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Configuring When DHCP is on the Same Server
Configuring When DHCP is on the Same Server The method of communication between the booting client and the server uses data fields (known as options) in DHCP packets. The Windows Deployment Services solution for booting over the network works well in...
Network and Sharing Center Operations Guide
Another guide reviewed by me: Network and Sharing Center Operations Guide http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/7bd38516-8d1c-4eb5-aaed-cf9369c4a0611033.mspx Acknowledgments Produced by: Microsoft Windows Server User Assistance team...
Telnet Operations Guide
Telnet Operations Guide haha! I help Microsoft to review their Telnet Operation Guide before. Now, it was published! http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/0bd3aaf1-3475-4676-b85d-7fd5531a9cbc1033.mspx?mfr=true Look at the bottom of...
Changing local admin password?
Changing local admin password? I just find a good method to change the local admin password of client PC remotely from MCPMAG. By using this method, you don't need to put the new password in script in order to make it work. You may reference this...
HyperTerminal for Vista
Microsoft has removed HyperTerminal from Windows Vista, if you need to connect to a Cisco router through a local COM port, you can get HyperTerminal from Hilgraeve, the company that Microsoft licensed the application through. You could also use the old...
Install/Upgrade UltraVNC v1.02 through Remote Desktop.
If you install VNC through Remote Desktop, you will face a problem that VNC Server can't run as a service even you choose the "Run As Services" option during the installation. To work around to this problem, I search through the net and...
Logging User logon event.
If you want to keep track the user logon and logoff event to the domain, you can try this method: Step 1: Create the following two files using Notepad or your favorite text editor: ------logon.cmd---- echo logon %username% %computername% %date% %time...
Publish IIS 6 on ISA2004/2006 Server when they are on the same server.
If you want to publish the HTTP service in IIS which was installed on the same machine as ISA, you are require to disable socket pooling on it. Otherise, HTTP service will bind itself to all network interfaces which prevent ISA to listen for incoming...
Setting up Cluster on Virtual Server 2005 R2.
I find a very good article which teach you the steps to configure cluster in Virtual Server. It's from RoudyBob. Let's share here: http://www.roudybob.net/downloads/Setting-Up-A-Windows-Server-2003-Cluster-in-VS2005-Part1.pdf http://www.roudybob...
Disable Mapped Drive Reconnect Warning (Windows 95/98/Me)
Open your registry and find or create the key below. Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "RestoreDiskChecked" and set it according to the value data below. Exit your registry; you may need to restart or log out of...
Posted: Wed, May 16 2007 22:28 by Richard | with 1 comment(s)
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Service overview and network port requirements for the Windows Server system
Thanks Jeepeepee for the link. I re-post the link in here: Service overview and network port requirements for the Windows Server system http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832017 I think it's very useful when doing diagnostic.
A List of the Windows 2000 Domain Controller Default Ports
**This article (Q289241) is no longer available via Microsoft Tech Net. SUMMARY This article describes the most common ports, protocols, and services that are opened on a Windows 2000-based server that is running Active Directory. The purpose of this...
October Networking MVP Update
Networking MVP Highlights Windows Server - Networking Richard Wu Home: Hong Kong SAR MVP Award: since October 2005 MVP Public Profile Blog: Richard Wu · Windows Vista / Longhorn Blog · Richard Wu(Microsoft Most Valuable Professional[MVP...
Posted: Wed, Oct 25 2006 18:21 by Richard | with 1 comment(s)
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Tools to monitor DNS
Just read a good article from MCPMAG which was about DNS command line tools. So, re-post here: By Zubair Alexander Domain Name System service is one of the most important services on your Windows network. The importance of DNS is even more apparent on...
Explaining WPA2
I just read a good article from NetworkWorld which talk abut the new WPA2, so I attached here: Wireless Security By Joshua Wright, Network World, 09/11/06 Can you explain the differences between WPA and WPA2 and provide some information on the different...
Posted: Wed, Oct 11 2006 0:29 by Richard | with no comments
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Why Internet Explorer 7 cannot(IE7) visit some web sites which IE 6 can access with no problem.
Just read a article from MS guy and got a idea why I cannot use IE7 to visit some web sites while IE 6 got no problem on them: A quick recap: On Windows XP SP2, IE7 will send the following User-Agent header: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows...
Problem when downloading large file in Vista RC1
If you download a large file(over 1GB) by IE7 in Vista RC1. The downloaded file may disappear from the destination folder after the download finished. The file will instead, be placed in c:\users\username\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporaryinternetfiles...
Problem on Vista connect to Linux
From brianwu : I am using Vista RC1. I found a problem when i connect to my linux server. It prompted me to insert account and pw. After I keyed in the account/pw. It said that my account/password was incorrect. However, when I was using WinXP connecting...
Better Synchronization in Offline File of Vista
Just read a introduction on the change of Offline file in Vista from Navjot Virk, program manager for Offline Files in Windows Vista. I feel it is great and would like to share with yours: Better Synchronization Offline Files in Windows Vista offer much...
Windows Update Troubleshooting Tips
When you point your WinXP/W2K3 computer at the Microsoft Windows Update Web site (same thing happens with a Windows Software Update Services, or WSUS, server). You try to download and install updates, and get an error: 0x800704DD and 0x80240020. MS Knowledge...
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