I needed to remove a domain controller earlier today after the hardware failed. I couldn't find an easy way to remove it from the domain. So, I contacted some friends of mine over at Synergistic Networks. They had suggested that I look at the following procedure: http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm. That worked perfectly! ...

I posted the question on the ASPAdvice.com technical list and received a response from a good friend, Paul Murphy. His solution is documented at http://aspadvice.com/blogs/pmurphy/archive/2005/02/09/2084.aspx. I haven't tried it yet, but it just might work. Looks like I'll have to try it sometime soon.

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Another simple, yet useful solution: http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/arrow.htm

I just finished reading a fairly decent article about maintaining your Windows Server 2003 boxes. You can find the article here: http://www.ftponline.com/channels/security/wss/2004_12/magazine/features/kgardinier/. There is a free registration to read the entire article.

Microsoft has issued a list of applications that are compatible with Windows Server 2003 SP1 and a list of applications that have some issues. You can view this list by visiting http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;896367&spid=3198.

A user requested that their Windows folders all appeared in the Detail format. Many IT users like to see each folder they browse to appear in List format. To set this, open up a folder and choose View > List. Then click on Tools > Folder Options. Click on the View tab and click the button Apply to All Folders. Its a simple task, but an ...

I've been asked by many after a recent post about MS security updates how they could find out what products are affected. You can view the security updates and narrow down particular products by visiting the TechNet Security Bulletin Search site at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx.For instance, choose to view all of the ...

According to TechNet, Microsoft will hold a ''patch day'' on April 12th. The patches will include: 5 Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for these security updates is Critical. Some of these updates will require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the ...

Many times I here administrators complain about outside attempts to hack their systems. In most of these cases, these same administrators continue to use Administrator as their domain admin account. I'd recommend setting up another user account and giving that account the full admin priviledges. Then, disable the Administrator account. This is ...