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Mitch Tulloch is a widely recognized expert on Windows administration, networking, and security. He has been repeatedly awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) status by Microsoft for his outstanding contributions in supporting users who deploy and use Microsoft platforms, products and solutions. Mitch has published over two hundred articles on different IT websites and magazines, and he has written or contributed to almost two dozen books and was lead author for the Windows Vista Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. For more information about Mitch, see his website http://www.mtit.com.

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Simplifying User Profiles

Posted Sep 14, 2008 - 12:37 pm

How to simplify your user profile so you can find things easier.
Windows, document management, Mitch Tulloch
Converting Event Log Files

Posted Sep 05, 2008 - 03:40 pm

Three ways to convert older EVT event logs into the newer EVTX format.
Windows, event logs, Mitch Tulloch
Recording All Activity on a Server

Posted Aug 27, 2008 - 06:00 am

Ever wanted to record everything anyone does while logged on to your server? Here's a product that can help you do just that.
Windows, audit trail, computer forensics
Working with fixed-size virtual hard disks

Posted Aug 22, 2008 - 04:27 pm

Three tips for working with fixed-size virtual hard drives when using Microsoft Virtual Server, Virtual PC, or Hyper-V.
Windows, Hyper-V, Mitch Tulloch
Go shallow on your directory structure for file servers

Posted Aug 15, 2008 - 11:37 am

Don't paint yourself into a corner when designing the directory structure for your file servers!
Windows, enterprise storage, file servers
Don't move system files onto removable media

Posted Aug 07, 2008 - 06:07 pm

Want to quickly bring your Windows system into an unsupportable state? Try moving system files to removable media and then removing the media!
Windows, Mitch Tulloch, search
Finding technical info on Microsoft's web site

Posted Jul 29, 2008 - 04:25 pm

Some need-to-know pages on microsoft.com for IT pros who work with Microsoft products and technologies.
Windows, Microsoft, Mitch Tulloch
Another script to make Knowledge Base searches easier

Posted Jul 23, 2008 - 10:55 am

Here's a simple scripted Web page you can save onto your hard drive and use to google the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
Windows, Mitch Tulloch, script
Another Use for Diskpart Shrink

Posted Jul 16, 2008 - 04:10 pm

In last week's post we saw how to shrink a disk volume using the SHRINK subcommand of the DISKPART command. Today we'll look at another use for this command.
Windows, Mitch Tulloch, storage
Shrinking a volume using diskpart

Posted Jul 10, 2008 - 05:09 pm

The Diskpart command in Vista lets you shrink a disk volume, but sometimes not very much. Here's a way you may be able to make your volume even smaller.
Windows, commands, Mitch Tulloch

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Converting Event Log Files

Recording All Activity on a Server

Working with fixed-size virtual hard disks

Go shallow on your directory structure for file servers

Don't move system files onto removable media

Finding technical info on Microsoft's web site

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