Create an EXE from Batch File Map Drives
As an system administrator or uber home geek you are probably well versed in the creation of batch files to accomplish certain tasks. However, you may find the need to…
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Create A Network Between Two Windows 7 Computers
To someone who may be new to computers or to networks in general, to be able to create a successful network between two Windows 7 computers might seem like a…
You Have Been Logged On with a Temporary Profile
We have covered some of the misery that happens with roaming profiles in a previous post. Roaming profiles seem to at best only work “some” of the time and can…
Moving User Profiles to a new server
If you administer an environment that utilizes server stored profiles or roaming profiles, you probably already know what a nightmare these can be to manage. Many have run into problems…
Running multiple SSL IIS sites IIS7 and 7.5
Starting with IIS 7, Microsoft made major changes to IIS. The look and feel of the entire interface is way different than what administrators were used to with IIS6. All…
Remote Desktop Connection Manager – Great tool for Administrators
As IT Admins, we are always looking for ways that we can save time and effort in completing our tasks and making the most efficient use of our time and…
Windows Imaging Checklist
We all use and love (may be a bit presumptuous here) imaging workstations. After all it saves us as system administrators countless hours of time, or at least we hope…
Logging off remote desktop kills user processes
A mistake that is commonly made by Jr. admins is logging off a remote desktop session to a server after initiating a user driven process or program. In seeing this…
Set Default Printer Based on Location
If you are an administrator and you are looking for an easy way to set the default printer based on the location a user logs on, this is possible with…
End to End .Wim Image Deployment with WDS
We want to take a look at the end to end creation of a .wim image and the deployment of this image via Windows Deployment Services. This will require several…