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Technologies

• Active Directory

Microsoft Windows Server

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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (R2)

Setup IAS Radius Server for 802.1x Auth

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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (R2)

Windows Server 2008 R2 Print Logging

1. Login to the server
2. From Server Manager, expand Diagnostics and Event Viewer
3. Expand Applications and Services Logs
4. Expand the Microsoft folder, expand the Windows folder
5. Expand the PrintServices folder
6. Right-click on the Operational Log, and click Enable Log

Disabling UAC via Group Policy

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note: In 2008 you will have to start procexp.exe with "Administrator rights" in order to kill processes.

How to cleanup the winsxs folder

The winsxs folder in c:\windows can be really big, the only way to cleanup is using the microsoft command line tools :

Windows Server 2003 : VSP1CLEAN.exe
Windows Server 2008 : COMPCLN.exe
Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 : DISM.exe

I will explain the last one here.  Start you’re command prompt As Administrator.

Usage:

dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded

You can also run these commands :

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Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\*
Icacls %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\* /GRANT administrators:F
Del /q %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\*

Notes

How to remove ghost nics on vmware machines that have been P2Ved

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