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Windows Servers References & Resources |
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Sweet. It lists every core service, the ports the services run on, the user account the service runs under, service dependencies, and more (TechNet resource). |
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A .pdf document I created to help reduce the complexity of the IPSec Policy configuration dialog boxes (best used in printed format rather than online). |
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Windows 2000 Step-By-Step Guides See also www.microsoft.com/technet, click on "Howto Guides", and then pick an OS. Amazing resource. |
Very cool Microsoft website resource for getting hands-on experience implementing a broad range of Windows 2000 features. |
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Microsoft TechNet Resource Kits |
Goto www.microsoft.com/technet, click on IT Resources in the left pane, click on Resource Kits, and then pick a particular Rezkit. |
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KnowledgeBase article Q244368. |
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A document I created summarizing tools related to migration. |
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Includes LOTS of resources, including topics on Terminal Services Resources, Clustering, Security, and more! |
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Terminal Services Advanced Client downloads |
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Terminal Services reference website, articles, links, blogs, and more. |
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Website inventories Windows EventIDs. |
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Available 3rd party tools. |
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For more info on RIS |
Go to www.microsoft.com/technet,
and search for a document (use quotes) entitled, |
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Support.microsoft.com, Q163409. |
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"How to Establish NetMeeting Connections Through a Firewall", a Microsoft Knowledgebase article. |
Goto support.microsoft.com, enter "Q158623" in the search box. |
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Browser Service Q-articles from Microsoft |
Q102878 and Q188001 (Win2000). |
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HP and DataCenter Server (that magazine issue has other DataCenter OEMs) |
Windows
& .Net Magazine |
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Blue Screen Survival Kit |
Windows
& .Net Magazine |
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RIS and the deployment of other OSes (beside Win2000 and WinXP) |
Windows
& .Net Magazine |
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Making a Script Work as a Scheduled Task |
Windows
& .Net Magazine |
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How to Rename Your NT Domain |
Windows
& .Net Magazine |
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Same Domain, New Name |
Windows
& .Net Magazine |
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From Microsoft, a large number of Guides (MS Word format). Click on the "Download" link. |
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Question: |
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Answer: Q294952 |
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Geo: post on MCT newsgroups. |
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Geo: post on MCT newsgroups. |
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Account
lockout policy. Determines when and for how long an account will be
locked out due to unsuccessful logon attempts.
Kerberos
V5 policy. Determines Kerberos version 5 protocol–related settings,
such as ticket lifetimes, renewal, and user logon restrictions. Account policies are set at the default domain controller GPO, and affect all user accounts in the domain. If more than one account policy is required for groups of users, a multiple-domain Active Directory structure is necessary. |
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How to Recover from DHCP Database failures... |
...and how to relocate the DHCP database (Windows & .Net Magazine InstantDoc 4976). There may be a similar article in the same issue regarding the WINS database. |
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Reference website |
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How to Add or Remove Windows Components with Sysocmgr.exe |
Scripted component installation! See Q222444 |
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Use Adminpak.msi to Install a Specific Server Administration Tool in Windows 2000 |
Scripted administration tool installation, See Q314978 |
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Certain kinds of files will not work with Offline Cached Files or Briefcase, |
...but Q-article 252509 will allow you to change that. |
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How to disable it and where it places the events recorded. |
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A resource website for Group Policy, at www.GroupPolicy.biz. |
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Group Policy Settings Reference for Windows 2003 Server (also includes Win2000 and WinXP policy settings. |
The link will take one to a Microsoft site where one can download an Excel sheet of available Group Policy settings, where they're found, and more! If the link doesn't work then select the light blue text and do a search at www.microsoft.com/downloads. |
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Some info on Group Policy Loopback Processing |
Found at the Group Policy "Wiki". |
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Several Microsoft Knowledgebase articles on Software Repackaging and Group Policy |
Q231747, How to publish non-MSI programs with .zap files Q257718, Create Third-Party Microsoft Installer Package (MSI) |
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Group Policy resources |
GPAnswers website by Microsoft MVP Jeremy Moskovitz GPOGuy website. |
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Notice this must be repeated for each applicable GPO! |
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Also find links to add-ons like MovieMaker, and other valuable downloads. |
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This guide shows how to slipstream additional components and perform a bunch of fancy tricks. |
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Which XP version do you need? Home? Tablet? Pro? |
See this Microsoft article. |
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A number of WinXP Pro related books are available! |
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Valuable website and newsletter |
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The smallest WinXP computer known |
The size of a deck of playing cards |
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User State Migration reference articles (found at Microsoft Support) |
Q312965 |
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How to change Taskbar Grouping in WinXP |
Q281628 |
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A "Windows & .Net Magazine (www.winnetmag.com) article on Disk Imaging for WinXP |
Go to June 2003 WinNetMag and enter InstantDoc 38950. See also Microsoft Knowledgebase article Q302577 for SysPrep switches. |
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All Windows XP Newsgroups (browser-based) |
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Changing the location of the Offline File Cache |
use the CACHEMOV (requires the Windows
2000 Resource Kit Companion CD) or CSCCMD tools: |
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Windows Server 2008 Links (& R2) |
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions and Edition Comparison links |
many Edition comparison links. |
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Free eBook "Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2" |
An MSPress book by Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker. |
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by Scott Hanzelman. |
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A Microsoft TechNet resource. |
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A Microsoft resource, 27 downloadable Word documents. |
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Found at www.ComputerPerformance.co.uk. A gnarly URL. |
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The instance name is "Microsoft##SSEE". Another gnarly URL. |
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Server Core Installation Option of Windows Server 2008 Step-By-Step
Guide |
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Step-by Step Guides for Implementing NAP
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A Microsoft TechNet resource. |
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A Microsoft TechNet resource. |
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From "The Lazy Admin" blog/website |
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Should You Use Windows Server Backup? |
Windows IT Pro InstantDoc #100683. |
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Windows IT Pro InstantDoc #98796. |
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Windows IT Pro (April 2009) InstantDoc #101410. |
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Active Directory Federation Services homepage |
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From Microsoft Downloads. |
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| Should You Use Windows Server (2008) Backup? |
Windows IT Pro InstantDoc #100683, by Orin
Thomas. Weighs the pros and cons of Windows Backup compared to
NTBACKUP.exe. Don't forget to spy the other links listed at the end of the article. |
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Windows IT Pro InstantDoc #98796 (Feb. 2009), by Tom Carpenter. |
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Microsoft TechNet resource. |
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Microsoft TechNet resource. |
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Windows IT Pro InstantDoc #102240 (Aug. 2009), by Mark Minasi. |
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From PaulSpoerry.com. |
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From MSDN. Introduces some new Vista control panel applications. |
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See my shortcuts links elsewhere... |
...which includes some Win7 specific shortcuts. |
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A blog entry from Christian Muggli in Switzerland. |
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"Deploying Windows 7: Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit" |
Free eBook, 332 pages. |
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From WindowsNetworking.com by Brien Posey. A multi-part series with comparison to Software Restriction Policies (SRP) and the weaknesses of SRP. |
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From TechNet, 5 minutes. |
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Linked to from "The Data Doctor". |
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From TheWindowsClub.com by Nitin Agarwal |
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From InfoWorld.com, by Gregg Keizer. It talks about putting the Windows 7 .iso file on a flash drive so that you can upgrade a Netbook |
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| Encrypting File System (EFS) Links | |
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Using EFSInfo.exe to Determine Information About Encrypted Files |
Q243026. |
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Methods for Recovering Encrypted Data Files |
Q255742. |
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Best Practices for Encrypting File System |
Q223316. |
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HOW TO: Back Up Your Encrypting File System Private Key in Windows 2000 |
Q241201. |
| Free PowerShell eBook | A 567 page eBook written by Dr. Tobias Weltner. |
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PowerShell 101, Lesson 1, How to GET - What You Need to Create Basic PowerShell Commands (Instant Doc #97742)
Lesson 2, How to Handle Long PowerShell statements |
By Robert Sheldon at Windows IT Pro Magazine.
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Decommission Old Computers with CIPHER (Instant Doc #97958) |
By Mark Minasi at Windows IT Pro Magazine.
See also "Darik's Boot & Nuke" at SourceForge.
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Download the player and add-ons. |
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Windows Terminal Services (& RDP) - Modifying the listening port |
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The product "CIA Commander" allows one to reset the Administrator password from a floppy. |
From the hyperlink, choose products, and select CIA Commander. A demo is available! |
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These are commercial, industrial grade ".msi" repackaging utilities (and more). |
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Network Monitor 3.3
is available (April 2009). Network Monitor 3.3 availability announcement from the NetMon product group.
And here's a multipart series of NetMon articles entitled "Working with Network Monitor" found at WindowsNetworking.com
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NetMon 3.3 is available free of charge!
You can see a pic of the development team, and the article describes what's new!
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WinInstall .msi repackaging utility |
Once held by Seagate Software, then Veritas Software, and now by OnDemand software. Don't forget to download the WinInstall2003 LE for free! |
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A website devoted to providing resources for application repackaging. |
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DNS self-pace training .iso available from Microsoft |
See Q330511, it's a downloadable that turns into an .iso you burn to a CDROM. Recommended by my colleague, Max Ettinger. |
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University of Michigan's Windows Services site |
See the Windows/AD/PKI architecture of U of M! |
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ADModify.NET |
A Microsoft Product Support Services tool for modifying Active Directory in bulk |
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Method to distribute Custom MMCs management console(s) with Snap-in modules... |
Actually, this article provides a method for installing only one or more specific MMC snap-in modules. You would then use a repackaging to deploy the custom MMC that uses the specific snap-in. See Q314978. |
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Daniel Petri's very nifty MCSEWorld Specific links at Daniel's site: |
Windows reference site, including stuff on resetting various admin passwords! Reanimating = Restoring tombstoned objects. I lose some attribute values. Restoring = using a System State authoritative restore. |
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A TechNet Magazine resource. Note, this is not the same as an Authoritative Restore of Active Directory objects. |
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IPv6 Resources |
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Microsoft's IPv6 homepage
Introduction to IPv6
IPv6
Transition Strategies
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A Microsoft TechNet reference.
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March 2005 TechNet article from "The Cable Guy". |
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February 2006 TechNet article from "The Cable Guy". |
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A TechNet reference. |
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A presentation from NANOG (North American Network Operators Group) Meeting 40. |
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From Microsoft's "Online Crash Analysis" (OCA) website. This utility runs from a bootable startup. |
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A Microsoft TechNet reference. WMI conforms to standards overseen by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) which has roots in Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM). |
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An MDSN reference, complete with stored procedure / T-SQL code. |
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What's New in WSUS from the WSUSWiki.com |
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A TechNet reference. |
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A Microsoft Support reference. |
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