Active Directory, Exchange, Microsoft Clustering, Scripting, MOM, SQL.

Tip - DNS Client Behavior in Windows Vista and Server 2008

2008-10-30T01:06:17Z

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...(read more)

Tip - A Quick Tip To Make Sure FRS Is Working In A Domain

2008-10-29T17:35:13Z

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...(read more)

Tip - Remote Control in Windows Server 2008

2008-10-23T05:34:06Z

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...(read more)

To music lovers...

2008-10-22T07:49:11Z

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....(read more)

Tip - A Quick Tip To Update Group Policy Settings On Remote Computers

2008-10-16T17:20:47Z

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...(read more)

Tip - Background Zone Loading, New Functionality in Win Server 2008 DNS

2008-10-16T02:57:56Z

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...(read more)

Tip - How To Take System State Backup In Server Core

2008-10-14T12:36:27Z

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...(read more)

Inside Exchange Cluster Setup and Troubleshooting Tips (Part 6)

2008-10-09T13:02:30Z

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...(read more)

Tip - Block Write Access To Run and RunOnce Registry Entries - Rectified.

2008-10-03T10:13:41Z

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...(read more)

Tip - Block Write Access To Run and RunOnce Registry Entries.

2008-10-03T06:15:28Z

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...(read more)

WinInstall LE, MSI Creator and Configuration Builder

2008-09-30T03:39:29Z

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...(read more)

Tip - How does Windows Server 2008 resolve Domain Controller Load Balancing problems?

2008-09-25T10:17:12Z

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...(read more)

Tip - A Quick Tip to configure Group Policy settings in Workgroup Security Model.

2008-09-25T10:14:20Z

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...(read more)

Tip - How To Delete System Blocked Files

2008-09-25T04:49:59Z

How to delete Files/Folders which are being blocked by the processes running in the background. Read more here... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/AdminTips/Utilities/HowToDeleteSystemBlockedFiles.html...(read more)

Inside Exchange Cluster Setup and Troubleshooting Tips (Part 5)

2008-09-23T13:22:29Z

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 the ScSetupExchangeVirtualServer function as shown in figure B.15. The cluster setup process for Exchange starts from here...(read more)

Tip - Command Line Tips, Windows Server 2008 Server Core

2008-09-19T05:14:46Z

Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 in various editions. One of them is Server Core. There is no GUI included in the Server Core. You must perform all the commands by using the command-line tools supplied with the Server Core. Here are few important ones. Read more here... http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3772456...(read more)

Tip - A Quick Tip To Enable Terminal Services Access For Previous Versions of Windows

2008-09-19T05:13:53Z

Allow previous versions of Windows to access Windows Server 2008 Server Core using Terminal Services. Windows Server 2008 runs in higher security level. By default, Windows Server 2008 does not allow previous versions of Windows computers to access the Server Core via Terminal Services. You must turn off the higher security level to allow them to access via Terminal Services Read more here... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsServer2008/AdminTips/TerminalServersAndThinClients...(read more)

Tip - How to run your own application when Windows Starts?

2008-09-17T16:41:30Z

This article explains a registry entry which you can use to run your application instead of Windows default Shell (Explorer.exe). Read more here... http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsXP/RegistryTips/Customization/HowtorunyourownapplicationwhenWindowsStarts.html...(read more)

Tip - DFS Offers New Functionality in Windows Server 2008

2008-09-11T15:46:44Z

DFS in Windows Server 2008 has been improved. The DFSR, a service running in Windows Server 2008, can now be used to replicate SYSVOL contents. Previously, we had to use FRS for SYSVOL. In Windows Server 2008, the DFS has the following new features added: Read more here... http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3770736...(read more)

Tip - 'GlobalNames' Zone, A DNS Feature in Windows Server 2008

2008-09-11T15:41:07Z

Many Microsoft customers are still using WINS in their networks. WINS is often used as a secondary name resolution protocol for NetBIOS names. WINS uses NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NBT) for name resolution. Organizations still use WINS because they like having the static names for their enterprise servers. Read more here... http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3769461...(read more)