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Microsoft documentation about  Netsh AdvFirewall Firewall Commands . You'll also find the entire chapter  Netsh Commands for Windows Firewall with Advanced Security  which describes the Consec, Firewall, MainMode and Monitor commands in each section

Short but good article from VMWorld 2011 #GD21 - vSphere Guest OS Partition Alignment http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/08/guest-os-partition-alignment.html So we have Windows Vista, 7, Server 2008, RHEL/CentOS 6 that aligns automatically. W2K3 doesn't!

Activate Windows with KMS Server

AD Recycle Bin GUI

Automated prerequisite installation via PowerShell for Exchange Server 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 - v2.0

Enabled BitLocker Drive Encryption without TPM via gpedit.msc: Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> BitLocker Drive Encryption -> Operating System Drives -> Require additional authentication at startup -> Select the Enabled option and then set the "Allow BitLocker without compatible TPM check box" Source:  Configuring BitLocker Drive Encryption on Windows Server 2008 R2

After increasing the size of the LUN on the Equallogic, make sure the free space appears to the OS. Rescan Disks/hardware until it appears. Then use the following commands to extend the BASIC partition (clustering requires Basic Partitions unless you are using Veritas Volume Manager). Diskpart list volume select volume # extend Source: MS Technet Forums

* http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274443 * http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232692/EN-US/ * http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc775853(WS.10).aspx * http://www.soton.ac.uk/isolutions/computing/auth/activedirectory/redirection.html * http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/06/30/automatic-creation-of-user-folders-for-home-roaming-profile-and-redirected-folders.aspx Folder Redirection may need two logons: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305293 * How Folder Redirection Extension Works * http://www.itechtalk.com/thread1958.html * http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288991

* Using Group Policy Preferences to Map Drives Based on Group Membership * GP Preferences Will Reduce Logon Scripts : Mapping Drives

Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd379481(WS.10).aspx Restore a Deleted Active Directory Object http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd379509(WS.10).aspx

The Welcome screen may be displayed for 30 seconds during the logon process after you set a solid color as the desktop background in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977346

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