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Small Business Server: Allow Macintosh computers to connect to SBS 2003 file and printer shares Remote Web Workplace - Exclude specific computers from being displayed in workstation or server list Remote Web Workplace - Configure the session timeout Remote Web Workplace - Disable the drive-mapping option Remote Web Workplace - Non-administrators experience long wait time after initial logon screen Remote Web Workplace - Non-administrators cannot logon Remote Web Workplace - Windows XP SP-3 won't allow the installation of the RWW ActiveX control Shutdown and restart operations are very slow in Windows Small Business Server 2003  Windows: Allow Macintosh computers to connect to Windows Server 2003 file and printer shares Automatic logon for Windows Server 2003 Add the My Computer, My Documents, Internet Explorer and/or My Network Places "Special" Icons to the Desktop by Registry Key (and therefore Group Policy) Change the service account passwords across multiple computers Configure a printer for a remote computer Delete unused profiles, locally or on remote computers Determine the last reboot date/time of a computer Determine the MAC address of a remote computer or device Determine whether a client is connected by RAS or LAN  Determine who is logged on to a given computer, or at what computer a user is logged on  Disable admin shares (c$, d$, etc.) Enable Remote Desktop for a remote computer with a Registry key Instant Messenger - How to block it using ISA Server  Journal Wrap Error in File Replication Service event log - How to clear it "Network Load Balancing Is Not Installed" error message in Windows Server 2003  You cannot open file shares or Group Policy snap-ins when you disable SMB signing for the Workstation or Server service on a domain controller  Set the Windows Time Service to point to an external time provider Setup a logon script only For Terminal Server users  Note: After reviewing the KB article in the link above, use the following line of code in the logon script to record logons. %clientname% is the computer from which the connection is made; %computername% is the computer to which it is made.     echo %username% %clientname% %computername% %date% %time% >> logon.log Terminal Server or Remote Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Firewall - Enable remote administration Windows Firewall - How to open a port on a remote computer Exchange Server and Outlook: Exchange Server 2007 - Create and import a SSL certificate for Exchange Server 2007 Exchange Server 2007 - Determine the Organization name using the Exchange Management Shell Exchange Server 2007 - How to import PST files into mailboxes Exchange Server 2007 - How to display a list of mailboxes and their corresponding sizes Exchange Server 2007 - How to simplify the URL for Outlook Web Access (OWA)  Exchange Server 2003 - The Compose Message form stops responding after you install Internet Explorer 7.0 and the S/MIME control on an Outlook Web Access client in Exchange Server 2003  Exchange Server 2003 - Configure the database size limit on Exchange Server 2003 SP-2 Exchange Server 2003 - Enable the "Change Password" option for OWA Exchange Server 2003 - Prevent users from accessing certain features of Outlook Web Access (OWA)  Exchange Server 2003/2000 - Disaster recovery and database repair Exchange Server 2003/2000 - Configure Windows/Microsoft Update to check for Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) updates Exchange Server 2003/2000 - SSL certificate error message when you try to manage public folders through Exchange System Manager Exchange Server 2003/2000 - Modify the SMTP banner  Exchange Server 2003/2000 - Move the Exchange Server databases to a new location Exchange Server 2003/2000 - Setting Up SMTP domains for inbound and relay email  Exchange Server 2003/2000 - Convert the format of items in public folders so they appear as messages rather than posts  Outlook - Clear the "Open Other Users Folder" Most Recently Used list  Outlook - Recover items that have been hard-deleted in Outlook  Outlook - Set the default location for new PST files Outlook - Restore the "special" Outlook icon to the Desktop when using Outlook 2003 Redirect Outlook Web Access from HTTP to HTTPS Syntax to TELNET to port 25 of a mail server  IIS: Configure IIS to determine reverse lookup values in ASP pages  Mask the IIS version from Telnet or network trace  Resolution for inability of FrontPage to open local Web sites on Win2K3 Server after SP-1 has been applied Internet Explorer: Remove the search box from the IE7 toolbar Put the menu bar back at the top of the browser Networking: VLANs - General information  Hardware: Memory diagnostics (RAM Tester)  Miscellaneous: Time servers  Default passwords - This site provides the default IDs and passwords that ship with many devices, such as Cisco, Linksys and SonicWall.  SPF Records (Wizard)  SonicWall Firewalls: Configure a SonicWall firewall (TZ series) to permit WSUS downloads Symantec AntiVirus Corporate: Reset the password in SAV or the SSC
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