Review of the Windows 2008 Network Monitor (Netmon.exe) The Microsoft Network Monitor v3.2 is a tool which captures TCP/IP packets and reveals their source and destination addresses along with detailed information stored in the datagram header. All that is required to collect and display data is a computer with a …
Windows Server 2008 – The New Windows Explorer This page is about the new version of Windows Explorer as seen in Windows Server 2008. Just to be clear, this page is not about Internet Explorer. The picture is taken of Server 2008’s Explorer (and not Vista’s). Custom Search Guy's Review …
Windows Server 2008 – Add Features and Services On this page I am going to cover auxiliary, yet important, features you can add to Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 Features and Services Microsoft consider features to be of secondary importance compared with Server Roles. For my part, it’s well …
Windows Server 2008 – BCD and BCDEdit Boot.ini really was the last of Microsoft’s .ini files. In Windows Server 2008, Boot.ini is superseded by BCD (Boot configuration data). Boot Configuration Data is a wonderfully descriptive expression, more importantly, it gives you control of what should happen when a Windows Server …
Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) 2008 Version WSRM is Microsoft’s cost nothing solution to improve your server’s performance. It cost’s nothing to buy because it’s amongst Windows Server 2008’s built-in features. And it cost’s nothing for the processes or users because it only kicks-in when resources become limiting, e.g. CPU …
Remote Restart Windows Server 2008 You can remotely reboot your Windows server with the built-in Shutdown.exe utility. Topics For Remote Server Restart Shutdown.exe Command – The Basics Select Your ComputerName with -m Shutdown Access is Denied. (5) Windows Shutdown – Check the Additional Commands Launch The GUI With Shutdown -i …
Windows Server 2008 – Site Map The idea of this page is to help those whose fingers slip and they type Sever when they mean Windows Server 2008. This page acts as a site map for Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 – Review of Topics New Features for Windows …
Windows Server Server LDP.exe LDP is the forgotten tool in the Windows Server toolkit. Here on this page is a step-by-step tutorial for getting started with LDP. In my opinion, it should be called not LDP but LDAP, as that’s what it configures. Perhaps LDP is overlooked because it’s so …
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Solution AcceleratorPreviously known as: Windows Vista Hardware Assessment (WVHA) What’s the Problem?Are your servers ready for Windows Server 2008? What’s the Solution?Download and install the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) – it’s free. The technique is to ask the Wizard to check all the servers …
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 – Review In a nutshell Microsoft’s Windows Server 2008 is more forgiving then W2K3, in particular it requires less work to install and configure the server’s role on the network. I hope that you enjoy exploring the new ‘Longhorn’ features as much as I did. Windows …