Topic: Admin Tips
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How to disable the UAC feature for Administrators
You can disable the—sometimes annoying—User Account Control (UAC) prompts for members of the Administrators group, while...
You can disable the—sometimes annoying—User Account Control (UAC) prompts for members of the Administrators group, while...
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How to customize the Send To menu in Vista
A useful trick in Vista is being able to right-click on an item, select Send To, and then send the item to your Documents...
A useful trick in Vista is being able to right-click on an item, select Send To, and then send the item to your Documents...
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Create Menus in Windows PE
Windows PE is a fully-functional (though scaled-down) version of Vista, and as such you can modify it using scripts and...
Windows PE is a fully-functional (though scaled-down) version of Vista, and as such you can modify it using scripts and...
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ImageX with a GUI
Vista’s Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) lets you capture and deploy Windows Image (WIM) files using the...
Vista’s Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) lets you capture and deploy Windows Image (WIM) files using the...
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Essential Steps for Upgrading to Vista
Planning on manually upgrading your Windows XP workstation to Vista? Here are four things you must be sure to do:Run the...
Planning on manually upgrading your Windows XP workstation to Vista? Here are four things you must be sure to do:Run the...
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Upgrade Advisor’s Big Brother
The Vista Upgrade Advisor is useful for checking individual Windows XP computers to see whether their hardware configuration...
The Vista Upgrade Advisor is useful for checking individual Windows XP computers to see whether their hardware configuration...
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Error Capturing Image of Reference Computer
Say you’re planning on deploying Windows Vista and you’ve prepped your reference computer and are ready to capture its...
Say you’re planning on deploying Windows Vista and you’ve prepped your reference computer and are ready to capture its...
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Adding Boot Critical Drivers During Unattended Installation of Vista
Sometimes having the right driver is critical for being able to perform an unattended install. For instance, your system may...
Sometimes having the right driver is critical for being able to perform an unattended install. For instance, your system may...
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More Sysprep Errors with Vista
If you try to sysprep a Vista reference system and get this error:”A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the...
If you try to sysprep a Vista reference system and get this error:”A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the...
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Sysprep Error with Vista
If you try and run sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /shutdown on a Vista reference system and get the following error...
If you try and run sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /shutdown on a Vista reference system and get the following error...
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Troubleshooting Regsvr32 Error 0×80004005
A common sight when trying to get older software to work with Windows Vista is having to manually register DLL/OCX files...
A common sight when trying to get older software to work with Windows Vista is having to manually register DLL/OCX files...
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How to repair a lost or corrupted user profile in Vista
If you see a balloon when you log on to a Vista machine that shows the following error message:then you have a problem as...
If you see a balloon when you log on to a Vista machine that shows the following error message:then you have a problem as...
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The Windows Automated Installation Kit
System administrators are known to spend hours on end figuring out new and more efficient ways to deploy desktop operating...
System administrators are known to spend hours on end figuring out new and more efficient ways to deploy desktop operating...
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Disk Cleanup in Windows Vista
Windows Vista is just like any other operating system in that it uses a whole variety of temporary storage that must be...
Windows Vista is just like any other operating system in that it uses a whole variety of temporary storage that must be...
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How to securely transfer data between Vista machines
You have two Windows Vista computers, in different locations, and you need to securely transfer a large amount of data from...
You have two Windows Vista computers, in different locations, and you need to securely transfer a large amount of data from...
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How to disable file/folder encryption on Windows Vista.
The Encrypting File System (EFS) allows you to secure data on NTFS volumes, but it also adds some processor overhead to your...
The Encrypting File System (EFS) allows you to secure data on NTFS volumes, but it also adds some processor overhead to your...
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How to troubleshoot Group Policy processing in Windows Vista
In Windows Server 2003 and earlier, you could enable userenv logging to help troubleshoot Group Policy problems. With...
In Windows Server 2003 and earlier, you could enable userenv logging to help troubleshoot Group Policy problems. With...
