When creating, moving or deleting Active Directory objects, you may find that the system prevents deleting an organisational unit (OU).
Windows Server – extending the trial period to 240 days
Any Windows Server 2008 edition can be installed without activation and used for testing for 60 days. This period can be restarted three times, extending the initial 60-day trial by up to 180 days, for a total of 240 days.
PSR – Problem Steps Recorder
Windows 7 includes Problem Steps Recorder, launched by typing psr in Start. It captures the desktop and all actions performed, helping troubleshoot users' PCs when they cannot describe the problem and remote access is unavailable.
SharePoint and STSADM for Backup, Restore, Import and Export
STSADM is a SharePoint administration command-line tool with many operations, including backup and restore of an entire SharePoint installation or only a subsite.
Disabling hibernation and deleting hiberfil.sys to free disk space
Windows 7 enables hibernation automatically after installation, saving memory contents to hiberfil.sys on shutdown. This speeds startup significantly: instead of loading applications individually, the contents of hiberfil.sys are restored to memory.
Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows 7
Windows® Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is a set of tools and documentation supporting Windows® configuration and deployment.
Playing subtitles in Windows 7 using DirectVobSub
Although Windows 7 and its default Media Player 12 now support most formats and codecs (Xvid, DivX, H265), they still cannot display subtitles supplied as an external file, usually .srt, rather than embedded in the video.
Microsoft SharePoint Services 3 & appearance customisation for beginners
The full-quality video is available at MSTV.cz
CMD commands for Active Directory administration
Examples of frequently used server administration command-line commands.
Backing up and restoring the AD DS database
Backups are essential to domain maintenance, ensuring lost or damaged AD DS data can be recovered after a disaster.