Mitch Tulloch http://www.itworld.com/mitch-tulloch xx Windows tip: Re-using domain controller names 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 Windows tip: Tracking changes to active directory 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 Windows tip: Running virtual machines from a compressed host drive 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 Running Hyper-V on a Laptop 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 Windows tip: Understanding Group Policy Event Logs in Vista 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