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Windows Server 2003

Also known as the Win2K3, Windows Server 2003 is a server OS (operating system) from the American software company Microsoft. This OS has the capability to share printers and files, provide email services, authenticate users, and host message queues.

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What is intersite replication?

Replication between two sites is known as Intersite Replication. Since bandwidth two different sites is usually very limited, so intersite replication is used to manage and control replication traffic.

What is the OU active directory object?

Organisational Unit: A part of Active Directory used to Organise and Manage the objects of AD

An organizational unit (OU) is a subdivision within an Active Directory into which you can place users, groups, computers, and other organizational units. You can create organizational units to mirror your organization's functional or business structure. Each domain can implement its own organizational unit hierarchy. If your organization contains several domains, you can create organizational unit structures in each domain that are independent of the structures in the other domains.

The term "organizational unit" is often called as "OU" in casual conversation. "Container" is also often applied in its place, even in Microsoft's own documentation. All terms are considered correct and interchangeable.

What object of active directory identifies its location within the directory structure?

Distinguished Name{DN)

A DN is a sequence of relative distinguished names (RDN) connected by commas.

An RDN is an attribute with an associated value in the form attribute=value; normally expressed in a UTF-8 string format

DC domainComponent

CN commonName

OU organizationalUnitName

O organizationName

STREET streetAddress

L localityName

ST stateOrProvinceName

C countryName

UID userid

examples of distinguished names.
Distinguished Name{DN)

A DN is a sequence of relative distinguished names (RDN) connected by commas.

An RDN is an attribute with an associated value in the form attribute=value; normally expressed in a UTF-8 string format

DC domainComponent

CN commonName

OU organizationalUnitName

O organizationName

STREET streetAddress

L localityName

ST stateOrProvinceName

C countryName

UID userid

examples of distinguished names.
Distinguished Name{DN)

A DN is a sequence of relative distinguished names (RDN) connected by commas.

An RDN is an attribute with an associated value in the form attribute=value; normally expressed in a UTF-8 string format

DC domainComponent

CN commonName

OU organizationalUnitName

O organizationName

STREET streetAddress

L localityName

ST stateOrProvinceName

C countryName

UID userid

examples of distinguished names.

What is the function of the active directory federation services?

Active Directory Federation Services(AD FS for short) is a software component developed by Microsoft that can be installed on Windows Server operating systems to provide users withSingle Sign-Onaccess to systems and applications located across organizational boundaries. It uses a claims-based access control authorization model to maintain application security and implementfederated identity.

Claims based authentication is the process of authenticating a user based on a set of claims about its identity contained in a trusted token. Such a token is often issued and signed by an entity that is able to authenticate the user by other means, and that is trusted by the entity doing the claims based authentication.

How do I get Crawler.com Off my computer?

First go to, start, control panel,add remove programs, and see if it is listed as a program,

if not follow the suggestion below.

I suggest you download Malwarebytes anti-malware, there is a free version.

Next, you need to get a better anti-virus then what you have now.

The manual way is to remove the registry keys associated with the toolbar, but this process is very long, and unless you know how to work inside your registry, its not a good idea.

How do you get the ip address on the printer?

If your printer is on your network and is set to get its ip by DHCP, your router's utility program ought to display the address. For instance, you would go to your router's ip (usually something like 192.168.0.1) and log into the router with the admin password and dig around for the list of devices that are connected.

In Windows you could also open the printer's control panel and find its network name. If you know its network name you open a command prompt and ping the name. In this example, you can see that the printer's name is "kodakaio":

C:\Users\JSB>ping kodakaio

Pinging kodakaio [192.168.0.103] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.103: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=60

Reply from 192.168.0.103: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=60

Reply from 192.168.0.103: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=60

Reply from 192.168.0.103: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=60

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.103:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 2ms

What is the difference between iterative queries and recursive queries of dns?

Recursive queries When a client system sends a recursive query to a local name server, that local name server must return the IP address for the friendly name entered, indicate that it can't find an address, or return an error saying that the requested address does not exist. Name servers do not refer the client system requesting a recursive query to other DNS servers. When answering recursive queries, the originating client does not receive address information directly from any DNS server other than the local name server. Typically, the local name server will first check DNS data from its own boot file, cache, database, or reverse lookup file. If the server is unsuccessful in obtaining the answer from those local sources, it may contact other DNS servers for assistance using iterative queries and then pass the information it receives back to the client that originated the name resolution request. Iterative queries In iterative queries, name servers return the best information they have. Although a DNS server may not know the IP address for a given friendly name, it might know the IP address of another name server likely to have the IP address being sought, so it sends that information back. The response to an iterative query can be likened to a DNS server saying, "I don't have the IP address you seek, but the name server at 10.1.2.3 can tell you." The process is straightforward. Here's one example in which a local name server uses iterative queries to resolve an address for a client: The local name server receives a name resolution request from a client system for a friendly name (such as www.techrepublic.com). The local name server checks its records. If it finds the address, it returns it to the client. If no address is found, the local name server proceeds to the next step. The local name server sends an iterative request to the root (the "." in .com) name server. The root name server provides the local name server with the address for the top-level domain (.com, .net, etc.) server. The local name server sends an iterative query to the top-level domain server. The top-level domain server replies with the IP address of the name server that manages the friendly name's domain (such as techrepublic.com). The local name server sends an iterative request to the friendly name's domain name server. The friendly name's domain name server provides the IP address for the friendly name (www.techrepublic.com) being sought. The local name server passes that IP address to the client. It seems complicated, but the process completes in a matter of moments. Or, if an address isn't found, a 404 error message is returned to the client.

What is the benefit of using a cheap Windows dedicated server?

Windows shared hosting offers some of the same benefits as Linux hosting, its main benefit is that it can handle Microsoft technologies. If one knows the Windows operating, a Windows based server will have less of a learning curve.

What is the purpose of the Primary Domain Controller on a Windows network?

The server holding the PDC emulator role will cause the most problems if it is unavailable. This would be most noticeable in a mixed mode domain where you are still running NT 4 BDCs and if you are using downlevel clients (NT and Win9x). Since the PDC emulator acts as a NT 4 PDC, then any actions that depend on the PDC would be affected (User Manager for Domains, Server Manager, changing passwords, browsing and BDC replication).

In a native mode domain the failure of the PDC emulator isn't as critical because other domain controllers can assume most of the responsibilities of the PDC emulator.

How do you view replication properties for AD partitions and domain controlers?

Windows Server 2003 introduced the DomainDNSZones application partition, which is replicated to all DCs running the DNS service within a domain (so each domain has its own version of the DomainDNSZones partition) and the ForestDNSZones application partition, which is replicated to all DCs running the DNS service within the entire forest. To determine which directory partitions a DC running DNS is registered as part of the replica set, run the command dnscmd /enumdirectorypartitions which on my system resulted in the following output: Enumerated directory partition list: Directory partition count = 2 DomainDnsZones.savilltech.com Enlisted Auto Domain ForestDnsZones.savilltech.com Enlisted Auto Forest Command completed successfully. This example shows that the DC is enlisted in both the domain (DomainDNSZones) and forest (ForestDNSZones) application partitions. Alternatively, the status could show as "Not-Enlisted Auto Domain/Forest". To add the server to a partition's replica set, use the /enlistdirectorypartition parameter, as this example shows dnscmd /enlistdirectorypartition domaindnszones.savilltech.com Running this command displays the following output: DNS Server . enlisted directory partition: domaindnszones.savilltech.com Command completed successfully. To view all the members of the replica set of a partition, use the ntdsutil command as shown below (enter the commands in bold): ntdsutil ntdsutil: domain management domain management: connection server connections: connect to server savdaldc01 Binding to savdaldc01 ... Connected to savdaldc01 using credentials of locally logged on user. server connections: quit domain management: list Note: Directory partition names with International/Unicode characters will display correctly only if appropriate fonts and language support are loaded Found 6 Naming Context(s) 0 - CN=Configuration,DC=savilltech,DC=com 1 - DC=savilltech,DC=com 2 - CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=savilltech,DC=com 3 - DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=savilltech,DC=com 4 - DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=savilltech,DC=com 5 - DC=child,DC=savilltech,DC=com domain management: list nc replica dc=forestdnszones,dc=savilltech,dc=com The application directory partition dc=forestdnszones,dc=savilltech,dc=com's Replicas are: CN=NTDS Settings,CN=VPC2003ROOTDC2,CN=Servers,CN=Smallville,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=savilltech,DC=com CN=NTDS Settings,CN=SAVDALDC02,CN=Servers,CN=Smallville,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=savilltech,DC=com * CN=NTDS Settings,CN=SAVDALDC01,CN=Servers,CN=Smallville,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=savilltech,DC=com The *'ed items are currently uninstantiated replicas. domain management: list nc replica dc=domaindnszones,dc=savilltech,dc=com The application directory partition dc=domaindnszones,dc=savilltech,dc=com's Replicas are: CN=NTDS Settings,CN=VPC2003ROOTDC2,CN=Servers,CN=Smallville,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=savilltech,DC=com CN=NTDS Settings,CN=SAVDALDC01,CN=Servers,CN=Smallville,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=savilltech,DC=com domain management: quit ntdsutil: quit Disconnecting from savdaldc01... The sample code and output first shows starting the domain management functions of the NTDSUTIL command, then connecting to a DC. Next you use the list command to tell ntdsutil to show all the partitions that exist, then to display the members of the forestdnszones replica set and the domaindnszones replica set (for the savilltech.com domain). If the output shows any DCs listed as uninstantiated replicas, it means no replication object is configured to allow the replication of the information. You can force the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) to run to create the replication objects, as needed. To do so, type the command repadmin /kcc and then force replication by running the command repadmin /syncall

What is the file name for the Active Directory Database Where is it located?

Windows 2000 Active Directory data store, the actual database file, is %SystemRoot%\ntds\NTDS.DIT

What is a DNS server?

DNS stands for Domain Name System. A DNS server resolves a name to an IP address, as stated in an earlier answer, but it can also point to multiple IP addresses for load balancing, or for backup servers if one or more is offline or not accepting connections.

Individual organizations may have their own DNS servers for their local Intranet.

Some sites have their own DNS server to switch between subdomains within them. For example, a site such as Blogspot can have subdomains come and go quite frequently. Rather than force every DNS server to update their own databases whenever someone creates a new blog, Blogspot could maintain their own DNS server to resolve names within the blogspot.com domain, e.g., to distinguish between myblog.blogspot.com and yourblog.blogspot.com ... their DNS server would be queried once blogspot.com is resolved, and it would be responsible for resolving myblog vs. yourblog.

Where can you add additional attributes by modifying the active directory schema?

Adding items to the Schema, also called "extending the Schema", or even modifying existing objects can be a tricky business, and if done without proper knowledge, can be very destructive to your existing Active Directory infrastructure. This is because the Schema is a forest-wide setting, and any additions or changes to the Schema will be immediately replicated to each and every Domain Controller in each and every domain in your AD Forest. You cannot make any changes to the Schema and yet keep it within your domain's boundaries. Furthermore, changing existing attributes (such as configuring an attribute to replicate itself to the Global Catalog) will cause a forest-wide replication of all the attributes and objects, even if your change was just made on one attribute. Note that this behavior was changed in Windows Server 2003, but even so, you might unintentionally cause a major network load and a lot of overhead by simply clicking one one small checkbox on one small attribute.

1.Open the Run command and type:regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll

You should get a confirmation message.

2.Next, open Run and type mmc.exe. Press Enter.

3.In the new MMC window, click File > Add/Remove Snap-in.

4.Click Add, then, in the Add Standalone Snap-in window, select the Active Directory Schema snap-in from the list. Next click Add again.

5.Click Ok.

Windows 2000 only - Enable write operations to the Schema

If you're running Windows 2000-based AD, you'll probably need to allow the Schema to be written. To do so follow these guidelines (only required for W2K-based DC):

1.In the MC window from the previous procedure, under the Console Root, double-click on the Active Directory Schema snap-in and let it load (you'll know when it has loaded when you will see 2 nodes under the root - Classes and Attributes)

2.Right-click Active Directory Schema (your domain controller name) and

Adding 3 new attributes to the Schema

One method of creating new attributes in the Schema is by using the Active Directory Schema snap-in from an MMC.

In order to use this snap-in you must first register it with the command:regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll

Connecting the new attributes to the User Object Class

One method of creating new attributes in the Schema is by using the Active Directory Schema snap-in from an MMC.

In order to use this snap-in you must first register it with the command:regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll

The results

After adding the new attributes we now need to verify their existence and functionality.

What now?

After the new attributes were successfully added to the Schema and we've verified their functionality, we would now like to begin working with these attributes and begin populating their values.

A very simple way to avoid damaging or costly schema mistakes in your production forest is to first test your schema extensions on a test forest. By using a test environment, you can identify any potential problems in your plan before they affect your users and your production environment.

What is the purpose of a file server?

A file-server is essentially a computer with a HUGE hard-drive, masses of RAM and one or more super-fast processors - which is connected to all the other computers on the network. It not only stores programs and data, but also communicates with the computers, printers, plotters and other hardware on the network.

What is diffrnce Workgroup and Domain?

a workgroup is the name for a group of computers in a network environment. Under windows this is a name you can choose yourself for each computer. The computers who have the same workgroup name can easily exchange information through the network. A workgroup does not require a central server. a domain is basically an advanced workgroup where every computer & user requires authentication (login/pass for instance), maintained by a central server(s). workgroups are generally used in residential houses (for ex. to exchange data between 2 PCs), whereas domains are generally used in companies.

What are some advantages to using directory services?

Security-Having only one domain means better security through a single security policy and a single set of administrators. If you have multiple domains and forests, each has its own administrator. One weak but trusted domain exposes all the other forests and domains. With only a single domain, it's also far easier to enforce an organization-wide security policy

Single platform - a single directory service or Global Catalog (GC) means a single platform for all other directory-ware services, including monitoring and messaging.

Faster deployment-starts in an organization with just a single domain and shared account database solutions need only be deployed once, which means company-wide deployments are much faster than if the organization has multiple and separate domains.

Single management infrastructure-Having a single management infrastructure means there is just one infrastructure for all other directory services tasks, such as software deployment, inventory, and object managment sharing and delegation (such as for user accounts).

Single Group Policy container (GPC)-With a single GPC, management polices need to be defined only once, and can be used throughout the entire enterprise without the need to manually export and import Group Policy Objects (GPOs).

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Backup and recovery-Having only a single domain means better resiliency because every location has a full domain backup.

Less hardware-In an organization with multiple domains, every location needs two domain controllers (DCs). With a single domain, each location needs only a single DC because if the local DC fails, the locations can use hub DCs. Reduced hardware also means fewer licenses, less management software, and less overhead for server management. There's also no need to back up remote DCs because the remote DCs just hold the same information as the central DCs-assuming the DCs only perform directory services.

How do you configure a Windows 98 PC to connect to a Windows 2000 server which is the domain controller?

This is really simple. There are probably hundreds of places on the net that tell you how to do this, but the simplest way is to ensure that all of the computers have ethernet cards. Have all of the computers connect to a hub, including the server. Go into the control panel, then networking and setup all of the ethernet cards to support Netbeui. From there, on the server, right click on the folder you want to share and give it a share name. Then right click on my computer on each workstation and select map network drive and use the following pattern to map your drives: \\servername\sharename.

Read this for a more step by step explanation: http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/tutorials/3/1/

First we understand the concept. windows 2000 proffessional is not the server OS. this is the client OS. for client server technology server must be the server OS like windows 2000 server or NT server. client may be any OS. If u configure windows 2000 professional and win98, this is as the workgroup model. this not the client server technology. this is normal networking in LAN.