1. How to move the WINS database in Windows Server 2008
(Blogs/paulw)

... by the advanced button. Click the edit button, followed by add and then type NT SERVICE\WINS into the “enter the object name to select” area and click check names. Accept WINS and grant...

2. Remotely managing the disk management snap-in in Windows Server 2008
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...ndows Server 2008 systems. The interesting aspect of this is that simply enabling the rules in the “Remote Volume Management” firewall group on the target isn’t enough to allow ...

3. So how do I know what drive letters apply to what disks in Server Core?
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So how do I know what drive letters apply to what disks in Server Core? The “My Computer” or, “Computer”, as it’s now called Window provides some useful information that

4. Moving and renaming Active Directory objects in LDIF using LDIFDE
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...aming objects using LDIF in Active Directory I thought I’d better get some information about this “out there” as it were... In this post I’ll quickly illustrate how to per...

5. Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services Last Interactive Logon Information Feature
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...res that is enabled with Windows Server 2008 Domain Functional Level (DFL3) is something referred to as “Last Interactive Logon Information”. Essentially, this is a Windows NT 6.x (Vista ...

6. Troubleshooting ILM (MIIS) Failed: Filter Rejection (rejected-by-filter) error
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...and reasons on certain errors that I’ve hit in MIIS or, more specifically with this next one, ILM “2”.  While the other posts were quick and easy to work out what was happening ...

7. Prompting for the computer name in an unattended installation of Windows Server 2008
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... a question came up that wasn’t as easy to answer as you might think. It was something like this “Can we get it [Windows Server 2008 unattended installation] to prompt for a computer name...

8. Mailbox-enabling many users with the Exchange 2007 management shell (PowerShell)
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As you might have seen from some of my previous posts I’m doing some work with the ILM “2” beta. One of the pre-requisites for ILM “2” is Exchange 2007, so one of my tes

9. Disabling custom errors in Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0
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You might have noticed from my previous post that, because of the ILM “2” beta, I’m having to get my hands a little dirty with SharePoint Services –specifically Windows SharePo

10. Disabling logging in Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0
(Blogs/paulw)

One of the pre-requisites for ILM “2” is SharePoint Services. SharePoint Services 3.0 is no longer part of Windows Server 2008 (it was during beta), but is available as a free download fr