A Quick Tip To Disable "Initial Configuration Tasks List"
This article explains how you can disable the Initial Configuration Task List at logon.
What All Ports Are Required By Domain Controllers And Client Computers?
This article explains the key port requirement for Client computers and Domain Controllers communicating with each other.
A Quick Tip To Check If PDC Emulator Is Working
This article explains how you can tell if PDC Emulator in an Active Directory Domain is working.
What To Check If A Single User Can't Log On To Domain?
This article explains the tips you can use to troubleshoot the problem for a user who can't log on to the domain.
A Quick Tip To Verify The SRV Records Of Domain Controllers
This article explains how you can use the NSLOOKUP tool to verify the SRV records of a domain controller.
How To Browse NTDS.DIT Offline
This article shows how you can browse the NTDS.DIT (Active Directory database file) offline by using the DSAMIN command in Windows Server 2008.
How To Allow System State Backups To Critical Volumes In Windows Server 2008?
This article explains a registry hack you can use to allow System State to be backed up to a critical volume in Windows Server 2008.
How Global Name Zones Work In Windows Server 2008?
This article shows the steps included when resolving a name in DNS Server running on Windows Server 2008.
How Do You Restore Previous Backups On A Windows Server 2008 Computer?
This article explains how you can use the Windows NTbackup tool to restore the previous backups on a computer running Windows Server 2008.
"Access Is Denied" Error Message When You Try To Delete A File/Folder
This article explains how you can use Process Explorer, a tool from Sysinternals (now subsidiary of Microsoft), to kill the lock on files and folders.
How To Change The Bakcup Interval Of DHCP Database
This article explains how you can change the Backup Interval of DHCP using a registry entry.
Terminal Services Advertising in Windows Server 2008
This article explains a registry entry for Terminal Services to disable/enable advertising.
How Do You Change The RDP Port No?
This articles explains a registry entry you can modify to change the default RDP Port No. for Terminal Services.
Group Policy Offers New Functionality in Windows Server 2008
This article explains the improvements to the Group Policy in Windows Server 2008.
Domain Controller Options Not Supported By RODC
This article explains the DC Options which are not supported by a RODC.
DS Auditing in Windows Server 2008
This article explains the new functionality offered by auditing in Windows Server 2008.
Fine Grained Password Policies Facts
This article lists some facts about the FGPP.
BCD: Boot Configuration Database Notes
This article explains the new feature added to the Windows Boot process in Windows Server 2008.
Windows Server Backup and New Features In Windows Server 2008
This article list of new features added to the Windows Server Backup tool in Windows Server 2008.
Multiple PSOs To One User?
This article explains the conflict which arises when multiple PSOs are applied to a user.
How To Quickly Check If Newly Created GPO Replicated To All Domain Controllers?
This article explains a quick tip to check whether a newly created GPO replicated to all the Domain Controllers for that domain or not.
Backup Latency Threshold In Windows Server 2003 With SP1
This article explains how you can use a registry entry to display a warning message if a Naming Partition is not backed up for many days.
A Quick Tip To Configure Time Service In Active Directory Environment
This article explains how you can configure time service for an active directory environment.
AvoidPDCOnWan and PDC Emulator
This article explains how you can control a domain controller contacting a PDC which is out of the site.
Tip To Check Network and DNS Settings Before Deploying A DC or Domain
This article explains a small tip or syntax of a command you can use to check the network and DNS settings before deploying a child domain or additional domain controller in an existing forest.
What is Replication Queue and who manages the Queue?
This article explains the mechanism Bridgehead Servers use to process the replication changes.
SYSVOL Replication Notes
This article explains some notes related to the FRS and SYSVOL replication.
A Quick Tip To Prevent Users From Accessing The Computer Tab
This article explains a quick tip which you can use to prevent users from accessing the Computer Tab on My Computer property.
A Quick Tip To Create A User Mode Process Dump File
This article explains how you can use ADPlus.vbs to create a User Mode Process dump file when a process terminates unexpectedly.
Log Files Of Server Manager
This article explains log files which are used by Server Manager in Full installation and Server Core. This article applies to Windows Server 2008 only.
How To Disable Server Manager At Windows Logon?
This article explains a registry entry you can configure to disable Server Manager from opening at Windows Logon. This article applied to Windows Server 2008 only.
How To Turn Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Off In Windows Server 2008?
This article explains how you can manually turn the Internet Enhanced Security Off in Windows Server 2008.
How To Change The XMLPath For Server Manager In Windows Server 2008?
This article explains the registry key you can use to change the OEM XML File Path which is used by the ICT and Server Manager.
How To: Firewall Commands In Server Core
This article explains the commands you can use to operate Windows Firewall in Server Core
A Quick Tip To Create A Kernel Memory Dump File Manually
This article explains how you can create a Kernel Memory dump file for diagnostic purpose.
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A Quick Tip To Strict FRS Replication To A Specific Port
This article explains a registry heck which can be used to strict FRS Replication to a specific port.
A Quick Tip To Strict AD Replication To A Specific Port
This article explains a registry entry which can be used to strict the AD Replication traffic to a specific port.
A Quick Tip To Allow DSRM Account To Log On Normally
This article explains a registry heck which can be used to allow DSRM User Account to log on normally in Windows Server 2008. This applies to Windows Server 2008 only.
A Quick Tip To Place Authenticating DC In DFS Referral List
This article explains a registry entry which can be used to place the authenticating domain controller on top of the DFS Referral list.
A Quick Tip To Alter Default Behaviour Of GlobalNameZones
This article explains how you can change the default behavior of GlobalNameZone zone.
A Quick Tip To Get List Of RODC Administrators
This article explains the registry key which contains the list of RODC Administrators. This article applies only to Windows Server 2008 RODC.
A Quick Tip To Enable White Space Logging
This article explains the use of White Space Logging and how you enable it on the domain controllers.
A Quick Tip To Check The Backup Status Of Each NC In Active Directory Forest
This article shows how you can see the backup status of each Naming Context in Active Directory using command line tool.
How To Use DsQuery To Find All The Domain Controllers In The Domain or Forest?
This article explains DsQuery commands which you can use to find all the domain controllers.
A Quick Tip To Modify Logon Rights On Multiple Computers
This article explains a simple command you can use to modify the "Log On Locally" rights on all the server remotely.
A Quick Tip To Find The Security Updates On Server Core
This article shows a quick command you can use to find the security updates on server core.
A Quick Tip To Get A List Of Security Groups A User Belongs To
This article explains a quick tip you can use to get the list of Security Groups a user or users belong/s to.
A Quick Tip To Get Members Of Security Groups
This article explains a command which you can use to get the members of security group or security groups mentioned in a text file.
Recently, wrote an article on Hyper-V Quick Migration.
Increasing the Availability of Virtualised Applications and Services
http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/virtualization/increasing-the-availability-of-virtualised-applications-and-services/
Microsoft developers have changed the functionality of many of Windows' components. DNS is one of them. A DNS client component running on a Vista computer behaves differently than it did in previous versions of Windows.
This tip explains the behavior of the DNS client component in Windows Vista for DNS queries and registrations.
Read more here...
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3781556
This article explains a small mechanism you can use to make sure FRS is working.
FRS (File Replication Service) is used to replicate Scripts and Group Policy in Active Directory. FRS is dependent on Active Directory Connection Objects
Read more here...
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsServer2008/AdminTips/Admin/AQuickTipToMakeSureFRSIsWorkingInADomain.html
Microsoft developers have introduced a remote administration tools pack, which ships with Windows Server 2008 CD. The feature, called RSAT - Remote Server Administration Tools,
Read more here...
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3779931
Guys, I'm great fan of Mohd. Rafi. (a great playback singer in India - he is no more with us :(....). These days I have been very busy singing couple of his songs. You can find the songs sung by me at the following URL:
http://www.esnips.com/web/nratawasStuff
:) I really love his voice, his style of singing and versatility.
This article explains a single command you can use to update the Group Policy settings on remote computers. Please note this applies to Windows 2000 Computers only
Read more here...
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2000/AdminTips/ActiveDirectory/AQuickTipToUpdateGroupPolicyOnRemoteComputers.html
Microsoft has changed the way DNS loads zone data into memory. Sometimes the DNS server can take an hour or more to load the data with extremely large zone data stored in the Active Directory Services. The result is that the DNS server is unable to serve the client's requests in a timely fashion.
Read more here...
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3778316
There is no GUI tool available in Windows Server 2008 Server Core edition to take the System State backup. You need to depend
Read more here...
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsServer2008/AdminTips/Admin/HowToTakeSystemStateBackupInServerCore.html
Hopefully, this is the last part of the article series I have written for Exchange Server Setup.
In the 6th and final part of this article series we look into the actual creation of Exchange Cluster Resources. We also go through the different setup log files and summarize the type of information available from here.
Creating Exchange Resources Types and Registering with the Cluster Service
After setup processes all INS files, ScSetupExchangeVirtualServer is executed. This function is responsible to create all the Exchange Resources in the cluster. Let me tell you one thing, this function is completely dependent on the CLUSTER_SERVER.INS file. Only if setup executes CLUSTER_SERVER.INS successfully can Exchange 2007/2003 resources be created. The reason is simple.....
Read more here...
http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=122
All the parts of this article series can be found at here:
Part 1
http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=116&t=6
Part 2
http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=117
Part 3
http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=118
Part 4
http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=119
Part 5
http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=121
Part 6
http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=122
Blocking write access to Run and RunOnce registry entries for malware or other unwanted programs running in the system.
Your system becomes unstable because of the malware programs running in the background. You identify these programs and kill them in the Task Manager but these programs will re-appear in the Task Manager after you reboot the system. This is because these programs will run again from the below mentioned registry keys:
Read more here...
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/UserTips/Boot/BlockWriteAccessToRunandRunOnceRegistryEntries.html
Blocking write access to Run and RunOnce registry entries for malware or other unwanted programs running in the system.
Read more here...
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/UserTips/Boot/BlockWriteAccessToRunandRunOnceRegistryEntries.html
This article explains the advantages of tool WinInstall LE (a tool from Veritas software, which ships with Windows Server CD) and how to use this tool to convert EXE applications to MSI packages.
About Active Directory and Group Policy
You have, no doubt, heard about Active Directory. Active Directory is Microsoft's answer to Novell Directory Service. Active Directory is a big repository of objects. It contains objects such as users, groups, shared printer information and network objects. Active Directory was first introduced in Windows 2000.
There is a tool or snap-in called Group Policy. Group Policy is meant for administrators who want to have a better control over systems running in network. Group Policy is used to control the behaviour of desktop computers and member servers from a central location. There are couple of settings you can deploy using Group Policy on remote computers. Group Policy comes with pre-defined administrative templates. Administrative Templates are the configuration unit as shown in Figure 1. You use them to control the behaviour of a specific setting, such as Start Menu and Taskbar, Internet Explorer Options settings, Registry Keys, Services and so on.
Read more here...
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3774681
This article discusses a new Group Policy setting which solves the Load Balancing issues with the domain controllers.
The DC Locator Service has been re-designed in Windows Server 2008 to include a new mechanism. When a client computer finds a preferred domain controller, it sticks to this domain controller unless that domain controller stops responding or the client computer is restarted. This is generally called Domain Controller Stickiness.
Read more here...
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsServer2008/AdminTips/ActiveDirectory/HowdoesWindowsServer2008resolvesDomainControllerLoadBalancingproblems.html
This article will show how you can quickly configure Group Policy in Workgroup Security Model. This article applies to Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003.
The Group Policy can also be deployed in Workgroup security model but there is no central tool available to configure all computers in one go. For example, you have 20 computers in your network. You need to configure the same Group Policy settings on 20 computers.
Read more here...
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2003/AdminTips/Miscellaneous/AQuickTiptoconfigureGroupPolicysettingsinWorkgroupSecurityModel.html
Today we continue our walk through the internals of the Exchange Cluster setup installation. We look at the cluster specific modules. How these are installed, the important role they play in a cluster environment and more troubleshooting tips.
Exchange Cluster Installation Process
After setup detected that it is going to install the Exchange in a cluster environment, it executes theScSetupExchangeVirtualServer function as shown in figure B.15. The cluster setup process for Exchange starts from here. The procedure contains a set of functions that are used to make an Exchange Server cluster ready.
FIGURE B.15 - Setup Entering into ScSetupExchangeVirtualServer procedure.
It executes and sets the install type to cluster. Setup copies the binary files from x:\Setup\Roles and X:\Setup\Common directories as shown in the main figure B.
Read more here...
http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=121
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