http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/349/all xx http://www.itworld.com/windows/59317/re-using-domain-controller-names 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: http://www.itworld.com/windows/59317/re-using-domain-controller-names#comments Hardware Windows Tip active directory hardware Mitch Tulloch Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:12:39 -0500 Mitch Tulloch 59317 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/59315/tracking-changes-active-directory 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? http://www.itworld.com/windows/59315/tracking-changes-active-directory#comments Security Windows Tip active directory auditing Mitch Tulloch monitoring Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:08:34 -0500 Mitch Tulloch 59315 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/59314/running-virtual-machines-compressed-host-drive Is it a good idea -- or a bad one -- to compress the drive on a host system used for running virtual machines? http://www.itworld.com/windows/59314/running-virtual-machines-compressed-host-drive#comments Virtualization Windows Tip Mitch Tulloch performance storage virtualization Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:05:29 -0500 Mitch Tulloch 59314 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/59312/running-hyper-v-laptop Some tips for running Hyper-V on a laptop for doing virtual machine demos. http://www.itworld.com/windows/59312/running-hyper-v-laptop#comments Virtualization Windows Tip Hyper-V laptop Mitch Tulloch performance Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:00:48 -0500 Mitch Tulloch 59312 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/58336/understanding-group-policy-event-logs-vista How logging of Group Policy events and debug info has changed in Windows Vista compared with previous versions of Microsoft Windows. http://www.itworld.com/windows/58336/understanding-group-policy-event-logs-vista#comments Windows Tip event logs Group Policy Mitch Tulloch Windows Vista Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:15:52 -0500 Mitch Tulloch 58336 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/58335/working-gplogview How to use GPLogView.exe to troubleshoot Group Policy processing in Windows Vista and later. http://www.itworld.com/windows/58335/working-gplogview#comments Windows Tip Group Policy Mitch Tulloch troubleshooting Windows Vista Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:11:26 -0500 Mitch Tulloch 58335 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/58334/steps-troubleshooting-group-policy-issues Here's a systematic procedure you can follow when troubleshooting Group Policy processing issues in Windows Vista and later. http://www.itworld.com/windows/58334/steps-troubleshooting-group-policy-issues#comments Operating systems Windows Tip Group Policy Mitch Tulloch troubleshooting Windows Vista Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:09:47 -0500 Mitch Tulloch 58334 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/58332/extending-life-ssd-and-usb-flash-drives A tip on extending the life of SSD and USB flash drives, plus an update to a previous tip published a few weeks ago. http://www.itworld.com/windows/58332/extending-life-ssd-and-usb-flash-drives#comments Hardware Windows Tip laptops Mitch Tulloch SSD USB Windows Vista Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:02:36 -0500 Mitch Tulloch 58332 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/57499/cleaning-powerpoint-decks 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. http://www.itworld.com/windows/57499/cleaning-powerpoint-decks#comments Business Windows Tip customer-ready Mitch Tulloch PowerPoint Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:57:00 -0500 Mitch Tulloch 57499 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/57498/nesting-organizational-units-too-deeply On why nesting organizational unitess too deeply can lead to grief in an Active Directory environment. Windows Tip active directory design Mitch Tulloch Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:00:00 -0500 Mitch Tulloch 57498 at http://www.itworld.com