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A collection of system administration hints and tips, tricks and articles on Microsoft Windows in all its variants.

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Files to review when troubleshooting VSS snapshot errors

Updated 11 Apr 2012 Read time 43 sec(s) (2472 visits).

Failed to create a VSS snapshot and it is required in order to run a system state backup.

Verifying the blocksize of an NTFS volume

Updated 11 Aug 2011 Read time 40 sec(s) (2288 visits).

This simple post provides details on how to verify the block size of an NFS volume, using the fsutil command.

How to Restart or Shutdown a remote Windows Server

Updated 2 Aug 2011 Read time 2 min(s) 43 sec(s) (3090 visits).

When you attempt to restart a remote server remember that the default ComputerName is the local machine, therefore you need to append -m ComputerName.

Installing a package using CYGWINs apt-cyg utility

Updated 21 Jul 2011 Read time 1 min 5 sec(s) (3177 visits).

Installing a package using CYGWINs apt-cyg utility

Opening Local Firewall Ports on Windows 2008 Server

Updated 10 Mar 2010 Read time 19 sec(s) (480 visits).

This article explains with illustrations on how to configure a firewall (open local ports) on a Windows 2008 Server.

Useful Windows RUN Commands

Updated 2 Mar 2015 Read time 3 min(s) 46 sec(s) (2906 visits).

There are several ways to efficiently access the files, folders, and programs in Windows operating system.

Adding Users and Computers to a new Active Directory domain

Updated 13 Mar 2007 Read time 2 min(s) 7 sec(s) (310 visits).

Add Users and Computers to the Active Directory domain

Creating a Windows 2003 Active Directory server

Updated 8 Oct 2006 Read time 1 min 38 sec(s) (639 visits).

This article describes how to install and configure a new Active Directory installation in Windows Server 2003

Deleting Windows temp files

Updated 30 Jun 2012 Read time 3 min(s) 6 sec(s) (2231 visits).

Any file under the Windows Temp folder is safe to delete. But that isn't the only place that temporary files are stored on Windows computers.

Managing Computers Remotely with the MMC

Updated 3 Oct 2004 Read time 2 min(s) 37 sec(s) (3006 visits).

Managing a remote system using the Computer Management console, you must launch the console with an account that has administrative credentials.