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Guy's Litmus test - the idea

There are not many truly unique concepts - especially ones not asking for money!  Anyway, Guy's Litmus test is one such revolutionary idea.

Each 'Litmus Test' asks a simple question; the answer tells you instantly if you're dealing with amateurs or professionals.  While my tests are designed for computer networks, develop the concept and apply it to where ever you go.

Where the idea came from

Each Litmus test gives you an instant answer to the question: - "Is this a good idea or is there a better way?"  The brainwave for Litmus tests came to me when a delegate said:- "Guy, I have just joined a company; how do I know if our network and servers are running properly?"  So I suggested simple checks that he could make to test if his network was run by amateurs or professionals.

Flash back

My mind flashed back to my schoolboy days when my chemistry teacher 'Sniffy' Pugh showed us Litmus tests.  Perhaps you remember the test?  Red means acid, blue means alkaline, so Litmus test was ideal name for a quick test where there are only two possible results.

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• Active Directory Planning tips
• Backup and Restore - Try a restore
• DHCP - Set Automatic IP addresses
• DNS and WINS Which to use?
• Disk Quotas Administrator's delight
• Dynamic Disk - Use Dynamic on Servers, Basic on XP.
• Event viewer  Eliminate red dots
• Fewer Reboots - Down from 152 to 7
• First impressions - At the site 
• Group Policies - Control the desktop
• Installation Service (RIS)
• Logon Scripts Where to configure?
• No more reboots - Be smart and restart services
• Organisation Units -  Delegation permissions create OUs
• Partitions - FAT or NTFS?
• Permissions - Beware the defaults!
• Printer Pools Create one for you!
• Protocols - TCP/IP or NetBEUI?
• Readme files - by Ian Stanley
• Recovery Tools - Take a minute to install
• RRAS Do you need remote access?
• Security - Administrator's Account
• TCP/IP Suite - How many can you name?
• Universal Groups - Amateur's settings are 'greyed out'