I added a Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 to my 2008 domain. When I attempted to add the domain admin to the local administrator group I got an error that it already is there! But when logging in as the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I get a lot of questions about how to “lock down” workstations. So, in the next series of tips, I’m going to give you some little strategic “base hits” for doing that. Indeed, there’s s not a “magic bullet” toward […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Why isn’t Group Policy Working on this client?” “Did You Check the DNS Configuration of the Client?” One of the most frequently encountered problems with Windows 2000 and above is that things just ‘stop working’ when DNS gets out of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have been thinking about why administrators sometimes report "issues" with their Group Policy system. As I thought about it, I decided to jot down some notes to share with you and your team and managers. The result was five […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ok, here is the situation: you’ve got 1200 script files in a particular directory on your XP workstation, and you need to find any script that references “\\atl01\share” (queue Dennis Hopper voice), what do you do?! Traditional convention is that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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