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Windows Server Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000

ISBN: 0596006330
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2006
Pages: 380

Authors: Robbie Allen

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• Windows Server Cookbook
• Table of Contents
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Foreword
• Preface
• Who Should Read This Book
• What s in This Book
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Using Code Examples
• Safari Enabled
• We d Like to Hear from You
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Section 1.1. Approach to the Book
• Section 1.2. Where to Find the Tools
• Section 1.3. Running Tools with Alternate Credentials
• Section 1.4. A Brief Word on Windows Scripting
• Section 1.5. Getting the Most Out of Your Scripts
• Section 1.6. Where to Find More Information
• Chapter 2. System Configuration
• Introduction
• Recipe2.1.Activating Windows Server 2003
• Recipe2.2.Configuring Automatic Updates
• Recipe2.3.Disabling Windows Update
• Recipe2.4.Installing or Uninstalling a Windows Component
• Recipe2.5.Installing an Application or Service Pack via Group Policy
• Recipe2.6.Viewing System Properties
• Recipe2.7.Setting the System Time, Date, and Time Zone
• Recipe2.8.Setting the Name of a Server
• Recipe2.9.Joining a Server to a Domain
• Recipe2.10.Testing and Resetting the Secure Channel
• Recipe2.11.Viewing and Setting Environment Variables
• Recipe2.12.Configuring Page Files
• Recipe2.13.Putting System Information on the Desktop
• Recipe2.14.Configuring System Startup Options
• Recipe2.15.Configuring System Failure Options
• Recipe2.16.Viewing System Uptime
• Recipe2.17.Disabling the ManageConfigure Your Server Screen
• Recipe2.18.Disabling Shutdown Tracker
• Recipe2.19.Restarting or Shutting Down a Server
• Chapter 3. Disks, Drives, and Volumes
• Introduction
• Recipe3.1.Viewing the Disk, Drive, and Volume Layout
• Recipe3.2.Converting a Basic Disk to Dynamic
• Recipe3.3.Enabling Disk Performance Statistics
• Recipe3.4.Formatting a Volume
• Recipe3.5.Setting the Drive Letter of a Volume
• Recipe3.6.Setting the Label of a Volume
• Recipe3.7.Cleaning Up a Volume
• Recipe3.8.Defragmenting a Volume
• Recipe3.9.Compressing a Volume
• Recipe3.10.Checking a Volume for Errors
• Recipe3.11.Making a Disk or Volume Read-Only
• Recipe3.12.Mapping a Network Drive
• Recipe3.13.Creating a Virtual Drive to Another Drive or Folder
• Recipe3.14.Finding Large Files and Folders on a Volume
• Recipe3.15.Enabling Disk Quotas
• Recipe3.16.Configuring a Disk Quota for a User
• Recipe3.17.Viewing Disk Quota Usage
• Chapter 4. Files, Folders, and Shares
• Introduction
• Recipe4.1.Creating and Deleting a File
• Recipe4.2.Creating and Deleting a Folder
• Recipe4.3.Undeleting a File
• Recipe4.4.Securely Deleting a File
• Recipe4.5.Viewing the Properties of a File or Folder
• Recipe4.6.Creating a Shortcut
• Recipe4.7.Creating a Link or Junction Point
• Recipe4.8.Creating a Program Alias
• Recipe4.9.Searching for Files or Folders
• Recipe4.10.Copying, Moving, or Renaming a File or Folder
• Recipe4.11.Comparing Files or Folders
• Recipe4.12.Hiding a File or Folder
• Recipe4.13.Making a File or Folder Read-Only
• Recipe4.14.Compressing a File or Folder
• Recipe4.15.Encrypting a File or Folder
• Recipe4.16.Replacing a File That Is in Use
• Recipe4.17.Taking Ownership of a File or Folder
• Recipe4.18.Finding Who Last Opened or Modified a File
• Recipe4.19.Finding Open Files
• Recipe4.20.Finding the Process That Has a File Open
• Recipe4.21.Viewing File Activity
• Recipe4.22.Performing an Action on Several Files at Once
• Recipe4.23.Creating and Deleting Shares
• Recipe4.24.Viewing Shares
• Recipe4.25.Restricting Access to a Share
• Recipe4.26.Enabling Web Sharing
• Recipe4.27.Publishing a Share in Active Directory
• Chapter 5. Running and Scheduling Tasks
• Introduction
• Recipe5.1.Running a Task with Alternate Credentials
• Recipe5.2.Running a Task on a Remote Server
• Recipe5.3.Running a Task When a User Logs On
• Recipe5.4.Running a Task via a Login Script
• Recipe5.5.Running a Task via Group Policy
• Recipe5.6.Listing Automatic Tasks
• Recipe5.7.Scheduling a Task
• Recipe5.8.Deleting a Scheduled Task
• Recipe5.9.Listing the Scheduled Tasks
• Chapter 6. Processes
• Introduction
• Recipe6.1.Setting the Priority of a Process
• Recipe6.2.Suspending a Process
• Recipe6.3.Killing a Process
• Recipe6.4.Viewing the Running Processes
• Recipe6.5.Searching Processes
• Recipe6.6.Finding the Services Run from a Process
• Recipe6.7.Viewing the Properties of a Process
• Recipe6.8.Viewing the Performance Statistics of a Process
• Recipe6.9.Viewing the DLLs Being Used by a Process
• Recipe6.10.Viewing the APIs Called by a Process
• Recipe6.11.Viewing the Handles a Process Has Open
• Recipe6.12.Viewing the Network Ports a Process Has Open
• Recipe6.13.Script: Process Doctor
• Recipe6.14.Script: Process Terminator
• Chapter 7. Services
• Introduction
• Recipe7.1.Starting and Stopping a Service
• Recipe7.2.Running Any Program or Script as a Service
• Recipe7.3.Removing a Service
• Recipe7.4.Setting the Service Startup Type
• Recipe7.5.Setting the Service Account and Password
• Recipe7.6.Performing an Action Automatically When a Service Fails
• Recipe7.7.Viewing the List of Services
• Recipe7.8.Searching Services
• Recipe7.9.Finding the Process a Service Is Running From
• Recipe7.10.Viewing the Antecedent and Dependent Services for a Service
• Recipe7.11.Viewing the Service Load Order
• Recipe7.12.Viewing the Startup History of a Service
• Recipe7.13.Granting the Permission to Manage One or More Services
• Recipe7.14.Script: Robust Service Restart
• Recipe7.15.Script: Service Monitor
• Chapter 8. Event Logs
• Introduction
• Recipe8.1.Creating an Event
• Recipe8.2.Viewing Events
• Recipe8.3.Creating a New Event Log
• Recipe8.4.Viewing the Size of an Event Log
• Recipe8.5.Setting the Maximum Size of an Event Log
• Recipe8.6.Setting the Event Log Retention Policy
• Recipe8.7.Clearing the Events in an Event Log
• Recipe8.8.Restricting Access to an Event Log
• Recipe8.9.Searching an Event Log on a Server
• Recipe8.10.Searching the Event Logs on Multiple Servers
• Recipe8.11.Archiving an Event Log
• Recipe8.12.Finding More Information About an Event
• Recipe8.13.Triggering an Action When an Event Occurs
• Recipe8.14.Script: Event Watcher
• Chapter 9. Registry
• Introduction
• Recipe9.1.Creating and Deleting a Key
• Recipe9.2.Setting a Value
• Recipe9.3.Setting Keys or Values Using Group Policy
• Recipe9.4.Exporting Registry Files
• Recipe9.5.Importing Registry Files
• Recipe9.6.Searching the Registry
• Recipe9.7.Comparing the Registry
• Recipe9.8.Restricting Access to the Registry
• Recipe9.9.Backing Up and Restoring the Registry
• Recipe9.10.Creating a Registry Link
• Recipe9.11.Setting the Maximum Registry Size
• Recipe9.12.Monitoring Registry Activity
• Recipe9.13.Viewing Processes That Have a Registry Key Open
• Chapter 10. Network Configuration
• Introduction
• Recipe10.1.Viewing the Network Configuration
• Recipe10.2.Disabling a Connection
• Recipe10.3.Configuring an IP Address
• Recipe10.4.Renewing or Releasing a DHCP IP Address
• Recipe10.5.Configuring DNS Settings
• Recipe10.6.Registering DNS Records or Flushing the DNS Cache
• Recipe10.7.Finding a Computer s Active Directory Site
• Recipe10.8.Managing Routes
• Recipe10.9.Viewing the Open Ports and Connections
• Recipe10.10.Troubleshooting Network Connectivity Problems
• Recipe10.11.Viewing Network Traffic
• Recipe10.12.Configuring TCPIP Filtering
• Recipe10.13.Measuring Link Speed and Latency Between Two Hosts
• Recipe10.14.Installing the IPv6 Stack
• Chapter 11. Security Best Practices
• Introduction
• Recipe11.1.Analyzing Your Security Configuration
• Recipe11.2.Enabling Auditing
• Recipe11.3.Renaming the Administrator and Guest Accounts
• Recipe11.4.Disabling or Removing Unused Accounts, Services, and Software
• Recipe11.5.Enabling Screensaver Locking
• Recipe11.6.Disabling Storage of the LM Password Hash
• Recipe11.7.Requiring Strong Passwords
• Recipe11.8.Getting Notified of New Security Vulnerabilities
• Recipe11.9.Script: Mass Admin Password Changer
• Chapter 12. Internet Information Services 6.0
• Introduction
• Recipe12.1.Installing IIS
• Recipe12.2.Stopping and Starting IIS
• Recipe12.3.Creating Web Sites
• Recipe12.4.Hosting Multiple Web Sites
• Recipe12.5.Creating Virtual Directories
• Recipe12.6.Configuring Web Permissions
• Recipe12.7.Configuring IP Address and Domain Name Restrictions
• Recipe12.8.Configuring Web Site Authentication
• Recipe12.9.Obtaining and Installing SSL Certificates
• Recipe12.10.Enabling SSL on a Web Site
• Recipe12.11.Backing Up SSL Certificates
• Recipe12.12.Configuring Web Site QoS Settings
• Recipe12.13.Configuring Web Site Logging
• Recipe12.14.Configuring Web Site Redirection
• Recipe12.15.Enabling Direct Metabase Editing
• Recipe12.16.Backing Up and Restoring the Metabase
• Recipe12.17.Exporting and Importing the Metabase
• Recipe12.18.Enabling Dynamic Content
• Recipe12.19.Creating Application Pools
• Recipe12.20.Configuring Application Pool Identities
• Recipe12.21.Creating Applications
• Recipe12.22.Isolating Applications into Pools
• Recipe12.23.Configuring Application Pool Recycling
• Recipe12.24.Creating FTP Sites
• Recipe12.25.Configuring FTP Authentication
• Recipe12.26.Configuring FTP User Isolation
• Chapter 13. Domain Name System (DNS)
• Introduction
• Recipe13.1.Installing the DNS Server
• Recipe13.2.Starting and Stopping the DNS Server
• Recipe13.3.Modifying DNS Server Configuration
• Recipe13.4.Creating a Zone
• Recipe13.5.Viewing a DNS Server s Zones
• Recipe13.6.Converting a Zone to an Active Directory-Integrated Zone
• Recipe13.7.Moving Active Directory-Integrated Zones into an Application Partition
• Recipe13.8.Creating a Stub Zone
• Recipe13.9.Configuring Conditional Forwarding
• Recipe13.10.Configuring Zone Transfer
• Recipe13.11.Creating and Deleting Resource Records
• Recipe13.12.Querying Resource Records
• Recipe13.13.Scavenging Old Resource Records
• Recipe13.14.Clearing the DNS Cache
• Recipe13.15.Enabling DNS Server Debug Logging
• Recipe13.16.Viewing DNS Server Utilization Statistics
• Recipe13.17.Preventing Cache Pollution on DNS Servers
• Recipe13.18.Preventing Windows Clients from Attempting Dynamic Updates
• Recipe13.19.Script: DNS Server Configuration Checker
• Chapter 14. DHCP Server
• Introduction
• Recipe14.1.Installing DHCP Server
• Recipe14.2.Authorizing a DHCP Server
• Recipe14.3.Configuring Server Options
• Recipe14.4.Enabling Address Conflict Detection
• Recipe14.5.Creating a Scope
• Recipe14.6.Creating a Superscope
• Recipe14.7.Activating or Deactivating a Scope
• Recipe14.8.Configuring Scope Options
• Recipe14.9.Enabling Dynamic DNS Updates from the DHCP Server
• Recipe14.10.Managing the Leases for a Scope
• Recipe14.11.Creating a Reservation
• Recipe14.12.Enabling DHCP Audit Logging
• Recipe14.13.Modifying the DHCP Database and Audit Log Paths
• Recipe14.14.Backing Up the DHCP Database
• Recipe14.15.Restoring the DHCP Database
• Recipe14.16.Importing and Exporting DHCP Server Configuration
• Recipe14.17.Viewing DHCP Utilization Statistics
• Recipe14.18.Finding the DHCP Servers on a Subnet
• Recipe14.19.Running DHCP Server on a Domain Controller
• Chapter 15. Active Directory
• Introduction
• Recipe15.1.Creating a New Active Directory Forest
• Recipe15.2.Promoting a Domain Controller from Media
• Recipe15.3.Uninstalling Active Directory
• Recipe15.4.Upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003
• Recipe15.5.Raising the Functional Level
• Recipe15.6.Backing Up Active Directory
• Recipe15.7.Restoring Active Directory
• Recipe15.8.Searching for Objects in a Domain
• Recipe15.9.Creating an Object
• Recipe15.10.Modifying an Object
• Recipe15.11.Moving an Object
• Recipe15.12.Moving an Object to a Different Domain
• Recipe15.13.Renaming an Object
• Recipe15.14.Deleting an Object
• Recipe15.15.Exporting and Importing Objects Using LDIF or CSV
• Recipe15.16.Finding the Closest Domain Controller
• Recipe15.17.Enabling and Disabling the Global Catalog
• Recipe15.18.Finding the FSMO Role Holders
• Recipe15.19.Transferring or Seizing a FSMO Role
• Recipe15.20.Creating and Removing a Trust
• Recipe15.21.Viewing the Trusts for a Domain
• Recipe15.22.Verifying and Resetting Trusts
• Recipe15.23.Enabling Diagnostics Logging
• Recipe15.24.Script: Displaying the Structure of a Forest
• Chapter 16. Domain User, Group, and Computer Accounts
• Introduction
• Recipe16.1.Creating a User Account
• Recipe16.2.Creating a Large Number of Users
• Recipe16.3.Modifying an Attribute for Several Users at Once
• Recipe16.4.Unlocking a User
• Recipe16.5.Troubleshooting Account Lockout Problems
• Recipe16.6.Viewing and Modifying the Account Lockout and Password Policies
• Recipe16.7.Enabling and Disabling a User Account
• Recipe16.8.Setting a User s Password
• Recipe16.9.Setting a User s Account Options
• Recipe16.10.Setting a User s Profile Attributes
• Recipe16.11.Finding a User s Last Logon Time
• Recipe16.12.Creating a Group Account
• Recipe16.13.Viewing the Members of a Group
• Recipe16.14.Viewing a User s Group Membership
• Recipe16.15.Adding and Removing Members of a Group
• Recipe16.16.Changing the Scope or Type of a Group
• Recipe16.17.Creating a Computer Account
• Recipe16.18.Joining a Computer to a Domain
• Recipe16.19.Renaming a Computer
• Recipe16.20.Resetting a Computer Account
• Chapter 17. Exchange Server 2003
• Introduction
• Recipe17.1.Preparing Active Directory for Exchange
• Recipe17.2.Installing the First Exchange Server
• Recipe17.3.Installing Additional Exchange Servers
• Recipe17.4.Installing an Exchange Service Pack
• Recipe17.5.Creating Unattended Installation Files for Exchange and Exchange Service Pack
• Recipe17.6.Installing Exchange Management Tools
• Recipe17.7.Delegating Exchange for the First Time
• Recipe17.8.Stopping and Starting Exchange Server
• Recipe17.9.Mail-Enabling a User
• Recipe17.10.Mail-Disabling a User
• Recipe17.11.Mailbox-Enabling a User
• Recipe17.12.Deleting a User s Mailbox
• Recipe17.13.Purging a Deleted Mailbox
• Recipe17.14.Reconnecting a Deleted Mailbox
• Recipe17.15.Enumerating Disconnected Mailboxes
• Recipe17.16.Moving a Mailbox
• Recipe17.17.Viewing Mailbox Sizes and Message Counts
• Recipe17.18.Mail-Enabling a Contact
• Recipe17.19.Mail-Disabling a Contact
• Recipe17.20.Creating a Mail-Enabled Distribution List
• Recipe17.21.Creating a Query-Based Distribution List
• Recipe17.22.Creating an Address List
• Recipe17.23.Creating a Recipient Policy
• Recipe17.24.Creating a Storage Group
• Recipe17.25.Creating a Mailbox Store
• Recipe17.26.Listing Domain Controllers and Global Catalog Servers Used by an Exchange Server
• Recipe17.27.Mounting and Dismounting Mailbox Stores
• Appendix A. Introduction to WSH
• Section A.1. How to Write Scripts
• Section A.2. WSH 2.0 Versus 5.6
• Appendix B. Introduction to WMI
• Section B.1. Referencing an Object
• Section B.2. Enumerating Objects of a Particular Class
• Section B.3. Searching with WQL
• Section B.4. Authentication with WMI
• Appendix C. Introduction to ADSI
• Section C.1. Objects and Interfaces
• Section C.2. Namespaces, ProgIDs, and ADsPaths
• Section C.3. Retrieving Objects
• Appendix D. List of Default Environment Variables
• Appendix E. List of Default Processes
• Appendix F. List of Default Services
• Colophon
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