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5 Hot Tips: Get More out of Windows Server 2008
IT pros are learning how to take advantage of the hidden talents in Microsoft's newest server OS. Here are five tips to get you started. With Windows Server 2008 in the hands of IT shops for a year, you would be pleasantly surprised at some of the cool things folks...
Resize a Vista partition without damaging data
There are many reasons why you might want or need to resize a partition, but generally speaking partitions can not be resized without damaging data. That is, until Microsoft Windows Vista. With Vista, resizing a partition that already contains data is not only possible, it's fairly simple. The only gotcha...
Take advantage of multiple monitors with Vista's Remote Desktop
If you're using multiple monitors as a part of your system setup and you regularly connect to other Windows Vista or Windows XP via Remote Desktop, you'll definitely want to learn how you can take advantage of Vista's Remote Desktop support for multiple monitors. Once you do, you can use...
Create virtual multiple desktops in Windows?
If you've ever used Linux then you know how effective having multiple desktops is can be. Not only does it aid in keeping down desktop clutter, it allows you to organize your desktop into various work environments (such as networking desktop, writing desktop, graphics desktop, programming desktop, etc). I have...
Centrally Managing Power Settings on Windows XP/2000 Computers
Where can I find the power management options for Windows XP Professional clients in Group Policy? I've looked all over but can't seem to find them....
Set File Permissions Thru Group Policy
How can I set file permissions for a user on a folder using Group Policy in Windows Server 2003/2008?...
10 customization tricks for Windows XP
Create your own Sleep button in Windows XP, Liven up your desktop with Windows XP's animated pointer schemes, Simplify copy and paste operations in Windows XP, Make the Windows XP Favorites menu more useful in Windows Explorer, Add a Safe Mode option to the Boot menu in Windows XP, Modify the Open With list in Windows XP, Switch to Windows' basic search tool in XP, Add UNC information to the command prompt in XP, Create a drive menu for My Computer, Use registry shortcuts to disable and enable screensavers in Win XP
Migrating Shared Folders to Windows 2003
How can we migrate shared folders from our Windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2003? You can download Microsoft's File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT) to migrate shared folders from a server running Windows NT 4.0/2000 to a server running Windows Server 2003 or Windows Storage Server 2003. FSMT also helps...
Get a better view of the Windows XP Tree command with Word
Using the Tree command to research the folders on your Windows XP hard disk can give you results fast - too fast for your eye to catch. Here's how to use Word to view a Tree you can read in detail and at your own pace....
Removing unused device drivers from Windows XP machines
When you install a device driver on a Windows XP machine, the operating system loads that driver each time the computer boots regardless of whether the device is present -- unless you specifically uninstall the driver. This means that drivers from devices that you have long since removed from your...
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