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How can I turn off the Automatic Update feature in in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003? To turn off the Automatic Update feature in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 do the following: Go to Control Panel. Click System. Go to the Automatic Updates tab. Un-select the "Keep my computer up to date" box….

How can I disable the Administrative Share creation in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003? Every Windows NT/W2K/XP/2003 machine automatically creates a share for each drive on the system. These shares are hidden, but available with full control to domain administrators. The drive letter, followed by the $ sign is the name, and it is shared from the root….

Directory Update – Update your Active Directory and Global Address List (GAL) information One of the most annoying daily tasks that help desk personnel and user account administrators face each day is keeping their user’s information updated in the Active Directory. The time involved in making just a few changes a week for a small…

Active Directory snapshots in Windows Server 2008 is a cool trick any IT pro should be aware of. By using this feature, you can either manually, or programmatically, create snapshots of the Active Directory database at a given time. These snapshots can be stored on the local hard disk of the Domain Controller (DC), or…

With the release of Exchange 2007 in the beginning of 2007, Microsoft has continued on building the mobile usage and capabilities of Exchange Server, features that were first introduced in Exchange 2003 RTM. In this article I will try to describe the changes found in Exchange 2007 when compared to the list of features we…

Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 offer two types of disk storage: basic and dynamic. Basic Disk Storage Basic storage uses normal partition tables supported by MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. A disk…

DHCP Learning Labs A review of Train Signal’s Windows 2000/2003 DHCP Video Lab Training – Product Details. See more details at Train Signal’s website. DHCP, simple eh!  Set it up, add an IP range and exclusions, put in some scope options and that’s it.  WRONG!!  DHCP is a very simple utility to use but it is also a…

If you have ever had to move a DHCP Server from one physical server to another, you know that the process isn’t exactly fun or intuitive if the servers are running Windows Server 2003. Fortunately, when Microsoft created Windows Server 2008, they completely redesigned the administrative interface, and in doing so, also made DHCP much…

How can I determine who are the current FSMO Roles holders in my domain/forest? Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory domains utilize a Single Operation Master method called FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation), as described in Understanding FSMO Roles in Active Directory. The five FSMO roles are: Schema master – Forest-wide and one per forest. Domain naming…

How do I use Group Policy to deploy Windows XP in a Windows 2000 network? You can use Group Policy to make a Windows XP Professional upgrade available to the Windows 2000 Professional workstations in your network. Create a folder to hold the Windows Installer package (Winnt32.msi) on a network server. Give the folder the…