The following guides have been produced to assist with routine tasks performed as a Campus Domain OU Administrator.
Active Directory: how to use the Users and Computers and Group Policy Management snapins
Where to obtain and how to install the essential Active Directory tools (aka Remote Server Admin Tools or RSAT)
*Vista* Encryption: Configure Bitlocker on a TPM Enabled Machine
BitLocker Drive Encryption is an integral new security feature in the Windows Vista operating system that provides considerable protection for the operating system on your computer and data stored on the operating system volume.
Active Directory : Creating user groups
How to create security groups in the Active Directory
Active Directory : Creating and adding objects (computers and users) to security groups
Adding objects to groups in the Active Directory. This document uses graphics from XP Admin Tools but the process is same using RSAT.
Active Directory : How to find computers, users, and other objects in the active directory
Active Directory :Installing Active Directory administration tools on a Windows XP PC in the Campus domain
Where to obtain and how to install Active Directory on a Windows XP machine, including initial configuration.
Active Directory: Delegating control of computers to another department
This document details how computers can be moved from one department to another department.
Active Directory: Moving PCs between your School OU and another without the need for delegation
How to access the shared OU 'In Transit' in order to move a PC between your School OU and another.
C: Partition Free Space
This page attempts to draw together all the various
ways in which a local administrator can make the
best use of the available space on the C: partition
on Common Desktop machines.
FAQ : How to rejoin the campus domain after accidentally resetting a machine account
Recovering from accidentally resetting a machine account
Group Policy : Apply an existing group policy to an organisational unit
procedure for applying a group policy to an organisational unit within the active directory
Group Policy : Create a policy to add a security group to the local adminstrators group
Description of how to grant local administrator rights to a group of users via a group policy
Group Policy : Create a security group of users who have rights to a particular group of machines
How to limit logon to a group of PCs to a group of users
Group Policy : Create and apply a new group policy to an organisational unit
A procedure for creating group policies within the active directory
Group Policy : How to include a batch file in a group policy
Group Policy : How to include a javascript file in a group policy
Keyboard : How to remove the US keyboard option
When I type an @ I get a " symbol. This document details how to prevent the computer from displaying an " symbol when you type @.
Printers : Installing printers on the common desktop
A description of different methods available to OU administrators for installing printers
Profiles : Delete corrupt roaming profiles
A brief description of how to delete a corrupt roaming profile intended for ou administrators
RIS : How to create a managed computer in your organisational unit
Description of how to create a Windows Common Desktop PC within the active directory
RIS : How to install the Campus Managed Desktop using a Remote Installation Service (RIS) build
A step by step guide to carrying out automated, network installations of Windows XP and Server 2003 on machines in the Campus domain (NB not relevant to Vista/Server 2008 installations)
RIS: Specify a named RIS\WDS Server from which to build a machine
Sometimes ISS will place a specific Windows image (perhaps a test image) on a specific RIS\WDS server
Software : General guidelines for debugging a software installation which requires administrator privileges to run correctly
This document details a number of approaches that can be used to determine why a software installation does not run as expected.
Software: Packaging and applying software MSIs using Wininstall LE 2003 and Active Directory Group Policies
Detailed step by step guide to packaging software using Wininstall LE 2003, including how to compress and convert existing MSIs.