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This article provides a step-by-step guide to making bulk changes to users in Active Directory using the ADModify.NET tool.
Making bulk changes to Active Directory users with ADModify.NET

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Having difficulty locating the Admodify.net utility? Try the URL link below.
Admodify - Download

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Free (released under the GNU General Public License) disk defragment and optimize utility for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use, fast, low overhead, with several optimization strategies, and can handle floppies and USB disks/sticks. Included are a Windows version, a commandline version (for scheduling by the task scheduler or for use from [...]

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Undelete Plus is a quick and effective way to retrieve accidentally deleted files, NTFS files, files removed from the Recycle Bin, in a DOS window, from a network drive, from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down. Free utility software that does not have to be “installed” before using.
Undelete Plus. Free file recovery software. [...]

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If you’re creating and troubleshooting the effects of group policies (GPO) on your computer, there is a command line utility you can download and install called GPTime.exe. It’s one simple executable that I unzipped and copied into the same folder as the Win2k3 Resource Kit tools. The resource kit folder is already included in the [...]

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In Windows XP or Windows 2003, open an entire command window and type -> GPUpdate <enter>. All of the current policy settings affecting your computer (or server) and your account are displayed.
You can also see a history of the application of group policies by inspecting the registry.
To inspect the group policies applied to your local [...]

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To get a complete memory dump from computers that have 4 GB RAM or more, it is still necessary to use the /MAXMEM switch in the Boot.ini file. One of the page files on the system partition must still be 1 MB larger than the amount of RAM installed in the computer to successfully create [...]

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Using roaming profiles in your Windows terminal server environment? This is a Microsoft utility you can’t forget to install and schedule to use regularly.
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service

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Simple Microsoft how-to to install an .adm file in your GPO.
Add or remove an Administrative Template (.adm file)

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Windows SteadyState, successor to the Shared Computer Toolkit, is designed to make life easier for people who set up and maintain shared computers. Windows SteadyState runs on workgroups or standalone computers. Not every computer user should have access to every software capability. Your system can be more stable and consistent when you limit user access [...]

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