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Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 : Planning a Windows NT Domain Upgrade (part 3) - Making a Recovery Plan

Upgrading a Windows NT 4.0 domain involves a fair amount of risk. If the PDC fails the upgrade and there aren’t any BDCs available, the entire domain fails. To protect your network from this unhappy possibility (and others), you need a recovery plan.

Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 : Planning a Windows NT Domain Upgrade (part 2) - Planning the Active Directory Forest

There are several steps to take when planning the Active Directory forest for your organization, including designing the Active Directory structure, choosing DNS names, and planning the site topology.

Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 : Planning a Windows NT Domain Upgrade (part 1)

Windows NT 3.51 computers joined to an Active Directory domain can deny access to user or group logon events, or they can incorrectly grant access to users or groups to which you have denied access. These difficulties and security breaches occur because of the way in which Windows NT 3.51 generates access tokens when a user logs on to the server.

Upgrading to Windows Server 2003 : Architectural Changes Since Windows NT 4.0

Active Directory is probably the most important new feature in the Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 family. It is a scalable, easily administered, fault-tolerant directory service that is required by Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 domain controllers.

Windows Server 2008 R2 monitoring and troubleshooting : Event Viewer - Configuring event-based tasks & Setting up event log forwarding

Windows Event Logs have been part of the Windows operating system for years and provide detailed information related to proactive warnings of potential problems, and critical error events that may be caused by an operating system problem or an application crashing.

Windows Server 2008 R2 monitoring and troubleshooting : Performance Monitoring

Windows Server 2008 R2 includes the Performance Monitor utility to help administrators easily gather and analyze performance data. Using Performance Monitor, you can monitor and capture data from various counters provided by the operating system.

Working with the windows 7 common file dialogs (part 3) - Defining a File Save Dialog

The new File Save dialog is every bit as flexible and programmable as the File Open dialog. Depending on what your application requires, you may create more or fewer additions to the File Save dialog.

Working with the windows 7 common file dialogs (part 2) - Defining a File Open Dialog

The example doesn't begin to cover all the configuration options at your disposal, but it does show the options that you'll commonly change. For one thing, you'll want to set the File Open dialog box to specifically allow or disallow multiple file selections.

Working with the windows 7 common file dialogs (part 1)

Configuring the dialog boxes could also be confusing or at least difficult, but with each version of Windows, Microsoft has sought to solve the most perplexing common file dialog problems.

Programming Excel with VBA and .NET : Variables (part 4) - User-Defined Types & Objects

You can create your own composite types out of the existing Visual Basic types. These composite types are called user-defined types in Visual Basic and they are used primarily for advanced tasks such as reading and writing binary files or working with Windows API functions .

Programming Excel with VBA and .NET : Variables (part 3) - Constants, Enumerations & Arrays

Arrays are variables that identify a set of values. That set has one or more dimensions, and each item within the set is identified by an index within that dimension.

Programming Excel with VBA and .NET : Variables (part 2) - Conversions, Scope and Lifetime

Visual Basic automatically converts between data types during assignment. If one variable doesn't exactly match the type of another, Basic changes the value to fit.

Programming Excel with VBA and .NET : Variables (part 1) - Names & Declarations

Visual Basic has automatic variables by default. That means a new variable is created the first time you use it. This makes life somewhat easier for beginning programmers, but it makes things harder when writing and maintaining complex programs.

Windows Vista : Performing Local PC Administration (part 2) - Performing common workstation administration tasks

Use Outlook's Task Management features to build your administrative task schedule. It will remind you of all the tasks you need to perform and when you need to perform them.

Windows Vista : Performing Local PC Administration (part 1) - Working with workstation administration tools

Vista includes several enhanced tools for administration. You've already worked with several of them as you deployed your systems and created your change management and tracking strategy.

Filtering Out Evil with Firewalls (part 3) - Manually Configuring a Firewall's Ports

Sometimes adding a program to the firewall's Exceptions list, described in the preceding section, isn't enough. Specifically, some programs want you to open specific channels so they can chatter through them. These places are called ports.

Filtering Out Evil with Firewalls (part 2)

Although firewalls offer protection, they can be as annoying as an airport security scan. In their zest for security, firewalls sometimes go overboard, stopping programs from working the way they should.

Filtering Out Evil with Firewalls (part 1)

A piece of hardware or software that watches the information going in and out of your PC. Depending on its settings, the firewall either permits or blocks the information.

Windows 7 : Windows Driver Foundation Architecture (part 4) - Tools for Development and Testing

WDF includes PREfast and Static Driver Verifier (SDV). PREfast and SDV are both compile-time code verification tools that are provided with the Windows Driver Kit (WDK).

Windows 7 : Windows Driver Foundation Architecture (part 3) - Driver Frameworks

The WDF driver model is implemented through the KMDF, which supports Kernel Mode Driver development, and the UMDF, which supports User Mode Driver development.

Windows 7 : Windows Driver Foundation Architecture (part 2) - Integrated I/O Queuing and Cancellation

WDF integrates Plug and Play and power management support with the queuing of I/O requests and, in turn, integrates queuing with request cancellation.

Windows 7 : Windows Driver Foundation Architecture (part 1)

WDF includes a suite of components that support the development, deployment, and maintenance of both Kernel Mode and User Mode Drivers.

Windows 7 : Using Advanced Security Options (part 2) - Configuring Windows Defender

Microsoft SpyNet is an online community that can help you find out how others respond to software that has not yet been classified by Microsoft. Participation in SpyNet is voluntary, and a subscription is free.

Windows 7 : Using Advanced Security Options (part 1) - Configuring the Action Center & Performing a Manual Scan

The Action Center is designed to allow you to monitor and configure critical settings through a centralized dialog box. Critical settings include those for automatic updating, ma I ware protection, and other security settings.

Windows 7 : Configuring User Account Control

UAC enables non-administrator users to perform standard tasks, such as install a printer, configure a VPN or wireless connection, and install updates, while preventing them from performing tasks that require administrative privileges, such as installing applications.

Windows 7 : Managing and Applying LGPOs (part 3) - Using Local Policies

Account policies are used to control logon procedures. When you want to control what a user can do after logging on, you use local policies. With local policies, you can implement auditing, specify user rights, and set security options.

Windows 7 : Managing and Applying LGPOs (part 2) - Using Account Policies

Account policies are used to specify the user account properties that relate to the logon process. They allow you to configure computer security settings for passwords and account lockout specifications.

Windows 7 : Managing and Applying LGPOs (part 1) - Configuring Local Security Policies

If the Windows 7 computer is a part of a domain, then you can apply security through a Group Policy Object using the Group Policy Management Console, If the Windows 7 computer is not a part of a domain, then you use Local Group Policy Objects to manage local security.

Windows 7 : Managing Security

Windows 7 : Creating and Managing Groups

Groups are an important part of network management. Many administrators are able to accomplish the majority of their management tasks through the use of groups; they rarely assign permissions to individual users.

Windows 7 : Managing User Properties

For more control over user accounts, you can configure user properties. Through the user's Properties dialog box, you can change the original password options, add the user to existing groups, and specify user profile information.

Windows 7 : Working with User Accounts (part 2)

When you create a new user, a security identifier (SID) is automatically created on the computer for the user account. The username is a property of the SID.

Windows 7 : Working with User Accounts (part 1)

To set up and manage your local user accounts, you use the Local Users And Groups utility or the User Accounts option in Control Panel. With either option, you can create, disable, delete, and rename user accounts as well as change user passwords.

Windows Server : Designing a Software Update Infrastructure (part 2)

In this practice, you will install two software update solutions. In the first exercise, you will deploy Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP1 on server Glasgow. In the second exercise, you will work with an evaluation virtual hard disk (VHD) of SCE 2007.

Windows Server : Designing a Software Update Infrastructure (part 1)

The administration model determines how update approvals flow through the organization. There are two options when configuring the administration model for your organization’s downstream WSUS servers.

Securing Windows Server 2008 in the Branch Office

Each branch office implementation must be individually and carefully designed, implemented, and maintained. There are, however, several core security components that virtually every branch office network installation should include.

Windows 7 : Configuring Network Connectivity - Configuring DirectAccess

DirectAccess enables a remote user to work on their corporate network when they are away from the office without the need of a VPN. As long as the remote user is connected to the Internet, DriectAccess will automatically connect the remote user to the corporate network without the need of any user intervention.

Windows 7 : Configuring Network Connectivity - Understanding BranchCache

BranchCache is a new technology that has been introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, BranchCache allows an organization with slower links between offices to cache data so downloads between offices do not have to occur each time a file is accessed.

Windows 7 : Configuring Remote Management

There are a few ways that you can help Windows 7 users remotely. A couple of ways, Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop. But there are some other tools that you can use to help manage Windows 7—such as Windows Remote Management and Windows PowerShell.

Configuring Windows 7 on a Network

There are two ways to connect the Windows 7 machine to the domain. You can connect the Windows 7 machine to the domain from the Windows 7 operating system or from Active Directory.