Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit 2003
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Year: 2005
Pages: 338
Pages: 338
Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Second Edition.
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Second Edition, is a comprehensive technical resource for installing, configuring, and supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional in networks that use Microsoft Windows Server operating systems and other server systems. This guide also provides information to help support Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition in an enterprise, and information discussing feature and functionality differences among Windows XP Professional, Windows XP 64-Bit Edition, and Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition.
This guide provides task-based information for automating installations as well as for customizing and configuring Windows XP Professional to suit your organization s needs. This guide provides in-depth information about security and networking in Windows XP Professional, including information for wireless networks. To help you resolve problems, this guide contains extensive troubleshooting information, including a comprehensive list of the most useful troubleshooting tools and troubleshooting information focused on specific technologies.
This update to Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit Documentation includes more than 120 powerful tools for administering Windows clients and servers, new security chapters from the Microsoft Security Team, and a complete bonus eBook, Automating and Customizing Installations from the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit, on the companion CD. The CD also includes a fully searchable electronic version (eBook) of Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Second Edition.
The following sections describe text typographic style used in this book.
The following table describes how reader alerts are used throughout this guide.
| Reader Alert | Meaning | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alerts you to supplementary information that is not essential to the completion of the task at hand. | |||
| Alerts you to supplementary information. | |||
| Alerts you to possible data loss, breaches of security, or other more serious problems. | |||
| Alerts you to supplementary information that is essential to the completion of a task or alerts you that failure to take or avoid a specific action might result in physical harm to you or to the hardware. |
The following style conventions are used in documenting command-line tasks throughout this guide.
| Element | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bold font | Characters that you type exactly as shown, including commands and parameters. User interface elements are also bold. |
| Italic font | Variables for which you supply a specific value. For example, Filename.ext can refer to any valid file name. |
Monospace font | Code samples. |
%SystemRoot% | Environment variable |
The companion CD includes more than 120 powerful tools for administering Windows clients and servers.
Here are some of the tools that are included on the companion CD:
Group Policy Verification Checks Group Policy object stability and consistency and monitors policy replication.
Policy Spy Allows users to view and refresh Group Policy settings applied to the current user account and local computer.
Sonar.exe Monitors key statistics and status about members a file replication service replica set, including traffic levels, backlogs, and free space.
Uddiconfig.exe Enables you to adjust the configuration settings exposed by the UDDI Services MMC snap-in.
You can find additional documentation about the tools on the companion CD in the Windows Resource Kit Tools Help and Windows Resource Kit Tools Release Notes (Readme.htm). The CD also includes two complete eBooks: Automating and Customizing Installations from the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit, and a fully searchable electronic version of the Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Second Edition.
Microsoft does not support the tools supplied on the Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Second Edition CD. Microsoft does not guarantee the performance of the tools, or any bug fixes for these tools. However, Microsoft Press provides a way for customers who purchase Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Second Edition, to report any problems with the software and receive feedback for such issues. To report any issues or problems, send an e-mail message to rkinput@microsoft.com. This e-mail address is only for issues related to Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Second Edition. Microsoft Press also provides corrections for books and companion CDs through the World Wide Web at http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/support/ To connect directly to the Microsoft Press Knowledge Base and enter a query regarding a question or issue you may have, go to http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/support/search.asp For issues related to the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, please refer to the support information included with your product.