Group Policy – Administrative Templates Remember that this section deals specifically with Group Policies which lockdown the machine. As with all Computer Configuration Policies, Administrative Templates affect all users who logon – including the administrator. Did you know that the newer Windows 200x Administrative policies remove the settings from the …
Windows Server Update Services – WSUS My goal is persuade you to download WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) for your Windows 2003 Domain. The WSUS program is free from Microsoft; the concept is sound, what have you got to lose? Introduction to WSUS 3 Elements of WSUS Installing WSUS Configuring …
Internet Information Service version 6.0 Introduction IIS 6.0 is bigger, faster and definitively more security. Is it easier to configure? Judging by the extra menus, new features, new acronyms and backwards compatibility – no. But then if everything was easy you would not need the likes of you and I! …
WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) Registration Always remember that there are two processes with WINS, registration and query. In the case of registering, your mission is to enter the clients IP address into the WINS server database. When querying, you need to find the WINS server with the resources you …
Remote Installation Service (RIS) in Windows Server 2003 My prediction is that RIS will have rosy future. Like its rival Ghost, RIS installs images of XP Professional. The ‘killer’ feature of RIS is that right from moment of conceptions, before they are even born; the XP machines remain under the …
Conditional Forwarding in Windows 2003 DNS If you think carefully about the two words, Conditional and Forwarding then this feature becomes self explanatory. Deeper thought raises more problems than it solves. What condition? Where does it forward? Above all where do find this feature. Configuring Conditional Forwarding Let us begin …
Windows 2003 – Group Policy -> System ‘System’ is another Group Policy section where every administrator will benefit from restricting the users, if only by stopping them hacking the registry. Before you start, compare and contrast the settings here with those in the Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows …
Windows Server 2003 – Replmon Support Tool Utility Replmon is one of the most exciting tools in the Windows Server 2003 toolkit. I have a tutorial to get you started with Replmon. What I like about Replmon is the way that it combines business with pleasure and practical with theory. …
DNSLint troubleshooting Utility for DNS I am always on the lookout for a good new Microsoft utility. DNSLint is my current favourite. For basic connectivity errors you cannot beat Ping and Ipconfig. But what if they don’t solve the problem? The answer is try DNSLint. Topics for DNSLint Displays port …
Troubleshooting a WINS Server in Windows 2003 In the early days of NT 4.0, WINS was plagued with problems, in fact it seemed to me that half the fixes in NT services packs were for WINS Jet database errors. Thankfully all those problems have been ironed out. In fact it …