Mitch Tulloch

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Windows tip: Re-using domain controller names

Posted December 16, 2008 - 3:12 pm

You have five domain controllers named SEA-DC1 thru SEA-DC5. The physical hardware for SEA-DC3 is getting kind of old, so you do the following:
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Windows tip: Tracking changes to active directory

Posted December 16, 2008 - 3:08 pm

Do you have trouble sleeping at night, worrying that one of your admins or delegated users might change some aspect of your Active Directory environment?
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Windows tip: Running virtual machines from a compressed host drive

Posted December 16, 2008 - 3:05 pm

Is it a good idea -- or a bad one -- to compress the drive on a host system used for running virtual machines?
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Running Hyper-V on a Laptop

Posted December 16, 2008 - 3:00 pm

Some tips for running Hyper-V on a laptop for doing virtual machine demos.
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Windows tip: Understanding Group Policy Event Logs in Vista

Posted November 24, 2008 - 6:15 pm

How logging of Group Policy events and debug info has changed in Windows Vista compared with previous versions of Microsoft Windows.
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Windows tip: Working with GPLogView

Posted November 24, 2008 - 6:11 pm

How to use GPLogView.exe to troubleshoot Group Policy processing in Windows Vista and later.
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Windows tip: How to troubleshoot Group Policy issues

Posted November 24, 2008 - 6:09 pm

Here's a systematic procedure you can follow when troubleshooting Group Policy processing issues in Windows Vista and later.
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Windows tip: Extend the life of SSD and USB flash drives

Posted November 24, 2008 - 6:02 pm

A tip on extending the life of SSD and USB flash drives, plus an update to a previous tip published a few weeks ago.
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PowerPoint deck cleanup

Posted November 24, 2008 - 10:57 am

Here's a tip on how to clean up your PowerPoint presentations so you can safely distribute them to customers after having removed sensitive information.
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Nesting Organizational Units Too Deeply

Posted November 17, 2008 - 7:00 am

On why nesting organizational unitess too deeply can lead to grief in an Active Directory environment.
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Vista, SSDs and Disk Fragmentation

Posted November 10, 2008 - 7:15 am

Tips on how to get the most out of running Vista on laptops that have Solid State Disks (SSDs).
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Terminal Services and CAD

Posted November 3, 2008 - 11:25 am

Ever experienced the frustation of running a Computer-Assisted Design application off of a terminal server? Here are some tips to improve the user experience in this scenario.
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Getting support for Microsoft products via blogs

Posted October 15, 2008 - 6:00 am

Need to find technical information for implementing or troubleshooting a Microsoft product? Try a blog!
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Squeezing More Mailbox Rules Into Exchange/Outlook

Posted October 14, 2008 - 12:25 pm

Run out of space for creating mailbox rules in Exchange/Outlook? Here's how you can squeeze in more.
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How to disable credential caching on client computers

Posted October 14, 2008 - 12:23 pm

Don't want usernames and passwords to be stored on your client machines? You can disable this using Group Policy.
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XP/Vista Coexistence: Accessing Your Corporate Intranet

Posted October 8, 2008 - 6:00 am

Thinking of migrating some of your XP computers to Vista? First make sure that your Vista users will still be able to access your corporate intranet!
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Managing user profiles in a Terminal Services environment

Posted October 1, 2008 - 6:00 am

Some tips for managing user profiles in a Terminal Services environment using only native or readily available free Windows tools.
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Are You A Geek? Take This Test

Posted September 24, 2008 - 6:00 am

Here's a tip on avoiding "click frustration" when removing USB flash drives--and a simple test you can perform to tell whether you're a geek or not.
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Troubleshooting Messages Stuck in Outbox

Posted September 19, 2008 - 7:03 am

Are your Outlook messages getting stuck in your Outbox? Here's what might be wrong.
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Simplifying User Profiles

Posted September 14, 2008 - 12:37 pm

How to simplify your user profile so you can find things easier.
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Converting Event Log Files

Posted September 5, 2008 - 3:40 pm

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

Posted August 27, 2008 - 6:00 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.
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Working with fixed-size virtual hard disks

Posted August 22, 2008 - 4:27 pm

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

Posted August 15, 2008 - 11:37 am

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

Posted August 7, 2008 - 6:07 pm

Want to quickly bring your Windows system into an unsupportable state? Try moving system files to removable media and then removing the media!
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