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

Tip - DNS Client Behavior in Windows Vista and Server 2008

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:06:17 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Nirmal Sharma — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:35:13 GMT

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....(read more)

Tip - Remote Control in Windows Server 2008

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:34:06 GMT

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...

Nirmal Sharma — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:49:11 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:20:47 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:57:56 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip - How To Take System State Backup In Server Core

Nirmal Sharma — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:36:27 GMT

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...(read more)

Inside Exchange Cluster Setup and Troubleshooting Tips (Part 6)

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:02:30 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Nirmal Sharma — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:13:41 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Nirmal Sharma — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:15:28 GMT

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...(read more)

WinInstall LE, MSI Creator and Configuration Builder

Nirmal Sharma — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:39:29 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:17:12 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:14:20 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip - How To Delete System Blocked Files

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:49:59 GMT

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)

Nirmal Sharma — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:22:29 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip - Command Line Tips, Windows Server 2008 Server Core

Nirmal Sharma — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:14:46 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Nirmal Sharma — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:13:53 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Nirmal Sharma — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:41:30 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip - DFS Offers New Functionality in Windows Server 2008

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:46:44 GMT

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)

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

Nirmal Sharma — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:41:07 GMT

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...(read more)