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- Get IT Done: Manage local files and folders more easily with drive mounting and hard links
- Although I normally recommend that users store their files on a network server so that the data is centrally located and regularly backed up, in some environments this just isn't practical. For example, your organization might have many laptop users who spend most of their time away from the network,...
- Tags: Brien M. Posey MCSE, D, disk, Disk Management console, distributed file system, Get IT Done
- Technical articles 2003-09-11
- Build Your Skills: Fix unintentional drive letter changes with Win2K/XP Diskmgmt.msc
- In the discussion forum, I read a post from a member who had installed an Iomega ZIP drive and by doing so, had accidentally changed the drive letter of his DVD-ROM drive from D: to E:. At first, a simple drive letter change might not seem like that big of...
- Tags: Brien M. Posey MCSE, CD-ROM, CD-ROM drive, console, disk, Disk Management console, Iomega Zip Drive, management console, Microsoft Windows
- Technical articles 2003-01-08
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- TechRepublic Guided Tour: Using the File Server Management console in Windows Server 2003
- Servers do all kinds of things these days, from e-mail hosting to mainframe gateway access, but file serving is still the most common use for servers. The features for file services might not be as flashy or cool as some of the other toys or technologies, but they are just...
- Tags: File servers, Storage management, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Jim Boyce, file server, management console, console, File Server Management console, disk, server
- Technical articles 2004-04-20
- Take command of disk management in Windows XP with DiskPart
- One of the most basic tasks involved in using computers is managing disks. Partitioning, formatting, defragmenting, and creating volumes are all skills that help a computer user or technician optimize the way storage space is used by the system and organize the data, system, and application files that are stored...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, disk, Diskpart, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Technical articles 2003-08-13
- Disk Management???
- I have a 120 gig hard drive installed in windows xp. Only 32 gig are showing as being used. The rest is showing as unpartioned space. When I go into disk managemnt to create it into a partion I get this error."The diskconfiguration operation did not complete. Check the...
- Tags: disk, hard drive, hardware, mnann@...
- Q&A 2005-01-31
- Repartition your hard disk on-the-fly with Windows Vista
- As you know, the Disk Management console tool in Windows XPwill allow you create a new partition using any unallocated, or free, space ona hard disk. However, if there is a single partition that takes up the entirehard disk, you can't use the Disk Management console tool to repartition the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Greg Shultz, disk, Disk Management console tool, tool, hard drive, dialog box, youÂ'll
- Technical articles 2007-03-28
- How do I? Manage disk quotas on Windows server operating systems
- Runningout of server disk space is one of those problems that just shouldn't happen.Yet, with so many organizations increasingly trying to do more with less,having to monitor security, guard against spyware, viruses and network intrusionsand manage other administrative challenges, an administrator's workday isquickly consumed.Fortunately,newer Windows server operating systems simplify managing...
- Tags: disk, disk quota, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, operating system, quota, Quota Entries, server
- Technical articles 2006-09-20
- Build Your Skills: Handy disk management features of Windows XP
- Learn how to create various types of dynamic volumes, change drive letter assignments, and set mount points in Windows XP.Without reliable file storage, a computer is little more than a glorified pocket calculator. Various storage media have risen and fallen in popularity, but the hard disk continues to be the...
- Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, TechRepublic Staff, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Disk Management, FAT32, file system, disk
- Technical articles 2002-04-22
- Managing a Windows Server 2003 system with the Computer Management Console
- Windows Server 2003 includes consoles that allow you to manage the server and other components of a Windows Server 2003 environment. You may be familiar with Active Directory Users And Computers and Active Directory Sites And Services, which are Microsoft Management Consoles designed to accomplish a specific task. Microsoft...
- Tags: Console, Microsoft Windows Server, Management Console, Computer, Computer Management Console, Displays, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Productivity, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Derek Schauland
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- Get IT Done: Three utilities in XP's Computer Management console
- Shared Folders, Services and Disk Management on the Windows XP Computer Management consoleThe Computer Management console was designed to assist the support tech in performing basic troubleshooting and maintenance tasks on a client computer. If you’ve worked with Windows 2000, then you’re probably already familiar with this console. However, if...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Brien M. Posey MCSE, Get IT Done, Microsoft Windows XP, console, Shared Folders, management console, Computer Management console, computer
- Technical articles 2002-01-23
- Disk Management
- Disk Management MMC is corrupted. Available space and used space is the same. Scan disk and Defrag will not work because disk management MCC is corupted. Can I restore it w/o corrupting disk drives? If so where can i loacte the MCC?See if this helpsError occurs when...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Logical Disk Manager Service, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, CD, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-11-23
- A look at Windows Vista's Microsoft Management Console
- As you know, the Microsoft Management Console MMC toolprovides you with a shell into which you can insert various tools calledsnap-ins. I've always been a big proponent of using the MMC tool to createcustomized consoles for various tasks. However, I've always despised WindowsXP's console creation process, which is a very...
- Tags: console, Greg Shultz, management console, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Management, Microsoft Management Console, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, snap-in
- Technical articles 2006-02-09
- Talking Shop: Manage systems remotely with the Computer Management console
- Learn how to manage the Microsoft Management Console MMC snap-ins combined in the Computer Management console.You’ve probably used the Computer Management console to manage devices, user accounts, groups, and several other aspects of Windows 2000. The Computer Management console combines several Microsoft Management Console MMC snap-ins under a single interface....
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Jim Boyce, computer, management console, Computer Management console, console
- Technical articles 2002-07-23
- Build Your Skills: Create a custom Microsoft Management Console
- Learn how to consolidate the tools you need in your own Microsoft Management Console.Computer Management, Event Viewer, and most of the other administrative tools are implemented as Microsoft Management Console MMC snap-ins. This means that one Windows 2000 management tool looks and works much like any other. But perhaps what's...
- Tags: Jim Boyce, console, management console, Microsoft Management Console, Microsoft Management, snap-in, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2002-11-29
- Manage Windows 2000 Professional remotely with the Computer Management console
- You can use the Computer Management console to manage other computers across the network, says Windows 2000 Professional columnist Jim Boyce. From formatting drives to connecting with other computers, here's how to get connected. You've probably used the Computer Management console to manage devices, user accounts and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000, Jim Boyce, PRODUCTIVITY, computer, Computer Management console, management console, console, Windows 2000 Professional Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Technical articles 2006-06-12
- 40Gb USB Flash Disk
- I am triying to format 40gb Flash disk with fat 32 but after all it says volume is too long. And also I cannot format with NTFS. Please advice me have to format it. Because I get lost of data after being copied.Thks JarunquestionYou may need to import the disk...
- Tags: njayaruwan@..., disk, Flash Disk
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- An overview of Performance Logs and Alerts in Windows Server 2003's Computer Management Console
- The Computer Management Console's Performance Logs and Alerts snap-in allows you to monitor the performance of specific Windows Server 2003 system resources. The Performance Logs and Alerts snap-in contains two objects -- System Monitor and Performance Logs -- which I will cover in more detail in this...
- Tags: Counter, Monitor, Console, Performance, Microsoft Windows Server, Management Console, Computer, Computer Management Console, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Derek Schauland
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Improve Windows XP's hard drive performance with disk striping
- Learn what disk striping is, how it can boost performance, and how to implement itSome applications need a higher level of performance than a standard installation can generally provide. For example, the process of creating DVDs requires the hard disk to read information at a very high speed. Fortunately, there’s...
- Tags: Brien M. Posey MCSE, performance, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, striped set, disk, hard drive
- Technical articles 2002-02-27
- Using the Windows Server 2003 Computer Management Console Event Viewer snap-in
- Windows Server 2003 admins can benefit from using the various snap-ins included with the Computer Management Console. This tip offers a more detailed introduction to one of these snap-ins: Event Viewer. (To access the Computer Management Console in Windows Server 2003, right-click the My Computer Icon on the Start menu...
- Tags: Console, Event, Microsoft Windows Server, Management Console, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Derek Schauland
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Managing a Windows Server 2003 system with the Computer Management Console
- Oldold old news since W2000RE: Managing a Windows Server 2003 system with the Computer Management ConsoleIts a old NewsSeems to be the trendloads of basic old how-to notes popping up on this site.Remote? No....It seems like most of this can't be done on a remote system - "This version of...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Derek, Computer Management console, console, old new, management console, Microsoft Windows XP, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
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