Windows Server Cookbook

By: Robbie Allen

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Paperback | 24 March 2005

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This practical reference guide offers hundreds of useful tasks for managing Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's latest and greatest server. Through concise, on-the-job solutions to common problems, Windows Server Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000 is certain to save you hours of time searching for answers.Now, instead of dredging reams of Microsoft documentation or browsing its unstructured knowledge base to figure out a particular issue--such as how to compare registry values between two hosts--you can simply reference the index of Windows Server Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000. From there, you'll be directed to the exact trouble-shooting recipe they need.As the newest title in O'Reilly's popular Cookbook series, this book covers a wide range of issues that you are likely to face in your daily management of the Windows Server operating system. This includes how to deal with:

files
event logs
DNS
DHCP
security
the registry
backup/restore

One of the book's key benefits is the presentation of solutions in three different recipe formats. Depending on preference, you can solve most problems with the graphical user interface, the command line, or by using scripts. Where appropriate, all three solutions are presented for each recipe in this book. Each recipe also includes a detailed discussion that explains how and why it works.Windows Server Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000 is written for all levels of system administrators on Windows servers. If you're a relatively new user with only a rudimentary understanding of the job, the book can open your eyes to the many possibilities that await. And if you're an advanced user, it can serve as a useful reference and memory-jogger.Download the code examples from this book. The complete set of examples isavailable at: http://www.rallenhome.com/books/?winsckbk/code.html.

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Foreword	p. xvii
Preface	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Approach to the Book	p. 2
Where to Find the Tools	p. 3
Running Tools with Alternate Credentials	p. 5
A Brief Word on Windows Scripting	p. 6
Getting the Most Out of Your Scripts	p. 6
Where to Find More Information	p. 15
System Configuration	p. 19
Activating Windows Server 2003	p. 20
Configuring Automatic Updates	p. 23
Disabling Windows Update	p. 26
Installing or Uninstalling a Windows Component	p. 27
Installing an Application or Service Pack via Group Policy	p. 30
Viewing System Properties	p. 32
Setting the System Time, Date, and Time Zone	p. 34
Setting the Name of a Server	p. 37
Joining a Server to a Domain	p. 40
Testing and Resetting the Secure Channel	p. 43
Viewing and Setting Environment Variables	p. 45
Configuring Page Files	p. 48
Putting System Information on the Desktop	p. 51
Configuring System Startup Options	p. 52
Configuring System Failure Options	p. 55
Viewing System Uptime	p. 59
Disabling the Manage/Configure Your Server Screen	p. 60
Disabling Shutdown Tracker	p. 62
Restarting or Shutting Down a Server	p. 64
Disks, Drives, and Volumes	p. 68
Viewing the Disk, Drive, and Volume Layout	p. 70
Converting a Basic Disk to Dynamic	p. 72
Enabling Disk Performance Statistics	p. 73
Formatting a Volume	p. 74
Setting the Drive Letter of a Volume	p. 76
Setting the Label of a Volume	p. 78
Cleaning Up a Volume	p. 79
Defragmenting a Volume	p. 80
Compressing a Volume	p. 84
Checking a Volume for Errors	p. 86
Making a Disk or Volume Read-Only	p. 88
Mapping a Network Drive	p. 89
Creating a Virtual Drive to Another Drive or Folder	p. 91
Finding Large Files and Folders on a Volume	p. 93
Enabling Disk Quotas	p. 94
Configuring a Disk Quota for a User	p. 96
Viewing Disk Quota Usage	p. 98
Files, Folders, and Shares	p. 100
Creating and Deleting a File	p. 102
Creating and Deleting a Folder	p. 103
Undeleting a File	p. 104
Securely Deleting a File	p. 105
Viewing the Properties of a File or Folder	p. 106
Creating a Shortcut	p. 108
Creating a Link or Junction Point	p. 112
Creating a Program Alias	p. 113
Searching for Files or Folders	p. 114
Copying, Moving, or Renaming a File or Folder	p. 116
Comparing Files or Folders	p. 117
Hiding a File or Folder	p. 118
Making a File or Folder Read-Only	p. 120
Compressing a File or Folder	p. 121
Encrypting a File or Folder	p. 124
Replacing a File That Is in Use	p. 125
Taking Ownership of a File or Folder	p. 126
Finding Who Last Opened or Modified a File	p. 128
Finding Open Files	p. 129
Finding the Process That Has a File Open	p. 130
Viewing File Activity	p. 132
Performing an Action on Several Files at Once	p. 133
Creating and Deleting Shares	p. 134
Viewing Shares	p. 136
Restricting Access to a Share	p. 137
Enabling Web Sharing	p. 138
Publishing a Share in Active Directory	p. 140
Running and Scheduling Tasks	p. 142
Running a Task with Alternate Credentials	p. 142
Running a Task on a Remote Server	p. 145
Running a Task When a User Logs On	p. 147
Running a Task via a Login Script	p. 149
Running a Task via Group Policy	p. 151
Listing Automatic Tasks	p. 152
Scheduling a Task	p. 153
Deleting a Scheduled Task	p. 156
Listing the Scheduled Tasks	p. 158
Processes	p. 160
Setting the Priority of a Process	p. 164
Suspending a Process	p. 166
Killing a Process	p. 167
Viewing the Running Processes	p. 169
Searching Processes	p. 170
Finding the Services Run from a Process	p. 171
Viewing the Properties of a Process	p. 173
Viewing the Performance Statistics of a Process	p. 174
Viewing the DLLs Being Used by a Process	p. 175
Viewing the APIs Called by a Process	p. 177
Viewing the Handles a Process Has Open	p. 178
Viewing the Network Ports a Process Has Open	p. 179
Script: Process Doctor	p. 180
Script: Process Terminator	p. 183
Services	p. 185
Starting and Stopping a Service	p. 188
Running Any Program or Script as a Service	p. 190
Removing a Service	p. 193
Setting the Service Startup Type	p. 195
Setting the Service Account and Password	p. 196
Performing an Action Automatically When a Service Fails	p. 198
Viewing the List of Services	p. 199
Searching Services	p. 201
Finding the Process a Service Is Running From	p. 202
Viewing the Antecedent and Dependent Services for a Service	p. 203
Viewing the Service Load Order	p. 205
Viewing the Startup History of a Service	p. 207
Granting the Permission to Manage One or More Services	p. 209
Script: Robust Service Restart	p. 210
Script: Service Monitor	p. 212
Event Logs	p. 214
Creating an Event	p. 215
Viewing Events	p. 217
Creating a New Event Log	p. 219
Viewing the Size of an Event Log	p. 221
Setting the Maximum Size of an Event Log	p. 222
Setting the Event Log Retention Policy	p. 223
Clearing the Events in an Event Log	p. 225
Restricting Access to an Event Log	p. 226
Searching an Event Log on a Server	p. 227
Searching the Event Logs on Multiple Servers	p. 229
Archiving an Event Log	p. 231
Finding More Information About an Event	p. 232
Triggering an Action When an Event Occurs	p. 233
Script: Event Watcher	p. 234
Registry	p. 237
Creating and Deleting a Key	p. 239
Setting a Value	p. 241
Setting Keys or Values Using Group Policy	p. 243
Exporting Registry Files	p. 244
Importing Registry Files	p. 246
Searching the Registry	p. 247
Comparing the Registry	p. 248
Restricting Access to the Registry	p. 249
Backing Up and Restoring the Registry	p. 251
Creating a Registry Link	p. 253
Setting the Maximum Registry Size	p. 254
Monitoring Registry Activity	p. 256
Viewing Processes That Have a Registry Key Open	p. 258
Network Configuration	p. 260
Viewing the Network Configuration	p. 261
Disabling a Connection	p. 264
Configuring an IP Address	p. 266
Renewing or Releasing a DHCP IP Address	p. 269
Configuring DNS Settings	p. 271
Registering DNS Records or Flushing the DNS Cache	p. 273
Finding a Computer's Active Directory Site	p. 275
Managing Routes	p. 276
Viewing the Open Ports and Connections	p. 279
Troubleshooting Network Connectivity Problems	p. 281
Viewing Network Traffic	p. 282
Configuring TCP/IP Filtering	p. 284
Measuring Link Speed and Latency Between Two Hosts	p. 287
Installing the IPv6 Stack	p. 288
Security Best Practices	p. 290
Analyzing Your Security Configuration	p. 293
Enabling Auditing	p. 294
Renaming the Administrator and Guest Accounts	p. 297
Disabling or Removing Unused Accounts, Services, and Software	p. 300
Enabling Screensaver Locking	p. 300
Disabling Storage of the LM Password Hash	p. 303
Requiring Strong Passwords	p. 304
Getting Notified of New Security Vulnerabilities	p. 305
Script: Mass Admin Password Changer	p. 305
Internet Information Services 6.0	p. 308
Installing IIS	p. 313
Stopping and Starting IIS	p. 318
Creating Web Sites	p. 320
Hosting Multiple Web Sites	p. 322
Creating Virtual Directories	p. 325
Configuring Web Permissions	p. 327
Configuring IP Address and Domain Name Restrictions	p. 330
Configuring Web Site Authentication	p. 332
Obtaining and Installing SSL Certificates	p. 335
Enabling SSL on a Web Site	p. 337
Backing Up SSL Certificates	p. 340
Configuring Web Site QoS Settings	p. 341
Configuring Web Site Logging	p. 343
Configuring Web Site Redirection	p. 346
Enabling Direct Metabase Editing	p. 348
Backing Up and Restoring the Metabase	p. 350
Exporting and Importing the Metabase	p. 354
Enabling Dynamic Content	p. 356
Creating Application Pools	p. 358
Configuring Application Pool Identities	p. 359
Creating Applications	p. 361
Isolating Applications into Pools	p. 363
Configuring Application Pool Recycling	p. 364
Creating FTP Sites	p. 366
Configuring FTP Authentication	p. 369
Configuring FTP User Isolation	p. 370
Domain Name System (DNS)	p. 373
Installing the DNS Server	p. 375
Starting and Stopping the DNS Server	p. 377
Modifying DNS Server Configuration	p. 379
Creating a Zone	p. 381
Viewing a DNS Server's Zones	p. 383
Converting a Zone to an Active Directory-Integrated Zone	p. 385
Moving Active Directory-Integrated Zones into an Application Partition	p. 387
Creating a Stub Zone	p. 389
Configuring Conditional Forwarding	p. 392
Configuring Zone Transfer	p. 394
Creating and Deleting Resource Records	p. 397
Querying Resource Records	p. 400
Scavenging Old Resource Records	p. 401
Clearing the DNS Cache	p. 404
Enabling DNS Server Debug Logging	p. 405
Viewing DNS Server Utilization Statistics	p. 408
Preventing Cache Pollution on DNS Servers	p. 410
Preventing Windows Clients from Attempting Dynamic Updates	p. 411
Script: DNS Server Configuration Checker	p. 413
DHCP Server	p. 416
Installing DHCP Server	p. 419
Authorizing a DHCP Server	p. 420
Configuring Server Options	p. 423
Enabling Address Conflict Detection	p. 424
Creating a Scope	p. 426
Creating a Superscope	p. 428
Activating or Deactivating a Scope	p. 429
Configuring Scope Options	p. 430
Enabling Dynamic DNS Updates from the DHCP Server	p. 432
Managing the Leases for a Scope	p. 434
Creating a Reservation	p. 435
Enabling DHCP Audit Logging	p. 436
Modifying the DHCP Database and Audit Log Paths	p. 439
Backing Up the DHCP Database	p. 440
Restoring the DHCP Database	p. 441
Importing and Exporting DHCP Server Configuration	p. 442
Viewing DHCP Utilization Statistics	p. 444
Finding the DHCP Servers on a Subnet	p. 445
Running DHCP Server on a Domain Controller	p. 447
Active Directory	p. 449
Creating a New Active Directory Forest	p. 450
Promoting a Domain Controller from Media	p. 452
Uninstalling Active Directory	p. 453
Upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003	p. 455
Raising the Functional Level	p. 459
Backing Up Active Directory	p. 462
Restoring Active Directory	p. 464
Searching for Objects in a Domain	p. 467
Creating an Object	p. 471
Modifying an Object	p. 473
Moving an Object	p. 475
Moving an Object to a Different Domain	p. 477
Renaming an Object	p. 478
Deleting an Object	p. 480
Exporting and Importing Objects Using LDIF or CSV	p. 482
Finding the Closest Domain Controller	p. 484
Enabling and Disabling the Global Catalog	p. 486
Finding the FSMO Role Holders	p. 488
Transferring or Seizing a FSMO Role	p. 490
Creating and Removing a Trust	p. 492
Viewing the Trusts for a Domain	p. 494
Verifying and Resetting Trusts	p. 497
Enabling Diagnostics Logging	p. 500
Script: Displaying the Structure of a Forest	p. 502
Domain User, Group, and Computer Accounts	p. 505
Creating a User Account	p. 506
Creating a Large Number of Users	p. 508
Modifying an Attribute for Several Users at Once	p. 509
Unlocking a User	p. 511
Troubleshooting Account Lockout Problems	p. 512
Viewing and Modifying the Account Lockout and Password Policies	p. 513
Enabling and Disabling a User Account	p. 517
Setting a User's Password	p. 518
Setting a User's Account Options	p. 519
Setting a User's Profile Attributes	p. 522
Finding a User's Last Logon Time	p. 523
Creating a Group Account	p. 525
Viewing the Members of a Group	p. 526
Viewing a User's Group Membership	p. 528
Adding and Removing Members of a Group	p. 530
Changing the Scope or Type of a Group	p. 531
Creating a Computer Account	p. 533
Joining a Computer to a Domain	p. 534
Renaming a Computer	p. 537
Resetting a Computer Account	p. 539
Exchange Server 2003	p. 542
Preparing Active Directory for Exchange	p. 545
Installing the First Exchange Server	p. 549
Installing Additional Exchange Servers	p. 551
Installing an Exchange Service Pack	p. 553
Creating Unattended Installation Files for Exchange and Exchange Service Pack	p. 554
Installing Exchange Management Tools	p. 555
Delegating Exchange for the First Time	p. 557
Stopping and Starting Exchange Server	p. 560
Mail-Enabling a User	p. 562
Mail-Disabling a User	p. 567
Mailbox-Enabling a User	p. 569
Deleting a User's Mailbox	p. 572
Purging a Deleted Mailbox	p. 574
Reconnecting a Deleted Mailbox	p. 575
Enumerating Disconnected Mailboxes	p. 577
Moving a Mailbox	p. 579
Viewing Mailbox Sizes and Message Counts	p. 582
Mail-Enabling a Contact	p. 583
Mail-Disabling a Contact	p. 586
Creating a Mail-Enabled Distribution List	p. 587
Creating a Query-Based Distribution List	p. 591
Creating an Address List	p. 594
Creating a Recipient Policy	p. 597
Creating a Storage Group	p. 599
Creating a Mailbox Store	p. 602
Listing Domain Controllers and Global Catalog Servers Used by an Exchange Server	p. 604
Mounting and Dismounting Mailbox Stores	p. 605
Introduction to WSH	p. 609
Introduction to WMI	p. 613
Introduction to ADSI	p. 618
List of Default Environment Variables	p. 625
List of Default Processes	p. 629
List of Default Services	p. 631
Index	p. 641
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