

My blog post on how to modify a user's registry hive (HKEY_CURRENT_USER) without having to log in as the user.

 How to solve problems while creating quotas on Windows Server 2003 R2 FSRM

How to resolve a problem on File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) when the quotas get corrupted and you cannot create new quotas on the same folder after re-installation.

 The Load Balancing Act: Implementing Windows NLB for Web Servers

Step-by-step instructions on how to implement Windows 2003 Network Load Balancing

Populating Active Directory users using an Excel sheet

Step by Step instructions on how to automatically add users to AD using an Excel sheet which has details of employees in the organization. Includes helper file download.

Password Recovery

How to change/recover Recovery Console password

Step-by-step instructions on how to recover/change forgotten Recovery Console (Directory Services Restore Mode) password on Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server.

How to recover Windows 2000 Domain Administrator password

Step-by-step instructions on how to recover forgotten Windows domain password.

How to recover Windows 2003 Domain Administrator password

Step-by-step instructions on how to recover forgotten Windows domain password.

Windows Security

Using BitLocker on Windows Vista

How to encrypt your entire hard drive by using the Windows Vista BitLocker feature.

 How to setup EFS with Key Archival

How to deploy a CA on Windows 2003 Enterprise and make use of custom version 2 template for Basic EFS with Key Archival.

Desktop Lockdown Guide

Protect your network from "internal" hacking. Some tips for desktop security.

Group Policy templates for the real world

[LINK] Pre-built Group Policies - Choose the one that's  "just right" for your network.

Locking down your AD: Redirecting new computer accounts to a lockdown OU

Changing the default OU for newly created computer & user accounts to an OU restricted by Lockdown Group Policy helps bolster security.

Domain Rename

How to rename a Windows 2000 domain?

Step-by-step instructions on how to rename a Windows 2000 domain.

Works only if you're running Mixed mode!

How to rename a Windows 2003 domain?

[LINK] Learn about renaming Windows 2003 domains using the Domain Rename Tool.

Interoperability

Interoperability with Macintosh

How to configure Macintosh clients to connect to Windows file servers, configuring DHCP, DNS. How to Ping and NSLookup from a Macintosh.