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[Active Directory]

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How can I determine which sites a domain controller (DC) covers?

 — John Savill

How can I remove all DNS records for a domain controller (DC)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I configure my Windows Server 2008-mode domain to use distributed file system replication (DFSR) instead of NT file replication service (NTFRS)?

 — John Savill

Can I change the type of logging that Active Directory (AD) uses?

 — John Savill

Can I obtain more information from the "Dsquery user" command than just the user's name?

 — John Savill

Can I use the Movetree command-line tool to move individual users between domains?

 — John Savill

Can you make an Active Directory (AD) domain controller (DC) read-only?

 — John Savill

Do I need to take any special steps when restoring a backup of my Relative Identifier (RID) master?

 — John Savill

Does Windows Server 2008 use File Replication Service (FRS) or Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) to replicate SYSVOL?

 — John Savill

How are password changes communicated between Active Directory (AD) sites?

 — John Savill

How can a server belong to more than one site?

 — John Savill

How can I add a Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) instance to Windows Server 2003 Automated Deployment Services (ADS) 1.1?

 — John Savill

How can I add a user to Active Directory (AD) from the command line without using a script?

 — John Savill

How can I add employee IDs and employee numbers to Active Directory?

 — John Savill

How can I avoid Kerberos authentication problems that occur when Kerberos authentication uses UDP?

 — John Savill

How can I change a domain user's password from the command line in Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

How can I change the default container in which Active Directory (AD) creates new computers in Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

How can I change the default container in which Active Directory (AD) creates new users in Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

How can I change the domain controller (DC) that Active Directory (AD) snap-ins use?

 — John Savill

How can I change the SYSVOL location?

 — John Savill

How can I check Active Directory (AD) database integrity?

 — John Savill

How can I configure an answer file to use with the Windows Server 2003 domain controller (DC) install-from-media function to promote a Windows 2003 server to a DC?

 — John Savill

How can I configure Windows NT 4.0 emulation on my Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) domain controllers (DCs)?

 — John Savill

How can I configure Windows Server 2003 domain controllers (DCs) to cache Universal group memberships?

 — John Savill

How can I control which authentication methods my Active Directory (AD) domain supports?

 — John Savill

How can I create a file that contains the usernames and email addresses for a specific organizational unit (OU) or Container?

 — John Savill

How can I create a list of all groups in my environment and their type?

 — John Savill

How can I create a list of all subnets in a forest that aren't assigned to a site?

 — John Savill

How can I create a Web-based dialog box in which users can enter email addresses to be added to a distribution group?

 — John Savill

How can I delete an Active Directory (AD) object of an unknown type?

 — John Savill

How can I determine what groups a user belongs to from the command line in Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

How can I determine which computer accounts haven't had their passwords changed?

 — John Savill

How can I determine which domain is the forest root domain?

 — John Savill

How can I enable anonymous Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) connections under Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

How can I enable notification-based replication between Active Directory (AD) sites?

 — John Savill

How can I enable the List Object security option in Active Directory (AD)?

 — John Savill

How can I find a list of all mail-enabled groups?

 — John Savill

How can I find a list of all non-mail-enabled groups?

 — John Savill

How can I find the current FSMO role holders in a domain/forest?

 — John Savill

How can I force a domain controller (DC) to reregister its DNS records?

 — John Savill

How can I generate a list of all the SMTP mail addresses a user has?

 — John Savill

How can I let users log on to the domain when they can't contact the Global Catalog (GC)?

 — John Savill

How can I let users search, but not browse, Active Directory (AD)?

 — John Savill

How can I limit the number of allowed concurrent sessions per user in an Active Directory (AD) domain?

 — John Savill

How can I list all domain controllers (DCs) for an Active Directory (AD) domain?

 — John Savill

How can I make the DNS service records of certain DCs lower in priority than others?

 — John Savill

How can I make the DNS service records of certain domain controllers (DCs) lower in weight than others?

 — John Savill

How can I modify the display name of mail-enabled groups that appear in the Global Address List (GAL)?

 — John Savill

How can I move a computer account from one domain to another?

 — John Savill

How can I move multiple users between organizational units (OUs)?

 — John Savill

How can I move objects between domains?

 — John Savill

How can I move the Active Directory (AD) Global Catalog (GC) to another domain controller (DC)?

 — John Savill

How can I move the Active Directory log files?

 — John Savill

How can I move the ntds.dit file?

 — John Savill

How can I output in a table format the list of sites and the subnets in the site?

 — John Savill

How can I perform an authoritative restoration of Active Directory (AD) in Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

How can I prevent my branch office domain controllers (DCs) from registering generic DNS service records?

 — John Savill

How can I prevent the OS from storing LAN Manager (LM) hashes in Active Directory (AD) and the SAM?

 — John Savill

How can I quickly determine whether a domain controller (DC) is available for a specific domain?

 — John Savill

How can I raise my domain to use the Windows .NET Server (Win.NET Server) 2003 domain mode?

 — John Savill

How can I raise my forest to use the Windows .NET Server (Win.NET Server) 2003 forest mode?

 — John Savill

How can I remove a user from Active Directory (AD) from the command line without using a script?

 — John Savill

How can I rename a Windows Server 2003 domain controller (DC)?

 — John Savill

How can I replicate log-on scripts between Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 domain controllers?

 — John Savill

How can I restrict Active Directory (AD) replication traffic to a specific port?

 — John Savill

How can I set the default domain user profile?

 — John Savill

How can I set the RPC port that intrasite replication uses?

 — John Savill

How can I specify only users that are enabled in an LDAP query?

 — John Savill

How can I stop password changes from being pushed to the PDC FSMO over WAN links?

 — John Savill

How can I turn off compression for Active Directory (AD) intersite replication.

 — John Savill

How can I use a command to list all the members of an Active Directory (AD) group?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to add email addresses to a distribution group in Active Directory (AD)?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to add users to an Active Directory (AD) group?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to check the domain mode and forest mode of a client computer?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to check whether a group exists in Active Directory (AD), and if not, create it?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to check whether an Active Directory (AD) user or group exists?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to create a list of domains that an Active Directory (AD) domain trusts?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to delete a computer from a domain?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to determine password-expiration dates for users in a domain or an organizational unit (OU) and send an email message to accounts whose passwords expire soon?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to determine the site name of a domain controller (DC)?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to display members of an Active Directory (AD) group?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to list all subnets in a site?

 — John Savill

How can I use a script to list sites in Active Directory (AD)?

 — John Savill

How can I use the ADSI Edit tool to check my domain and forest modes?

 — John Savill

How can I use the command line to move a user account in Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

How can I use the command line to rename a user account in Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

How can I use the registry to configure Group Policy update times?

 — John Savill

How can I use the Windows 2000 and later Netdom command to specify an organizational unit (OU) when I join my computer to a domain?

 — John Savill

How can I use the Windows Server 2003 command line to find all users in a domain who match certain criteria?

 — John Savill

How can I use the Windows Server 2003 domain controller (DC) install-from-media function to promote a Windows 2003 server to a DC?

 — John Savill

How can I verify whether a domain controller (DC) is in a certain site?

 — John Savill

How can I view SPNs for a server?

 — John Savill

How do I add an SPN?

 — John Savill

How do I allow modifications to the schema?

 — John Savill

How do I audit Active Directory?

 — John Savill

How do I automatically upgrade a server to a domain controller during installation?

 — John Savill

How do I back up Active Directory and the System State?

 — John Savill

How do I change how often the Knowledge Consistency Checker runs?

 — John Savill

How do I change my Windows 2000 domain’s NetBIOS name?

 — John Savill

How do I change the Domain Naming Master FSMO?

 — John Savill

How do I change the Infrastructure Master FSMO?

 — John Savill

How do I change the intrasite replication interval in Windows 2000 for domain information?

 — John Savill

How do I change the PDC Emulator FSMO?

 — John Savill

How do I change the RID Master FSMO?

 — John Savill

How do I change the schedule for replication between two domain controllers in a site?

 — John Savill

How do I change the Schema Master FSMO?

 — John Savill

How do I configure a server as a Global Catalog?

 — John Savill

How do I configure Group Policy to apply folder redirection settings to users who access the local network remotely?

 — John Savill

How do I create a custom application partition in my domain?

 — John Savill

How do I create a new Active Directory site?

 — John Savill

How do I create a new site link?

 — John Savill

How do I create a site link bridge?

 — John Savill

How do I create trusts from the command line in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How do I disable site link transitivity?

 — John Savill

How do I disable the Knowledge Consistency Checker?

 — John Savill

How do I enable circular logging for Active Directory?

 — John Savill

How do I enable or disable a domain user from the command line in Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

How do I force replication between two domain controllers in a site?

 — John Savill

How do I import data into Active Directory (AD) or an Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) instance from a comma-separated value (.csv) file?

 — John Savill

How do I insert a server name as part of an LDAP path?

 — John Savill

How do I join my Windows Vista machine to a domain?

 — John Savill

How do I manually defragment Active Directory?

 — John Savill

How do I modify the Active Directory's garbage-collection period?

 — John Savill

How do I modify the number of Active Directory objects to search?

 — John Savill

How do I monitor when the Knowledge Consistency Checker runs?

 — John Savill

How do I move a server to a different site?

 — John Savill

How do I move objects within my forest?

 — John Savill

How do I publish a shared folder in Active Directory?

 — John Savill

How do I remove a nonexistent domain controller?

 — John Savill

How do I remove a nonexistent domain from Active Directory?

 — John Savill

How do I remove Active Directory (AD) if the demotion failed?

 — Jerold Schulman

How do I rename a site?

 — John Savill

How do I reset a machine account password?

 — John Savill

How do I restore Active Directory?

 — John Savill

How do I set the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) time servers that domain controllers (DCs) should synchronize with?

 — John Savill

How do I specify a bridgehead server?

 — John Savill

How do I switch my Windows 2000 domain to native mode?

 — John Savill

How do I tune Active Directory replication?

 — John Savill

How do I use a script to pass credentials to connect to Active Directory (AD)?

 — John Savill

How does intersite replication work in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How does intrasite replication work in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How does ntdsutil know it's in Directory Restore mode?

 — John Savill

How many objects can an Active Directory (AD) instance store?

 — John Savill

I cancelled a domain controller demotion. Why can't I demote the domain controller now?

 — John Savill

I have objects in my Active Directory (AD) domain that have CNF in their name followed by a globally unique identifier (GUID). What are these objects?

 — John Savill

I have several sites connected over a VPN. How should I configure my site links?

 — John Savill

I heard that more than one utility is available to defragment the Active Directory database. Is this true?

 — John Savill

I use the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in from a remote computer. I've noticed that certain Property tabs are missing. Can I restore the tabs?

 — John Savill

I'm receiving errors from DCs in my domain, which state that the target Principal Name is incorrect or that access is denied when I attempt to replicate AD data or to perform some domain-modification functions. What's going on?

 — John Savill

I'm trying to populate Active Directory (AD) by reading in a text file that has distinguished name (DN) values containing commas. How do I denote the commas within the DN?

 — John Savill

I've upgraded one of my Windows NT 4.0 DCs to Windows 2000. Why do all of my Win2K Professional clients use the Win2K DC for authentication?

 — John Savill

If I have only one domain, which servers should be Global Catalog (GC) servers?

 — John Savill

In a Windows 2000 domain, how can I configure the site name information known to member servers and workstations?

 — John Savill

Is it better to rename a domain or migrate the resources to a new domain?

 — John Savill

Is there a tool I can use to delete user profiles?

 — John Savill

JSI Tip 10028. You cannot use IIS Manager to configure the logging settings for the ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services) Web Agent in Windows Server 2003 R2?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10038. How can I retrieve Active Directory attributes of the logged on user, using standard commands?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10039. How can you retrieve Active Directory attributes of the computer you are logged onto, using standard commands?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10040. How do I implement system policies for Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 client computers in non-Active Directory environments?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10043. Which of my DNS zones are Active Directory integrated?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10062. Events 1101 and 1030 are logged in the Application log when you join a computer to a Windows 2000 Server Active Directory domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10079. Naming conventions in Active Directory for computers, domains, sites, and OUs.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10167. How can I allow users to maintain their own personal information in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10184. Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Support boundaries for Active Directory Federation Services.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10221. Overview of operating system and Active Directory requirements for Exchange Server 2003.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10280. How can I create a customized view of Active Directory Users and Computers that just displays selected users?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10306. How can I set all local computer descriptions equal to the Active Directory computer descriptions?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10432. When you attempt to run the Active Directory Installation Wizard on Windows Server 2003 R2 you receive 'The version of the Active Directory schema of the source forest is not compatible with the version of Active Directory on this computer'

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10454. Active Directory attributes that refer to a prefix may not be stored in the local copy of Active Directory when you use a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10475. How can I define a window for OU information in Active Directory Users and Computers?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10525. Active Directory attributes that refer to a prefix are not stored in the local copy of Active Directory on Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10584. The Send As right is removed from a user object after you configure the Send As right in the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in in Exchange Server?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10589. Unexpected automatic site coverage may occur in Windows Server 2003 after you remove Active Directory from a domain controller?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10604. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) Service Pack 1.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10619. How can I filter an Active Directory query by testing if a string attribute is empty (not entered)?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2198. How do I migrate to the Windows 2000 Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2209. How do I manage my Windows 2000 domain, including Active Directory, from my Windows 2000 Pro?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2214. Active Directory Account Policies.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2339. Active Directory Replication in Windows 2000.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2359. Introduction to the Active Directory Connector, Webcast and download.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2384. Active Directory Disaster Recovery, WebCast and download.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2387. Cannot find Active Directory domain controller when upgrading a Windows NT 4.0 PDC to Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2443. Troubleshooting Common Active Directory Setup Issues in Windows 2000.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2474. Active Directory intra-site replication schedule.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2479. Access denied or target incorrect when attempting to connect to a computer in the Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2595. Deletion of Critical Objects in the Active Directory.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2617. Using Group Policies to Control Printers in Active Directory.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2635. How do I defragment the Active Directory database?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2646. What is the default attributes set for the Active Directory and Global Catalog?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2647. Publishing printers in the Active Directory.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2691. DNS and Active Directory.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2695. The Active Directory Migration Tool.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2720. Printer sharing error in Active Directory domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2730. Using Ldp.exe to Find Data in the Active Directory.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2751. You can't add more than one user or object to Active Directory with the same name?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2752. Active Directory MMC tools are slow to initialize?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2769. DNS in the Active Directory Tree.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2778. Your Active Directory Schema snap-in does NOT connect to the Operations Master?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2796. Active Directory Replication - Webcast and download.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2810. How many objects can I manage in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2859. Naming information cannot be located....., when using 'Active Directory Users and Computers' snap-in?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2878. Active Directory Client Extensions for Windows NT 4.0 Workstation.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2886. How can I enable diagnostic event logging for Active Directory services?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2887. How can I create a Computer object in Active Directory for a Windows NT 4.0 BDC?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2929. How do I increase the 10,000 object 'find Users, Contacts, and Groups' limit in the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2942. Active Directory replication issued RPC error?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2961. Exchange Server and Active Directory use the same LDAP ports?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2984. Using LDIFDE to Import/Export Directory Objects to the Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3029. When I edit a Windows 2000 Active Directory integrated zone file, it does not update the zone information?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3034. 'Access Denied' during Active Directory promotion of a replica domain controller?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3086. How do I rename an account in the Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3156. Can I log on without the Active Directory Client?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3193. Size error when you publish an application in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3202. How do I manually publish a printer in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3203. How do I search for printers in the Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3222. How do I remove Active Directory if the demotion failed?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3223. How do I publish a shared folder in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3273. How can I move the Active Directory database and/or log files to a different partition?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3275. How can I allow users to search the Active Directory, but NOT casually browse?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3297. NETLOGON Events 5784 and 5785 when you create a new Active Directory Site?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3310. How can I modify the Active Directory schema in batch?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3335. How do I verify the creation of SRV resource records for an Active Directory domain controller?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3336. When you try to use the Active Directory MMC snap-in, no authority could be contacted for authentication?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3341. Your Windows 2000 Active Directory downlevel clients can't use group policies to configure a logon script?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3364. How can I remotely defragment the Active Directory database?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3370. Active Directory replication and Knowledge Consistency Checker fail without trusted domain object?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3403. DNS and Active Directory resource.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3412. How do I setup the Domain Name System for Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3425. How can I remove an orphaned domain from Active Directory without demoting the domain controllers?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3447. What is the maximum length of a fully qualified Active Directory domain name?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3502. The size of the Active Directory database differs on various domain controllers?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3504. What Active Directory integrated DNS zone data gets replicated in a domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3512. Backup of the Active Directory Has 60-Day Useful Life?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3549. How much hardware do I need to deploy Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3553. Active Directory Users and Computers.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3587. Active Directory Sites and Services displays duplicate connections?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3612. How do I distribute Local Group Policy to Windows 2000 clients in a non-Active Directory domain or workgroup?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3643. You don't see a computer's printers in Active Directory Users and Computers?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3681. 'This host can not be ACS since the Active Directory has not been properly configured'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3713. How do I view deleted objects in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3747. DsAcls.exe and Acldiag.exe Windows 2000 Active Directory support tools.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3775. How do I manage whether a computer's shared printers are published in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3812. You are unable to access Group Policy by right-clicking the domain in 'Active Directory Users and Computers'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3831. How do I install and configure a Windows 2000 DHCP Server in an Active Directory domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3852. The Windows 2000 Cluster Service does NOT publish clustered printers in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3925. How do I use Netsh.exe to authorize, unauthorize and list DHCP servers in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3927. The DHCP server could NOT contact the Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3940. How do I retrieve Service Principal Names from the Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4033. How Do I install and configure a new Windows 2000 Domain Name Services (DNS) server within an existing DNS server environment with Active Directory enabled?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4064. The Active Directory sizer tool.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4072. Active Directory object of unknown type can NOT be deleted?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4074. Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in generates an access violation?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4087. Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory Tools - Webcast.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4103. Your ADSI queries to Active Directory stop responding?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4176. How do I remove LM hashes from Active Directory and Security Account Manager?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4196. What is the effect on Active Directory and FRS of advancing the time on your computer?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4205. Ntdsutil won't repair the Active Directory database?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4251. How does Dcpromo.exe add display specifiers to Active Directory Forests?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4252. How do I upgrade a Windows 2000 Active Directory Group Policy object (GPO) to support the new features in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4296. New Microsoft Systems Management Server (code named Topaz) and Active Directory Integration - Webcast.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4377. What permissions are required to install the Active Directory Connector?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4515. Active Directory directory only searches 10,000 objects?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4555. Windows XP Autoenrollment cannot reach an Active Directory domain controller?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4688. How do I move the Active Directory database and/or log files to a different drive?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4696. Warning: Directory Synchronization Services prevents a System State backup from including Active Directory.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4754. Step-by-Step Guide to Bulk Import and Export to Active Directory.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4762. How do I recover missing FRS objects and FRS attributes in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4795. How do I use LDIFDE to import and export directory objects to Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4823. Information on configuring the Domain Name System (DNS) and Active Directory.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4832. Active Directory Services and Windows 2000 Domains.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4837. Low disk space on a drive may prevent Active Directory replication?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4844. How do I how configure a new Windows 2000 DHCP Server in a Windows 2000 Active Directory domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4867. Active Directory integrated DNS domain name is NOT displayed in the DNS snap-in and Events 4000 and 4013 are recorded?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4953. How do I apply access control permissions to Active Directory objects?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4954. How do I pre-select a domain before opening the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4955. How do I audit Active Directory objects?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4969. How do I create and configure an Active Directory Site in a Windows 2000 environment?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4972. How can I use the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to select multiple users so I can Enable, Disable, Delete, Move, Send mail, or Add members to a group?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4984. How do I remove a domain controller from Active Directory after an unsuccessful demotion?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5009. How do I create and configure a site link in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5013. How do I audit access to the Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5018. How do I run the semantic checker on the Active Directory database?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5053. How do I distribute the Windows Terminal Services client within an enterprise by using a group policy in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5081. How do I identify Group Policy Objects in the Active Directory and SYSVOL?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5085. How do I manage Active Directory files from the command line?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5118. How do I configure Active Directory certificate mapping?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5127. How do I perform disaster recovery of Active Directory on dissimilar hardware?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5164. Lingering objects prevent Active Directory replication from occurring?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5194. When you implement Active Directory and DNS on a Windows 2000 Server, the SRV record is missing from the DNS database?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5247. How do I Use the Active Directory Schema snap-in to manage certain functions of the Active Directory schema?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5270. How do I configure the Windows 2000 address book to search Active Directory by using SSL or port 636?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5312. When you change your DNS Active Directory-integrated zone type to secondary, it changes back to Active Directory-integrated when you restart?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5376. Active Directory inconsistency after you restore a domain controller?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5385. Deleting an orphaned NTDS Settings from Active Directory Sites and Services errors with 'DSA object cannot be deleted'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5388. Why does the DNS service take longer to start when using Active Directory integrated zones?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5474. How do I verify an Active Directory Installation?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5481. How do I publish a printer in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5489. Can I place the Active Directory database files and log files on mount points?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5493. How do I reinstall a dynamic DNS Active Directory-integrated zone?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5494. How do I configure DNS for use with Exchange 2000 in an Active Directory domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5597. How can I change domain controller properties in the Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5615. How do I locate the 'dead' computers in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5618. How do I manage computer accounts in Windows 2000 Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5629. How can my script detect if a remote computer is a Active Directory domain controller?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5632. How do I manage groups in Windows 2000 Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5660. How do I browse Active Directory in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5739. How do I configure Windows 2000 to allow a child domain user to get certificates from a parent domain and publish them in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5744. How do I use DNSLint to troubleshoot Active Directory replication issues?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5794. You disabled an account in Active Directory but the user can still logon?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5804. Starting Active Directory Users and Computers errors with 'The Server is not operational'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5875. The UPN box in Active Directory Users and Computers contains corrupted data?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5885. Opening Active Directory Snap-ins or Exchange System Manager causes error messages?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5890. Demoted domain controller server object remains in Active Directory Sites and Services?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5891. How do I allow Active Directory Users and Computers to display more than 2000 items per container?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5897. Freeware GetADCount - Counts number of objects in active directory.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5924. You cannot delete a demoted domain controllers computer account from Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5939. How do I configure Active Directory to support anonymous queries?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5994. How does Windows 95 and Windows 98 Directory Services Clients use Active Directory site information?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6038. The Active Directory MMC snap-ins fail?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6063. WINS does NOT start after a non-authoritative restore of the Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6105. Remote Control Add-on for Active Directory Users and Computers.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6117. Active Directory replication fails when a DNS lookup is NOT successful?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6355. When you use Active Directory Domains and Trusts to establish a trust between two domains, you receive an 'Invalid domain name' message?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6375. How can I manually force evaluation of inherited permissions for Active Directory objects?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6377. How can I list printers in a Printers container that is displayed while browsing Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6381. Are you tired of all the mouse clicks required to start a browse of Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6395. Certificate Services in a Non-Active Directory Environment: Installation and Issuing Certificates.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6397. High CPU and memory utilization when you add objects to or remove objects from the Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6399. How can I modify Active Directory object attributes, like the defaultSecurityDescriptor?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6498. What are the registry values for the Restore in Progress registry key that is created when you restore Active Directory on a Windows 2000 Server-based computer?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6537. Active Directory user accounts that end in dollar sign ($) can log on without the dollar sign?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6612. Summary of 'Piling On' Scenarios in Active Directory Domains.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6679. When you use the Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to create home folders on a Windows 2000 domain controller, you notice that the Everyone group has Full Control?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6709. How do I change the display names of Active Directory users?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6716. Active Directory user interface differences between Windows 2000 server and Windows Server 2003.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6733. How do I create Saved Queries in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Users and Computers?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6734. Using Saved Queries in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Users and Computers.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6743. How do I create crossRef objects for a Domain Name Service (DNS) namespace that is subordinate to an existing Active Directory forest?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6811. How do I disable Active Directory replication to isolate a domain controller for testing or to perform a restore?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6820. What are the new Active Directory command-line tools in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6822. How do I extract Windows Server 2003 Active Directory-integrated DNS zones to a file?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6849. What are the default Active Directory Attributes in the Windows 2000 Schema?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6964. Description of the different group scopes that you can use to help secure Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory directory service objects.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6988. When I use Active Directory Users and Computers, from the Windows Server 2003 Adminpak.msi, on Windows XP, the Dial-in tab does NOT appear in a user's Properties?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7048. Event 8182 may occur in the Application event log when Active Directory Connector replication is initiated?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7161. You experience problems exporting Active Directory objects with LDIFDE in a multiple domain forest?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7171. When you use Active Directory Sites and Services to force replication between two Windows 2000 domain controllers in the same site, you receive 'The RPC Server is too busy'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7197. 'Directory Service Not Available' error message when you attempt to publish a Novell print queue in Active Directory Users and Computers?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7202. How do I use the command line to set Active Directory paths?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7223. How do I use the Directory Service command-line tools to manage Active Directory objects in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7232. How do I create a subnet in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7254. How do I to build and configure a new Windows Server 2003 DHCP server in a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7257. How do I create organizational units in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7326. How do I create a group in Active Directory, and add members, from the command-line?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7327. How do I change an Active Directory group type and/or scope from the command-line?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7329. How do I create a Active Directory user from the command-line?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7340. How can I create a telephone directory from my Active Directory domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7362. When publishing a MSI package in Active Directory, you receive 'The size of this object exceeds the maximum size set by the Administrator'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7371. How do I add a contact to Active Directory using the command-line?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7382. The DSMOVE command moves or renames an object in the Active Directory.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7387. Report users who are missing Active Directory Address information.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7451. How can I report all Active Directory distribution group memberships?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7487. When a large number of programs are assigned in the Active Directory, some programs may not populate to the client Start menu?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7489. The Active Directory database grows when you delegate access rights?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7545. Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM).

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7570. Support WebCast: Microsoft Windows Server 2003: Implementing an Active Directory Domain Rename Operation.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7574. How do I verify an Active Directory installation in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7619. When you create a trust using Active Directory Domains and Trusts, you receive 'Operation failed. Parameter incorrect'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7630. GPMC issues 'The permissions for this GPO in the SYSVOL folder are inconsistent with those in Active Directory'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7643. After performing an authoritative restore of Active Directory, some attributes come back?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7647. When you change a user's name in Active Directory, the certificate on that user's smart card stops working?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7648. You cannot connect to a remote Windows Server 2003 domain controller from the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7681. When Active Directory changes are replicated to a Windows Server 2003 domain controller, they timeout?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7690. You cannot open Active Directory Users and Computers in Windows 2000, and LDAP queries fail?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7767. When you attempt to open Active Directory Users and Computers, you receive 'The target principal name is incorrect'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7785. How do I modify Active Directory attributes for all members of an Organizational Unit in my domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7846. When you set the 'Delete All Child Objects' auditing entry for an Active Directory object in Windows Server 2003, the event log does NOT record deletion of the object?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7877. Some dial-in options are unavailable when Windows 2000 Active Directory is in Mixed mode?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7905. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Branch Office Guide.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7926. The Directory Services event log on your Windows 2000 domain controller records event ID 1083 during Active Directory replication?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7927. The Windows 2000 Active Directory Replication Monitor reports replications errors?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7934. You receive 'The permissions for this GPO in the SYSVOL folder are inconsistent with those in Active Directory' when you try to view a GPO on Windows Server 2003 joined to a Windows 2000 domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7980. How can I export Active Directory user data to a delimited file?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7983. Your Active Directory clients record event IDs 1030 and 1058?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7993. How can I export Active Directory contact data to a delimited file?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8000. How do I restore deleted user accounts and their group memberships in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8045. How can I add an 'Additional Account Info' tab to the user Properties of Active Directory Users and Computers?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8073. When can the %UserName% environment variable be different than the user name in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8076. Freeware ADModify performs imports, exports, and mass modification of Active Directory user attributes.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8079. How can I convert a long integer FILETIME, like Active Directory attributes lastLogon and pwdLastSet, to a date and time?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8080. The Windows Server 2003 Active Directory lastLogonTimeStamp attribute is replicated across all domain controllers.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8161. How can I print my Active Directory Group Policy settings?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8164. When you view a GPO in Windows Server 2003 that is joined to a Windows 2000 domain, you receive 'The permissions for this GPO in the SYSVOL folder are inconsistent with those in Active Directory'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8220. How can I retrieve printer capability information from Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8238. How do I use a Windows 2000 or Windows XP GUI to send a console message to a list of Active Directory objects?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8240. What Active Directory groups exist that are not enumerated by the 'net group /domain' command?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8273. How can I update all the blank computer descriptions in Active Directory with each computer's local description?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8282. When you attempt to change the replication scope of an Active Directory integrated DNS zone in Windows Server 2003, you receive 'The replication scope could not be set'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8285. Disabled user accounts appear as enabled in Active Directory Users and Computers if a user does NOT have read access to the userAccountControl attribute?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8286. How do I use the Find dialog in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Users and Computers to search for objects?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8305. How can I set the computer description in Active Directory equal to the logged on UserName?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8357. Step-by-Step Guide to Using Active Directory Schema and Display Specifiers.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8418. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Domain Rename Tools.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8420. AdMap freeware automates Visio to draw a diagram of your Active Directory Domain and Site topology.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8543. How can I determine if Active Directory has detected that a user's password has expired?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8570. What attributes exists in the Windows 2000 Active Directory schema?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8606. The Security tab is missing when I open a users Properties in Active Directory Users and Computers?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8620. What Active Directory diagnostic event logging categories have been added in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8677. How do I create and apply a custom application directory partition on an Active Directory integrated DNS zone in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8681. TechNet Support WebCast: Directory replication in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8710. Best Practices for Delegating Active Directory Administration.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8732. The DSRevoke.exe command-line tool views and removes permissions on Domain and OU containers of Active Directory domain controllers.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8765. How can I get Find in Active Directory Users and Computers to display the OU of the found users?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8807. Outdated Active Directory objects generate event ID 1988 in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8830. TechNet Support WebCast: Troubleshooting Active Directory problems that are caused by DNS.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8853. When you attempt to install ADC (Active Directory Connector) on Windows 2000, you receive: 'You do not have the rights required to upgrade the Active Directory Schema'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8874. How do I remove data in Active Directory after an unsuccessful domain controller demotion?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8912. When you open Active Directory Users and Computers or Active Directory Sites and Services on a Windows 2000 server, you receive 'Naming Information cannot be located because: Login attempt failed'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9009. LDAP signing changes for Active Directory administrative tools in Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9024. WHat are the LDAP signing changes for Active Directory administrative tools in Windows 2000 Server SP4?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9084. How do I poll for object attribute changes in Active Directory on Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9147. When you attempt to replicate Active Directory to a Windows Server 2003 SP1 domain controller, you receive 'access is denied'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9212. How can I create mailing labels from Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9265. ATSN freeware is a command-line Active Directory query tool that converts IP address to subnet/site information..

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9279. How can I enable non-administrators to view the Active Directory deleted objects container in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows 2000 Server?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9373. When you try to install an ActiveX control by using Active Directory in Windows XP or in Windows Server 2003, the operation is not successful?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9395. Event ID 2108 and Event ID 1084 occur during inbound replication of Active Directory in Windows 2000 Server and in Windows Server 2003.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9396. How do I use Active Directory Migration Tool version 2 to migrate from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9433. How can I manage who can see an object in Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9435. How can I return the NetBIOS and distinguished name of all computers in my Active Directory domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9599. You cannot connect to a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory domain that has been upgraded from Windows 2000 Active Directory?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9639. Description and Update of the Active Directory AdminSDHolder Object.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9642. The Active Directory schema defines 9 attributes for users that are NOT available in the GUI?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9689. TechNet Support WebCast: Troubleshooting Active Directory replication using the Repadmin tool: A look into the inner workings.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9725. How can I return the shortServerName, printShareName, printerName, location, portName, serverName, driverName, and distinguishedName of the Active Directory published printers?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9760. You receive a '-519 (JET_errLogSequenceEnd)' error on your Windows 2000 Active Directory server?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9776. How can I add a userPrincipalName column or sAMAccountName column to the Name, Type, and Description columns that you see when you select the Users container in Active Directory Users and Computers?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9778. List of Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration Active Directory Service Connection Point data.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9781. How can I set a users country in Active Directory based upon their email address?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9815. How can I filter an Active Directory query using a bitwise flag?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9816. How can I filter an Active Directory query by testing an attribute to be NOT EQUAL?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9817. How can I filter an Active Directory query by testing an attribute to be this OR that?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9818. What operators can I use when filtering an Active Directory query?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9823. How can I return a date and time from a long integer FILETIME, like the Active Directory attribute lastLogon?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9855. How can I return the NetBIOS and distinguished name of all computers in my Active Directory domain, using built-in commands?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9868. TechNet Support WebCast: Configuring subnets for Active Directory sites in Windows Server 2003.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9910. What attribute names exist in my Active Directory schema?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9925. Active Directory communication fails on multihomed domain controllers?

 — Jerold Schulman

Q. Are there any tools provided with Windows Server 2008 and above to compare schemas?

 — John Savill

Q. Can a read-only domain controller (RODC) write to its database?

 — John Savill

Q. Can a single domain controller (DC) host multiple domains?

 — John Savill

Q. Can an Essential Business Server domain be a child domain in an existing Active Directory (AD) forest?

 — John Savill

Q. Can I add a Windows Server 2003 domain controller (DC) to a Windows 2000 Server domain?

 — John Savill

Q. Can I change the Relative Identifier (RID) of a built-in object?

 — John Savill

Q. Can I force my domain controller to cache my entire Active Directory (AD) database at boot-up?

 — John Savill

Q. Can I have Windows NT 4 BDC's in my Windows 2008 and Server 2008 R2 Active Directory domains?

 — John Savill

Q. Can I manage Windows Server 2008 Active Directory (AD) from a Windows XP client?

 — John Savill

Q. Can I run the Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Best Practice Analyzer against non-Windows 2008 R2 domain controllers (DCs)?

 — John Savill

Q. Can I switch an Active Directory (AD) domain from native mode to mixed mode?

 — John Savill

Q. Can I sync the Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) password with the password of another account on a one-time basis?

 — John Savill

Q. Can I use the .local or .pvt top-level domain (TLD) names as part of an Active Directory (AD) tree name?

 — John Savill

Q. Can Small Business Server (SBS) be a child domain in an existing Active Directory (AD) forest?

 — John Savill

Q. Can you undelete an AD object from the 2008 R2 Recycle Bin from the GUI?

 — John Savill

Q. Does acctinfo.dll work with Windows 2000 Server?

 — John Savill

Q. Does logging on to Outlook Web Access (OWA) or remote procedure call (RPC) over HTTP Secure (HTTPS) count as a concurrent logon?

 — John Savill

Q. Does Windows Server 2003 provide a way to let users change their passwords remotely on the Web?

 — John Savill

Q. How can a client computer determine which site it belongs to?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I add a user to a group by using Microsoft Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) in a script?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I add an Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) replica to an existing ADAM instance?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I avoid errors when I create Active Directory (AD) containers on a server that runs Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 in Advanced Security mode?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I avoid receiving an 0x2015 error when I use Ntdsutil to delete a nonexistent domain?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I check how much of my Active Directory (AD) database is cached in memory?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I check the status of the Relative Identifier (RID) pool on a domain controller (DC)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I check whether a user's password is, or can be, stored on a specific read-only domain controller (RODC)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I check which domain controllers (DCs) are acting as bridgeheads for a site?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I configure the replication interval within an Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) site?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I convert a full DC to a read-only domain controller (RODC)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I create a file that contains a list of all objects in a domain?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I create a file that contains all user profiles that were created before a specific date?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I create a list of the most-recent computer logons?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I create a list that includes all user profiles in a particular container and the date and time they were created?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I create a summary of the contents of the organizational units (OUs) in my environment?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I create a Web page where users can change their passwords?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I create an HTML view of my organizational unit (OU) structure?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I create an object under Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I delete from Active Directory (AD) user accounts that are listed in a file?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I determine whether my new Global Catalog (GC) is ready to service clients?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I enable complex passwords on my Windows Server 2003 Active Directory (AD) domain?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I estimate the size of my Active Directory (AD) based on a number of objects?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I export the schema of my Active Directory forest?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I force a Flexible Single-Master Operation (FSMO) role to move to a new domain controller (DC)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I install a domain controller (DC) from backup media by using a Dcpromo answer file?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I install Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I manually force a replication of an Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) partition?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I obtain a report of my users' most-recent logon values in Windows Server 2008?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I pre-populate a specific user's credentials on a read-only domain controller (RODC)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I quickly obtain a list of the domain controllers (DCs) in my Active Directory (AD) domain?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I quickly search for shared folders that are published in Active Directory (AD)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I reset the Directory Service Restore Mode Administrator password?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I restore tombstoned objects?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I revoke delegated Active Directory (AD) permissions?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I run a report that displays the last password change for all accounts in a container?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I start the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in so that it points to a specific domain controller (DC)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I start the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in so that it points to a specific domain?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I use a script to bulk-mail-enable users?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I use a script to check an object's SID?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I use a script to determine a client computer's local site?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I use a script to mail-enable a user--that is, give the user email address attributes in Active Directory (AD)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I use an OR logic statement to create a query-based Distribution Group (DG)?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I use Dsquery and Dsget to get an object's SID?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I use Microsoft Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) to check a user's enabled or disabled state?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I use Microsoft Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) to disable a user account?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I use the command line to move the Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles in Windows Server 2008?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I verify that my Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) partition replica addition worked?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I view Active Directory (AD) objects in the Deleted state once the AD Recycle Bin is enabled?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I view my Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista accounts' last-logon information?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I view the state of Active Directory (AD) permissions delegations?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I control a read-only domain controller's (RODC's) credential caching and password replication?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I create an unattend answer file for a domain controller (DC) promotion?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I create the Systems Management container in Active Directory (AD)?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I enable clients to find a domain controller (DC) in the next closest site?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I enable the Active Directory (AD) Recycle Bin?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I exclude users from my domain-password policy, and can I exclude those same users from domain-policy read-and-apply permissions?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I install and configure a read-only domain controller (RODC)?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I modify user and group read-only domain controller (RODC) management permissions?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I remove a cached password from a read-only domain controller (RODC)?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I set a domain to interim mode?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I undelete an object from the Active Directory Recycle Bin?

 — John Savill

Q. How do you remove a read-only domain controller (RODC) from an environment that's been compromised?

 — John Savill

Q. How does changing a domain from mixed to native mode affect how I can view a domain local group?

 — John Savill

Q. How does Windows process logon scripts that you define via Group Policy?

 — John Savill

Q. How many Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS) servers do I need in a multi-domain environment?

 — John Savill

Q. I read that I should never log on to a Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) with a domain administrator account. Why?

 — John Savill

Q. I recently promoted a server to a domain controller (DC), and now my event log reports an SPNEGO (Negotiator) event. What's causing this error?

 — John Savill

Q. I want to use Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) to synchronize passwords between two forests. What trusts do I need?

 — John Savill

Q. I'm having a problem demoting a domain controller (DC)? How can I demote it?

 — John Savill

Q. I'm trying to create a trust between two forests but it's failing with remote procedure call (RPC) communication errors. What might be the problem?

 — John Savill

Q. If I create a new Windows Server 2008 R2 forest and select Windows Server 2008 R2 Forest mode, is the Active Directory (AD) Recycle Bin enabled automatically?

 — John Savill

Q. If the DNS on my read-only domain controller (RODC) is read-only, should clients at that location point to DNS on the RODC or another DNS server that's writable?

 — John Savill

Q. Is there a graphical fine-grained password policy (FGPP) management tool?

 — John Savill

Q. Is there a graphical utility to access the Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Recycle Bin?

 — John Savill

Q. Is there a maximum number of fine-grain password policies (FGPPs) in a single domain?

 — John Savill

Q. Is there a script I can use to add a new Active Directory (AD) user via an LDAP connection?

 — John Savill

Q. Should I define a "catch-all" subnet for my Active Directory (AD) sites?

 — John Savill

Q. What are some of the advantages of consolidating forests to a single Active Directory (AD) domain?

 — John Savill

Q. What are the Relative Identifiers (RIDs) of a domain's built-in accounts?

 — John Savill

Q. What can I do with the computer-object Delegation tab?

 — John Savill

Q. What causes the error I receive in the event log when I attempt to replicate the ForestDNSZones directory partition?

 — John Savill

Q. What entry should I add to a Dcpromo answer file to specify that a domain controller (DC) should also be made a Global Catalog (GC)?

 — John Savill

Q. What is a read-only domain controller (RODC)?

 — John Savill

Q. What is Active Directory Management Gateway Service (ADMGS)?

 — John Savill

Q. What is strict Active Directory (AD) replication consistency?

 — John Savill

Q. What is the Active Directory (AD) Recycle Bin in Windows Server 2008 R2?

 — John Savill

Q. What is the maximum cost for an AD site link?

 — John Savill

Q. What volume sizes do I need for my Active Directory?

 — John Savill

Q. What's Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)?

 — John Savill

Q. What's the DNS _msdcs zone for the forest root domain used for?

 — John Savill

Q. When I run the Dcdiag diagnostics tool on a Windows Server 2003 domain controller (DC), I receive errors about the Intersite Topology Generator (ISTG). What's causing the errors?

 — John Savill

Q. When I use Dcpromo to create a child domain, why do I receive an error saying that the domain name is already in use when in fact no domain with that name exists?

 — John Savill

Q. When should I manually defragment a domain controller (DC)?

 — John Savill

Q. Which Microsoft applications support read-only domain controllers (RODCs)?

 — John Savill

Q. Which values can a read-only domain controller (RODC) write locally?

 — John Savill

Q. Why are 64-bit domain controllers (DCs) better than 32-bit DCs?

 — John Savill

Q. Why can I use only the NetBIOS domain name and not the DNS domain name to join a computer to a domain that's been upgraded from Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server?

 — John Savill

Q. Why can't I update the Active Directory (AD) schema for Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)? Schema update is enabled, and I have Schema Admins permission.

 — John Savill

Q. Why do I get logon errors while I migrate Windows Vista SP1 boxes to a new domain?

 — John Savill

Q. Why do I receive time errors when I run the Dcdiag utility?

 — John Savill

Q. Why doesn't the read-only domain controller (RODC) GUI show that it locked a user's account after the user entered an incorrect password too many times?

 — John Savill

Q. Why shouldn't I use a domain-administrator account to log on to a read-only domain controller (RODC)?

 — John Savill

Somebody told me that a tool in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit lets you view and modify the Active Directory (AD) schema. However, I can't find any information about where to find the tool or how to use it. Can you help?

 — Sean Daily

What are Active Directory (AD) object quotas?

 — John Savill

What are some common reasons for adding domains in a Windows 2000 or later environment?

 — John Savill

What are the FSMO roles in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

What are the Windows .NET Server (Win.NET Server) 2003 domain and forest modes?

 — John Savill

What are the Windows Server 2003 domain modes?

 — John Savill

What are the Windows Server 2003 forest modes?

 — John Savill

What are X.500 and LDAP?

 — John Savill

What DNS entries does Windows 2000 add when you create a domain?

 — John Savill

What does the infrastructure Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) role do?

 — John Savill

What domain group types are available in Windows 2000 and later?

 — John Savill

What happens if two AD objects have the same RDN?

 — John Savill

What is a domain forest?

 — John Savill

What is a domain tree?

 — John Savill

What is a Kerberos trust?

 — John Savill

What is a Service Principal Name (SPN) mapping?

 — John Savill

What is Active Directory?

 — John Savill

What is multimaster replication?

 — John Savill

What is the Global Catalog?

 — John Savill

What is the Remote Control add-in for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in?

 — John Savill

What is the schema?

 — John Savill

What is the Windows 2000 Active Directory (AD) Migration Tool (ADMT)?

 — John Savill

What options exist for tracking Active Directory (AD) changes?

 — John Savill

What tools are available for monitoring or changing replication?

 — John Savill

What types of trust relationships does Windows Server 2003 support?

 — John Savill

What's Rendom.exe?

 — John Savill

What's the best way of assigning permissions to users and groups in Windows 2000 and later?

 — John Savill

What's the difference between an Active Directory (AD) authoritative and nonauthoritative restoration?

 — John Savill

What's the Windows Server 2003 domain controller (DC) install-from-media function?

 — John Savill

When I try to promote a Windows Server 2003 domain controller (DC) into a Windows 2000 forest, the action fails with a schema error. How can I resolve this problem?

 — John Savill

When I use the Windows Server 2003 domain controller (DC) install-from-media function, how can I back up information from an existing DC to copy to the new DC?

 — John Savill

When I use the Windows Server 2003 domain controller (DC) install-from-media function, how can I restore information from the DC backup?

 — John Savill

Where are SPNs stored in AD?

 — John Savill

Where are universal groups stored?

 — John Savill

Where can I find information about running domain controllers (DCs) in a Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 environment?

 — John Savill

Where can I get the Windows Server 2003 domain rename tool?

 — John Savill

Where is cached Universal Group information stored?

 — John Savill

Which naming conventions does Active Directory use for objects?

 — John Savill

Why can't I access the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Active Directory (AD) snap-ins in Windows 2000 and later?

 — John Savill

Why can't I add a Windows NT 4.0 BDC to my Windows 2000 domain?

 — John Savill

Why can't I administer my Windows .NET Server (Win.NET Server) and Windows 2000 domain from a Windows 9x client?

 — John Savill

Why can't I create a Kerberos-based trust between two domains in different forests?

 — John Savill

Why can't I create an organizational unit and child domain with the same name from one parent?

 — John Savill

Why can't I have spaces in my Windows 2000 NetBIOS domain name?

 — John Savill

Why can't I use my user principal name to change my password if the Global Catalog is unavailable?

 — John Savill

Why do I receive an error when I access some Active Directory (AD)-related Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins?

 — John Savill

Why do I receive an error when I try to change an Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) user's password?

 — John Savill

Why doesn't my Windows Server 2003 Automated Deployment Services (ADS) server respond to clients requesting a deployment?

 — John Savill

Why has my user group person icon's hair gone gray?

 — John Savill

Why is size of the ntds.dit file different on different domain controllers?

 — John Savill

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[Backup]

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Have you ever used an OnStream USB or IDE tape backup? If so, what’s your impression?

 — Bob Chronister

How can I create an Automated System Recovery (ASR) backup?

 — John Savill

How can I create an Automated System Recovery (ASR) set if my PC doesn't have a 3.5" disk drive?

 — John Savill

How can I easily construct the command-line syntax for a backup job in Windows XP and later?

 — John Savill

How can I enable Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshots in Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

How can I get NTBackup for Windows XP Home Edition?

 — John Savill

How can I install the Shadow Copies of Shared Folders client software to view Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshots?

 — John Savill

How can I manually trigger Windows Server 2003 to take a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot?

 — John Savill

How can I restore my system using an Automated System Recovery (ASR) backup?

 — John Savill

How can I update the \%systemroot%\repair folder under Windows XP and Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How can I use Windows XP's NTBackup to back up files to CD-RW?

 — John Savill

How do I add a tape drive?

 — John Savill

How do I back up open files?

 — John Savill

How do I back up the registry?

 — John Savill

How do I kill a stalled backup process?

 — John Savill

How do I restore a backup?

 — John Savill

How do I run NT Backup from the command line?

 — John Savill

How do I schedule a backup?

 — John Savill

How do I use NT Backup to erase a tape?

 — John Savill

I often use Ntbackup but have consistent troubles with bad tapes and broken spanned data sets. I seem to recall hearing about switches that can overcome these problems. Do you know what these switches are?

 — Bob Chronister

I use Windows 2000's built-in Backup utility to create Emergency Repair Disks (ERDs) for my Win2K systems. I've noticed that Backup isn't updating the files in the \%systemroot%\repair folder on several systems. Can you explain this behavior?

 — Sean Daily

I'm trying to decide which new tape library system to get for my network. I can't decide between Linear Tape-Open (LTO), Super DLTape, or AIT-2 for the tape mechanism. Which system do you recommend?

 — Bob Chronister

I’m using VERITAS Software’s VERITAS Backup Exec 8.0 to back up my Sun Microsystems Solaris workstations. Occasionally, the workstations are invisible to my backup server. Is there a problem with Backup Exec’s agent software? Do you know of a workaround?

 — Bob Chronister

JSI Tip 0013 - Scheduling a Backup.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0238 - Backup misses files and/or restore causes corruption.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0396 - Using Regedit to backup the registry.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0569 - How do I get NTBackup to erase a tape that generates errors?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0696 - Automatic backup of my WINS database does not occur every three hours?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0933. How do I abort a scheduled NTBACKUP that is not responding to Taskmgr?.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10001. How can a script determine if the computer it is running on is a Standalone Workstation, Member Workstation, Standalone Server, Member Server, Backup Domain Controller, or Primary Domain Controller?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1006. NTBackup may fail due to tape drive timeout.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10481. NTBackup in Windows Server 2003 SP1 supports the /UP switch to handle multi-tape backups?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1125. Server may stop responding when receiving Pop-up messages from Seagate Backup Exec.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1344. Differential/Incremental Exchange Server Backup error.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1516. Erroneous 1018 error during online backup of Exchange 5.5.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1971. Ntbackup generates a Dr. Watson when starting to read a tape?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2003. Backup/Restore the System State on your Windows 2000 server.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2102. What doesn't NTBackup backup/restore in Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2148. Windows 2000 NTBackup command line switches.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2149. Your backup device is not recognized by the Removeable Storage Manager?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2265. How do I perform an NTBackup in Windows 2000, without having to manually manage the media?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2324. Windows 2000 NTBackup generates invalid/inconsistent return codes.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2484. How do I manually delete a specific NTBackup log?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2500. Backup the Registry and system State in batch, without a backup device.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2534. The Windows 2000 default DHCP BackupInterval is incorrect in online help.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2574. Windows 2000 backup is very slow and verification may fail when using an ATAPI (IDE) tape drive?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2710. Scheduled backup doesn't work when using different credentials?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2849. NTBackup does not backup to CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD-R devices.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3036. How to restore data from a backup set that contains a missing or corrupted tape?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3068. NTBackup does NOT re-tension tapes on a multi-tape backup set?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3073. How do I backup and restore the DFS structure on a Windows 2000 server?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3079. SQL Server 2000 Database Recovery: Backup and Restore - Webcast.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3142. When restoring a NTBackup, you receive 'Warning: The Restore Destination Device...'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3143. How do I restore or catalog a NTBackup made to a logical disk?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3172. How can I get NTBackup to use a non-supported device?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3303. How can Windows 2000 backup restore a multi-tape backup set, when some of the tapes are missing?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3330. How can I keep xx days worth of NTBackup log on Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3390. Windows 2000 backup created a new tape GUID when writing a new label?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3398. Windows 2000 Backup (NTBackup) can 'Backup files inuse'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3470. Windows 2000 NTBackup issues 'Access Denied to Tape Media'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3577. Windows 2000 NTBackup can't view or recognize a valid backup tape?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3666. How do I configure FilesNotToBackup using the GUI?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3759. The Windows 2000 Ntbackup program stops responding?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3780. Error when you restore Windows 2000 data backup to Windows NT 4.0?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3875. NTBACKUP issues insufficient disk space error when you backup to a file?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3913. Windows 2000 NTBackup does NOT backup .EVT files for Backup Operators?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3937. The NTBackup /IS and /DS switches do NOT backup the Exchange Information Store?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3943. Scheduled backups may hang after mounting a tape?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3974. How do I Create an Administrative Backup of the IIS 5 Metabase?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3983. How do I schedule a backup on a Windows 2000 computer?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4018. How do I backup IIS?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4113. Windows XP backup command-line switches.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4207. How do I manually edit a Windows 2000 Ntbackup script?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4314. You cannot restore backups created in W9x or WMe with the Windows XP Ntbackup tool?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4426. Windows XP scheduled backups do NOT run with backup operator credentials?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4569. How do I automatically print the backupxx.log of my scheduled backup?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4595. Windows XP System State backup.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4597. How do I configure Microsoft Windows 2000 Backup to run automatically at a scheduled time?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4667. Scheduled Backup will NOT use media in the Import pool?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4847. How do I backup and restore my dial-up connections, and copy them to another computer?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4864. How do I use Use Ntbackup to recover an encrypted file or folder in Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4943. How do I configure Removable Storage to automatically return Backup media to the free media pool?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4996. How do I maintain current registry backups in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5157. How do I maintain current registry backups in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5279. How do I backup files and folder in Windows XP Home Edition?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5501. Freeware ERUNT allows you to schedule a backup of your registry hives.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5565. NTBackup catalogs when backing up to a file.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5584. Backup fails to complete successfully and Event ID 1450 may be logged?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5589. How do I backup to a CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD-R drive in Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5608. Restoring a full backup and system state may not recover all the peripheral devices?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5613. Windows 2000 backup does NOT fully restore multi-path software?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5695. DNSDump script will EXPORT (Backup) and IMPORT (Restore) your DNS Server configuration.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5716. Windows XP BSOD 0xC0000139 after you restore a backup?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5903. Ntbackup.exe cannot back up the metabase.bin file from another operating system on the same computer?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5941. You cannot backup or restore to a USB tape drive in Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5955. How can my scheduled Ntbackup react to my failure to insert a tape in the tape drive?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6208. How do I use system state backups to restore information that FRS requires?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6225. How can I change the utilities that Windows NT 5+ uses for backup, disk error checking, disk cleanup, and disk defragmentation?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6505. Windows 2000 backup records event ID 8012 - 'Backup is already active'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6506. NTBackup issues 'Error: An inconsistency was encountered on the requested media'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6614. What antivirus, backup, and disk optimization programs interoperate correctly with the NTFS file system and with the File Replication Service (FRS)?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6708. How do I backup and restore a Windows Server 2003 cluster?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6813. How do I maintain fully populated Windows 2000 backup catalogs?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6831. When you try to restore a Windows Server 2003 scheduled backup, you receive 'File cannot be found'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6833. NTBackup may not delete or overwrite files on removable media?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6844. Windows Server 2003 NTBackup doesn't let you clear a sub-folder selection?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6854. Windows 2000 and Windows XP cannot restore a NTBackup tape made in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6855. After you replace the Windows XP disk drive and restore from a backup, you receive an Error 0x80090006?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6872. Windows Server 2003 ASR backup reports 'The files for the recovery diskette could not be created'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6906. A Backup Operator cannot perform a system state backup on a Windows 2000 cluster?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7075. Your server's tape drive does NOT work properly with 3rd-party backup programs?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7170. When you backup or restores a large SQL database in Windows 2000, you receive 'Insufficient resources error'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7346. Outlook Personal Folders Backup freeware.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7452. The default value of the DHCP BackupInterval is incorrectly documented?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7484. How do I create a missing ASR floppy disk from the last Automated System Recovery backup?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7593. The System State option is NOT available in NTBackup on a Windows 2000 Server?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7612. You receive an 'Access Denied' after you use the GPMC to restore GPOs from a CD-R backup?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7774. Why don't I use verification for my NTBackup tapes?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7786. How do I create a shortcut to open the most recent NTBackup log?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7824. Does your backup hang while 'Preparing to backup using Volume Shadow Copy'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7827. When you use Task Scheduler on Windows Server 2003 to schedule a volume shadow copy backup, you receive 'The attempt to retrieve account information for the specified task failed'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7855. When you use an anti-virus on Windows Server 2003, the Volume Shadow Copy service may hang during a backup?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7865. How can I quickly view the last NTBackup log file?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7914. How can I prepare for a scheduled backup to a stand-alone tape device that will require a 2nd tape?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7925. How can I prepare for a scheduled backup to a stand-alone tape device that will require a 2nd tape?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7958. NTBackup cannot access the Qmgr0.dat and Qmgr1.dat files?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7998. How can I use the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 backup utility on Windows Server 2003 Web Edition?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8010. A scheduled NTBackup on Windows Server 2003 generates '0x800710DC (ERROR_RESOURCE_NOT_PRESENT)'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8288. When you perform an NTBackup on Windows Server 2003, you receive 'The device reported an error on a request to MS_UpdateNtmsOmidInfo'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8299. When you uninstall a 3rd party backup application from Windows Server 2003, you may NOT be able to use the tape device?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8340. You cannot use Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup 9.0 Manager to back up a Windows XP Service Pack 2 computer remotely?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8341. You cannot use Veritas Backup Exec on a Windows Server 2003 domain controller to back up a Windows XP Service Pack 2 computer remotely?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8469. When you backup Windows XP, your backup program may incorrectly exclude some files, or it may fail?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8472. When you attempt to backup to a tape device, your computer BSODs with STOP 0x000000D1?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8556. Windows NTBackup will not restore the system state on a Windows 2000 Server running SP3 or SP4?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8825. After you apply the MS04-044 security update to Windows 2000, Veritas Backup Exec version 8.6 scheduled backups fail with Application event ID 57480?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8967. How do I prepare a tape for NTBackup to use?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9077. When you attempt to backup your IIS 6.0 metabase using Iisback.vbs on Windows Server 2003, you receive 'The IIS Admin scripts only support IIS 6.0'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9111. The System event log records Event Id 133 when you use NTBackup on Windows Server 2003 with a Certance Travan tape drive?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9292. NTBackup on Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Service Pack 1) fails to backup the system state on a domain controller?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9328. Windows Server 2003 Compatibility with Former Backup Software.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9366. Windows Server 2003 NTBackup errors when you backup the system state and Exchange Server 2003 information store in the same backup?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9618. Your Windows 2000 NTBackup job that is scheduled to run with the /UM switch hangs after mounting a tape?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9629. NTBackup.exe fails with 'The device reported an error on a request to write data to media' on Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9661. A scheduled backup operation may not start in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9698. Exchange Server 2003 data backup and Volume Shadow Copy services.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9744. The Ntbackup.exe operation may break the differential backup chain of a SQL Server database and may invalidate the differential backups when you perform a snapshot backup of the database?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9782. Windows XP NTBackup.exe issues a 'Volume Shadow Copy Service' error and the Application event log records Event ID 5013 or 12302?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9836. How can I backup / restore Windows XP product activation?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9883. Freeware utility will remove Windows XP hotfix backup files and their Add/Remove Programs entries.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9945. How can a script backup or restore NTFS permissions?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9946. Backup fails on a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 domain controller?

 — Jerold Schulman

Q. How can I restore Windows XP or Windows 2003 backups on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 machine?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I run pre- and post-backup scripts with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I see details about the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshots on my system?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I see how much disk space is being used by VSS snapshots on a volume?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I take a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) backup of a volume and copy content from the shadow?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I register the Hyper-V VSS writer with the built-in Windows Server Backup application?

 — John Savill

Q. How does System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 protect my server data?

 — John Savill

Q. If I want to add an additional System Center Data Protection Manager at a data recovery location, what additional license do I need?

 — John Savill

Q. Should I install a System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 agent on my guest OS virtual server?

 — John Savill

Q. What is System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007?

 — John Savill

Q. Why can't I take a Hyper-V snapshot of a virtual machine (VM) that has a pass-through disk configured?

 — John Savill

Several of our mobile users have lost data when their notebooks' hard disks died, and a few have accidentally deleted files for which they had no backups. Do you know of any storage or backup devices that work well in the field?
Dr. Bob provides his recommendations for storage and backup devices that work well in the field for mobile users.
 — Bob Chronister

What advantages do offline backups and image backups have over online backups?

 — John Savill

What backup software is available for Windows NT?

 — John Savill

What backup strategy should I use?

 — John Savill

What NT Backup options are available?

 — John Savill

What permissions does a user need to perform a backup?

 — John Savill

What system state information does Windows 2000 and newer Windows OSs back up?

 — John Savill

What types of backup does NT Backup support?

 — John Savill

What's an image backup? What's the difference between an image backup and a standard file backup? Why would I use an image backup?

 — Bob Chronister

What's the Windows Server 2003 Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)?

 — John Savill

Why can't I access previous Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshots from the Windows Server 2003 server that hosts the Shadow Copied share?

 — John Savill

Why can't I back up the NT Event Viewer files when I'm logged in as a member of the Backup Operators group?

 — John Savill

Why can't I back up the system state on my Windows 2000 Server system?

 — John Savill

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[Batch Files]

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Environment settings that a batch file sets aren’t working. What should I do?

 — John Savill

How can I convert a Unicode file to text?

 — John Savill

How can I map the default printer to LPT1 from the command line?

 — John Savill

How can I perform a batch action on a list of files from the command line?

 — John Savill

How can I use the percent symbol (%) in a batch file?

 — John Savill

How do I access files on other machines?

 — John Savill

How do I automate a response when I enter a command that asks for input?

 — John Savill

How do I call a batch file from within another batch file?

 — John Savill

How do I call a subroutine in a batch file?

 — John Savill

How do I change the command prompt window’s color within a batch file?

 — John Savill

How do I check file dates on remote machines in my domain?

 — John Savill

How do I fix .bat files that have lost their associations?

 — John Savill

How do I include freehand comments in a batch file without using REM statements?

 — John Savill

How do I obtain the currently running batch file’s PID?

 — John Savill

How do I pass parameters to a batch file?

 — John Savill

How do I perform an action that depends on a file’s arrival?

 — John Savill

How do I perform an operation on every machine running on the network?

 — John Savill

How do I search files for a batch-file or command-line string?

 — John Savill

How do I send a message from a batch file?

 — John Savill

How do I send a program’s output to a NULL device?

 — John Savill

How do I stop a batch file from outputting a command to the screen as the file runs the command?

 — John Savill

JSI Tip 8097. Enclosing a set of commands in parenthesis () simplifies some batch files?

 — Jerold Schulman

The %logonserver% variable isn’t available after I log on. What should I do?

 — John Savill

What commands can I use in a batch file?

 — John Savill

What is a batch file?

 — John Savill

Why don't batch files that I've executed using the Schedule service work?

 — John Savill

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[Certificate Services]

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How can I enable digital certificate autoenrollment in Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

How can I export and import my private keys from one machine to another?

 — John Savill

How can I verify that my Windows Server 2003 Certificate Authority (CA) deployment is correctly configured?

 — John Savill

How do I create a certificate trust list for a domain?

 — John Savill

How do I install an Enterprise Certificate Authority?

 — John Savill

How does a user request a certificate over the Web?

 — John Savill

JSI Tip 2464. Windows 2000 Public Key Infrastructure and Certificate Services - WebCast and download.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4535. How do I troubleshoot Certificate services?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5573. Microsoft Enhanced CSP Is NOT supported for Certificate Services installations?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5727. When you install Certificate Services, you receive a message similar to 'File could not be found at C:\Winnt\Servicepackfiles\I386, enter the correct location and hit retry'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6628. When you try to upgrade a Window NT 4.0 Server running Certificate Services, you receive 'Certificate Server 1.0 cannot be upgraded directly from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6903. Your Windows 2000 SP4 server event log records 'Certificate Services did not start', but it did start, and runs normally?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7198. Certificate Services Does Not Start After You Upgrade to Windows 2000 Service Pack 4?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7302. When you install Certificate Services on Windows 2000, you receive 'After installing Certificate Services, the computer cannot be renamed and the computer cannot join or be removed from a domain'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9278. TechNet Support WebCast: Creating offline certificate requests by using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Certificate Services.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9448. TechNet Support WebCast: Creating offline certificate requests by using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Certificate Services.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9657. The Remote Desktop Sharing feature of Netmeeting is not available to control a Windows 2000 Server with Certificate Services installed?

 — Jerold Schulman

Q. Will certificates issued by a certificate authority (CA) still be valid if you migrate the CA to another server?

 — John Savill

When users request certificates from a Windows Server 2003-based Certificate Authority (CA), why does the CA prompt them to download an ActiveX control?

 — John Savill

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[Command Prompt]

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How can I add font options for console windows?

 — John Savill

How can I append the date and time to a file?

 — John Savill

How can I change the default Dir output format?

 — John Savill

How can I change the editor used to edit batch/command files?

 — John Savill

How can I change the title of the CMD window?

 — John Savill

How can I configure a scroll bar on my command window?

 — John Savill

How can I configure my command prompt to display the machine name?

 — John Savill

How can I configure the command line history, DOSKEY?

 — John Savill

How can I configure the command prompt to output to files in UNICODE/ANSI?

 — John Savill

How can I configure the command prompt?

 — John Savill

How can I copy more than one file specification at a time from the command prompt?

 — John Savill

How can I create a command-prompt session inside Windows Explorer?

 — John Savill

How can I disable the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) check for command sessions?

 — John Savill

How can I easily send command output to the Windows clipboard?

 — John Savill

How can I force the output of a program into an environment variable?

 — John Savill

How can I get a list of commands I have entered in a command session?

 — John Savill

How can I increase the environment space for a single command session?

 — John Savill

How can I open a command prompt at my current directory in Explorer?

 — John Savill

How can I open a command prompt at my current drive in Explorer?

 — John Savill

How can I output all of a batch file's arguments?

 — John Savill

How can I redirect the output from a command to a file?

 — John Savill

How can I redirect the output from a command to the end of a file?

 — John Savill

How can I remotely run commands on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 box?

 — John Savill

How can I shift down by one all of a batch file's arguments?

 — John Savill

How can I start a command prompt session with Administrative privileges in Windows Vista?

 — John Savill

How can I start explorer from the command prompt?

 — John Savill

How can I stop a process from the command line?

 — John Savill

How can I switch my command window to full screen mode?

 — John Savill

How do I create a shortcut from the command prompt?

 — John Savill

How do I cut/paste information in a command box?

 — John Savill

How do I enable Tab to complete file names?

 — John Savill

How do I enable/disable command extensions?

 — John Savill

How do I get ANSI support on the command line?

 — John Savill

How do I pause output from a command to one screen at a time?

 — John Savill

I'm missing mouse support for programs using command.com.

 — John Savill

In Windows Vista, how can I take ownership of a file from the command line?

 — John Savill

International versions of NT have strange behavior in command prompt.

 — John Savill

JSI Tip 0297 - NETDOM enables administrators to manage domains from the command prompt.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0369 - Code Page error in batch file or command prompt?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0403 - How do I open a command prompt with my favorite DOSKEY macros defined?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0594 - How can I open a command prompt at the folder that I am browsing (in Explorer)?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0690 - Clear the event log from a command prompt or batch.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1840. When you start IE, a command prompt opens?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2873. How can an Administrator change a users password, using the command prompt?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3072. How can I rename a UserName from a batch or command prompt?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3165. Using Windows 2000, you can't get a DOS program or Command prompt to PRINT SCREEN?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3905. Manage Windows 2000 DNS from the command prompt.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3946. Why does my COM port show 1200 baud when queried from a command prompt?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4067. How can I get to the command prompt during Windows 2000 / Windows XP GUI-mode Setup?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4163. How can I start a Windows XP uninstall from the command prompt?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4190. When you invoke the Runas utility from a command prompt, without the /profile switch, the default profile is used?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4233. How can I administer IIS from a command prompt?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4521. How do I use the Stored User Names and Passwords feature that is included in Windows XP, at a command prompt?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5477. Some DOS commands and 16-bit programs do NOT run from a Command prompt?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5824. How do I uninstall a service pack from the command prompt?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6188. How do I enable QuickEdit mode for the Windows XP command prompt?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7363. How do I Copy / Paste between a command prompt, or MS-DOS program, and a Windows program?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7536. How do I cause Windows Server 2003 Explorer to open a command prompt at the folder I right-click?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7739. How can I determine the size and count of files in a folder from a command prompt or batch?

 — Jerold Schulman

Q. How can I use the command line to obtain a list of all the applications installed on my computer?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I use the command line to uninstall an application?

 — John Savill

Q. What is the cmd.exe line-continuation character?

 — John Savill

Q. What is the Windows PowerShell line-continuation character?

 — John Savill

Q. What's Microsoft Agent?

 — John Savill

The AT command works differently under NT 4.0 than NT 3.51.

 — John Savill

What commands can be used to configure the command window?

 — John Savill

What is the difference between cmd.exe and command.com?

 — John Savill

What is Windows Vista's Cacls replacement?

 — John Savill

What keyboard actions can I take to navigate the command line?

 — John Savill

What's the maximum number of arguments that I can pass to a batch file?

 — John Savill

What's Windows XP's MS-DOS command prompt?

 — John Savill

Why can't I use the CD command to change directories to a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path in a command window?

 — John Savill

Why do I receive a "The Name Specified Is Not Recognized" error when I try to run a program at the Windows 2000 or Windows NT command prompt?

 — John Savill

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[Compatibility]

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Does application x work with NT 4.0?

 — John Savill

Does game x work with NT 4.0/Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

Does NT run 16bit applications?

 — John Savill

How can I fool a program into thinking my NT installation is actually Windows 95?

 — John Savill

How can I fool a program into thinking my Windows 2000 installation is actually Windows NT/95/98?

 — John Savill

How can I make the Lotus Notes Web client work in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)?

 — John Savill

How do I disable compatibility mode with Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 and later?

 — John Savill

How do I enable compatibility mode with Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 and later?

 — John Savill

How do I get the RIO 500 player to work on Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

If I have a multiboot scenario on my machine, can each instance of an OS have the same computer name?

 — John Savill

In what order should I install OSs if I want to multiboot?

 — John Savill

Is Office 2000 SR1 Windows 2000 compatible?

 — John Savill

JSI Tip 10499. TechNet Support WebCast: Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0 Beta.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2533. Windows 2000 desktop themes compatibility.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3038. What is the Windows 2000 Application Compatibility Tool?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3615. Microsoft Public Hardware Compatibility Tests for ACPI Systems.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3784. How do I enable Application Compatibility mode for programs that Microsoft did not configure?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3990. Tools and Techniques to Resolve Windows Application Compatibility Issues - Webcast and download.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4093. Summary of Windows .NET and Windows 2000 Domain Administration Tools (Adminpak.msi) Compatibility.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4454. How do I use the Windows XP Program Compatibility Wizard?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4478. How do I use the Matching Information (Grabmi.exe) tool, part of the Application Compatibility Toolkit, in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4494. How do I enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4652. How do I run a program in Windows XP's Windows Application Compatibility mode?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4787. How do I use the Use Compatibility Administration Tool in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4846. How can I script compatibility layers in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4889. How do I use the Quick Fix utility (Qfixapp.exe) that is included with the Application Compatibility Toolkit for Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5704. Removing the Windows 2000 March 2001 Compatibility Update removes some Service Pack 3 files?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6571. 'The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify it's compatibility with Windows XP'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6652. Support WebCast: Microsoft Windows XP: Troubleshooting Application Compatibility Issues.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7095. How do I use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9134. TechNet Support WebCast: How to use Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit 4.0 to manage application compatibility on Microsoft Windows.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9185. Download the FREE Microsoft ACT 4.0 (Application Compatibility Toolkit 4.0).

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9239. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 application compatibility.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9325. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 application compatibility.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9347. The Security Configuration Wizard reduces the LMCompatibilityLevel value after you apply a security template on a Windows Server 2003-based computer?

 — Jerold Schulman

Q. How can I check whether a game will work on a Windows XP system?

 — John Savill

What services are available to talk to UNIX?

 — John Savill

What software DVD players work with Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

Why do 16-bit programs no longer run on a Windows 2000 system after I install Service Pack 2 (SP2)?

 — John Savill

Why do I receive an error when I attempt to run a 16-bit program under Windows NT?

 — John Savill

Will NT 3.51 drivers work with NT 4.0?

 — John Savill

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[Core]

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How do I install the SYMBOL files?

 — John Savill

JSI Tip 7751. WinMgmt could not initialize the core parts?

 — Jerold Schulman

What are the differences between NT Workstation and NT Server?

 — John Savill

What are the system and boot partitions?

 — John Savill

What does NT stand for?

 — John Savill

What features do the 64-bit versions of the Windows family provide, and will I be able to run my 32-bit applications on a 64-bit platform?

 — John Savill

What is the history of NT?

 — John Savill

What is the kernel version of Windows .NET Server and Windows XP?

 — John Savill

What is the NT Boot Process?

 — John Savill

What is the NT Kernel?

 — John Savill

What is Virtual Memory?

 — John Savill

What is Windows NT?

 — John Savill

What's the Wow6432Node under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE registry subkey?

 — John Savill

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[Desktop Environment]

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Can I remove one of the startup folders on the Start Menu?

 — John Savill

How can I activate the Filmstrip view for my Windows XP folder?

 — John Savill

How can I add a Copy to Folder option to the context menu?

 — John Savill

How can I add a Encrypt/Decrypt option to the context menu?

 — John Savill

How can I add a Move to Folder option to the context menu?

 — John Savill

How can I add a shortcut to launch a screensaver on the desktop?

 — John Savill

How can I add an icon to Windows XP's or Windows 2000's Quick Launch bar to lock my workstation?

 — John Savill

How can I avoid having to click 'Show Files' in 2000's Explorer all the time?

 — John Savill

How can I change the color used to display selected files and folders in Windows XP's and Windows 2000's single-click view mode?

 — John Savill

How can I change the icon for drive letters?

 — John Savill

How can I check for dead shortcuts on my system?

 — John Savill

How can I clear the Run history?

 — John Savill

How can I configure Control Panel to cascade on the Start menu in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How can I configure dialog box content to be shown while dragging windows?

 — John Savill

How can I configure Font smoothing?

 — John Savill

How can I configure logoff to show on the Start menu in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How can I configure NT to display a thumbnail of bitmaps as the icon instead of the Paint icon?

 — John Savill

How can I configure the Administrative Tools to show on the Start menu?

 — John Savill

How can I configure the grace period that Windows uses for password-protected screen savers?

 — John Savill

How can I configure the grouping of similar taskbar buttons in Windows XP?

 — John Savill

How can I configure the wallpaper to be displayed somewhere other than the center of the screen?

 — John Savill

How can I configure the wallpaper to stretch across the screen?

 — John Savill

How can I configure the Windows XP and Windows 2000 Start menus to display items in alphabetical order?

 — John Savill

How can I control the number of times an application flashes on the taskbar when it requires attention?

 — John Savill

How can I create a process for the desktop separate from Windows Explorer instances?

 — John Savill

How can I create a shortcut to the Device Manager in Windows XP and Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How can I create a TaskPad in a Windows XP Microsoft Management Console (MMC) console?

 — John Savill

How can I create my own shortcut to Flip 3D?

 — John Savill

How can I disable personalized menus?

 — John Savill

How can I disable the Right mouse button?

 — John Savill

How can I edit the default Places bar quick links in Windows XP's and Windows 2000's Open and Save common dialog boxes?

 — John Savill

How can I enable Hi-Colour icons?

 — John Savill

How can I get more room on the Task Bar?

 — John Savill

How can I get rid of the arrow over the shortcuts?

 — John Savill

How can I hide core icons from the Windows XP desktop?

 — John Savill

How can I hide the Places bar in Widows XP's and Windows 2000's Open and Save common dialog boxes?

 — John Savill

How can I lock and unlock the Windows XP taskbar?

 — John Savill

How can I minimize all open windows?

 — John Savill

How can I modify the grace timeout for password protected screensavers?

 — John Savill

How can I modify the icon spacing on the desktop?

 — John Savill

How can I put Dilbert on my sidebar?

 — John Savill

How can I remove a program from the Open With when right clicking?

 — John Savill

How can I remove an item from the New context menu?

 — John Savill

How can I remove the Documents menu?

 — John Savill

How can I remove the icon that appears in Windows Explorer for shared folders or drives in Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0?

 — John Savill

How can I remove the Scheduled Tasks icon from My Computer?

 — John Savill

How can I save and load a new Microsoft Plus! desktop theme in Windows XP?

 — John Savill

How can I set a background picture for Windows Explorer toolbars in Windows XP and Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How can I set the default view for all drives/folders?

 — John Savill

How can I set the taskbar autohide from a program/other method?

 — John Savill

How can I start a new Windows Explorer instance that displays My Computer?

 — John Savill

How can I stop and start Explorer (the shell)?

 — John Savill

How can I stop my environment changes being saved when I logoff?

 — John Savill

How can I stop the "Click here to begin" message?

 — John Savill

How can I use Windows XP's Fast User Switching to switch among users?

 — John Savill

How do I add an item to the Right Click menu?

 — John Savill

How do I add the Control Panel to the Start Menu?

 — John Savill

How do I add the Dial Up Networking to the Start Menu?

 — John Savill

How do I add the Printers Settings applet to the Start Menu?

 — John Savill

How do I change the Briefcase icon?

 — John Savill

How do I change the colour used to display compressed files/directories?

 — John Savill

How do I change the Internet Explorer icon?

 — John Savill

How do I change the My Computer icon?

 — John Savill

How do I change the Network Neighborhood icon?

 — John Savill

How do I change the Recycle Bin icons?

 — John Savill

How do I customize the appearance of a folder?

 — John Savill

How do I delete/rename the Inbox icon?

 — John Savill

How do I delete/rename the Recycle Bin?

 — John Savill

How do I disable Task Manager?

 — John Savill

How do I disable the context menu for the Start button?

 — John Savill

How do I disable the logoff buttons?

 — John Savill

How do I disable Window animation?

 — John Savill

How do I enable and disable the new Windows XP UI?

 — John Savill

How do I enable ClearType in Windows XP?

 — John Savill

How do I enable the mouse snap-to?

 — John Savill

How do I enable web content for a folder?

 — John Savill

How do I enable X Windows-Style auto-raise?

 — John Savill

How do I hide the "Network Neighborhood" icon?

 — John Savill

How do I modify the shortcut arrow?

 — John Savill

How do I reduce/increase the delay for cascading menus?

 — John Savill

How do I remove a template from the New menu?

 — John Savill

How do I remove customization for a folder?

 — John Savill

How do I remove the Favorites branch of the Start menu?

 — John Savill

How do I remove the icons that appear in my system tray?

 — John Savill

How do I search for Control Panel functionality in Windows Vista?

 — John Savill

How do I stop the default Shortcut to text added to new shortcuts?

 — John Savill

How do I stop Windows 2000 Explorer from opening a new window when I map a network drive?

 — John Savill

How do I use desktop themes in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How do I use My Briefcase?

 — John Savill

How do I use the Start menu search capability in Windows Vista?

 — John Savill

How do I use Windows XP styles?

 — John Savill

I don't have the new item on my desktop context menu.

 — John Savill

I have deleted Internet Explorer from the desktop how can I recreate it?

 — John Savill

I have deleted the Inbox icon, how can I recreate it?

 — John Savill

I have deleted the Recycle bin how can I recreate it?

 — John Savill

I'm running Microsoft SoftGrid, and when my client tries to get updated desktop configuration from the server, I receive an error. Do you know why?

 — John Savill

I've lost the My Documents shortcut, how do I get it back?

 — John Savill

In Windows Vista, how can I control the Favorites that I see in many dialog boxes?

 — John Savill

Is it possible to move the Task bar?

 — John Savill

JSI Tip 0040 - Creating separate processes for the DeskTop/TaskBar and Explorer.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0050 - Locking down that desktop.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0065 - Does your DeskTop disappear, requiring Logoff/Logon?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0099 - Do desktops load before the logon script finishes?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0104 - Preserve your Shortcut keys when you remove an icon from the desktop.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0111 - Do your Desktop icons loose position?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0132 - Do your desktop icons redraw frequently?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0163 - Take charge of your desktop.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0215 - More on Locking down that desktop.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0246 - Can't access this folder, path is too long or a blank desktop.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0350 - Have you lost the ability to move your desktop icons?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0358 - Does your desktop disappear after installing IE 4.x?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0446 - How can I remove My Computer from the desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0479 - How to I create a printer panel (Start/Settings/Printers) on my desktop or Start Menu?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0488 - Your desktop has gone blank.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0499 - Remove the arrow (Shortcut Overlay) from your desktop shortcuts.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0553 - Start Menu / Programs (and/or Desktop and/or .....) is empty or messed up.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0631 - Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts don't run.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0654 - How do I remove the Windows Desktop Update?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0693 - Run RDISK /S after you install IE 4.0 with the Desktop Update.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0695 - Your Send To the Desktop As Shortcut command is missing.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0715. What happened to the New context menu when I right click on the desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0743. After a repair: Critical information about the desktop could not be retrieved from the registry. Your registry may be corrupted.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0774. Where are the colors of desktop objects stored?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0812. More on Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts don't run.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0828. Uninstalling SP4 may loose desktop update..

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0896. Have you tried the new Desktop Tips?.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0909. IE Active Desktop may remove the Explorer New Menu options.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0913. Service Pack 4 desktop folders do not retain their settings.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0942. XmasFred performs antics all around your desktop.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0953. Installing IE 4.x with Active Desktop on a Terminal Server.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10056. The Desktop Heap Monitor is a tool that examines usage of the desktop heap.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1007. Desktop icon spacing via the registry.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10095. When you use the 'Start a program' feature in Remote Desktop Connection, an unexpected program starts?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10102. When you use Remote Desktop Sharing in NetMeeting to connect to a remote Windows NT-based computer, you are repeatedly prompted for logon credentials?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10114. How can I place a Run icon on my desktop or Quick Launch bar?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10132. Nothing occurs when you click Explore on the desktop in ActiveSync 4.0 or in ActiveSync 4.1 on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10197. A Windows Installer installation on Terminal Server or Remote Desktop connection reports an error 2755 or error 1305?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10346. Availability of the Lotus Notes Protocol Handler Add-in for the Microsoft Windows Desktop Search.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10347. Availability of the Microsoft Outlook MSG iFilter Add-in for the Microsoft Windows Desktop Search.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10352. When you click a hyperlink on your Windows XP SP2 desktop, the file does not open?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10406. How do I install the MUI (Multilingual User Interface) for WDS (Microsoft Windows Desktop Search) version 2.6.5?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10508. You cannot install software for the Optical Desktop Elite for Bluetooth 2.0 on a 64-bit operating system?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10533. Description of Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta Engine Preview.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10602. When you attempt to install WSUS with SQL Server Desktop Engine on a Windows Server 2003 domain controller, you receive 'InstallSQLAgentSecurity failed (SERVER,LocalSystem,87)'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10631. How can I alter my desktop wallpaper with a script?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1143. Batch file shortcut on Desktop fails with no error message?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1176. Your desktop is only your Wallpaper after a restart.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1207. How can I recreate default icons which were deleted from the desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1222. Can't move Icons or Drag & Drop with Active Desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1241. Still more on "Locking down the desktop".

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1248. Desktop ICONS are messed up after installing SP4.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1372. How can I prevent the My Briefcase icon from being created on a new users desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1567. How do I prevent the OE icon from cluttering my desktop when I install IE 5?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1760. TweakUI with IE 4.x may corrupt desktop icons.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1912. How can I remove 'My Computer' from the desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1932. Double-clicking a desktop icon starts two instances of the program?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2049. How do I hide the 'Active Desktop' item on the Windows NT 4.0 'Settings' menu?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2160. Your Windows NT desktop turns gray and the icons disappear?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2188. Control whether the Windows 2000 edition and build displays on your desktop.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2196. How do I stop ICW and Outlook Express desktop Icons from being installed into Windows 2000 new user profiles?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2212. How do I remove the IE icon from a Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2221. When you log on to Windows 2000, you have a blank or missing desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2299. How do I configure Windows 2000 desktop themes?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2302. Task Scheduler doesn't work in IE 5 and %SystemRoot% folder appears on your desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2659. How do I recreate the My Documents shortcut on my desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2693. How do I rename the Recycle Bin on my Windows 2000 desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2892. How do I re-create the Show Desktop icon on my Quick Launch toolbar?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3064. Some icons become invisible when dragged across the desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3105. When you use 'Show Desktop' to minimize all open windows, launching a new program restores some windows?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3235. How do I enable Active Desktop in Windows NT 4.0 if I already have IE 5.x installed?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3421. How can I arrange my Windows 2000 desktop icons in alphabetical order?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3430. Freeware BGInfo pastes computer configuration information on the desktop.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3465. How do I disable Active Desktop in Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3487. Terminal Services clients can't connect and the console desktop is empty, with no keyboard functionality?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3540. Has your Windows 2000 Start menu, Desktop, and Explorer shortcuts stopped working?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3633. How do I remove the 'My Documents' folder from the desktop, Windows Explorer, and the standard Open dialog?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3634. How do I prevent new user profiles from receiving the Windows Media Player 7 desktop and Quick Launch icons?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3668. How can I change the desktop 'My Documents' text to 'UserName's Documents'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3669. How do I prevent Windows 2000 users from adding Active Desktop content?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3670. How can I prevent users from deleting Web content from their Active Desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3671. How do I prevent users from closing Active Desktop content?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3673. How can I prevent users from adding or removing desktop toolbars?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3980. How do I use the 'Show Desktop' feature in Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4168. How do I disable the Windows XP Professional Remote Desktop, by using group policy?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4271. How do I configure desktop themes in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4272. How do I distribute a customized desktop theme to other Windows XP users?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4273. How do I use the Windows Classic theme to change the Windows XP desktop to look like previous Windows systems?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4473. Guest and restricted users Can delete Items on the All Users desktop after a Windows XP upgrade?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4538. How do I use the Windows XP Desktop Cleanup Wizard?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4553. How do I install Remote Desktop Web Connection in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4621. The Active Desktop Wallpaper is NOT displayed after you apply the Active Desktop Wallpaper Group Policy?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4738. How do I make a local printer available in a Remote Desktop session?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4783. How do I get the Remote Desktop Start menu to display the Logoff and Shutdown choices?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4827. How can I use the Autologon feature in the Remote Desktop Connection?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4855. The Windows XP theme is NOT displayed when you connect via a Remote Desktop Connection?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4885. Your Remote Desktop connection won't stay Windowed?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4910. The .NET Server Adminpak.msi has a 'Connect to Console' Remote Desktop snap-in.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4925. Windows Explorer behaves erratically after I created a 'Desktop' folder on my desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4940. How do I line up icons on my Windows XP desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4942. How do I move the position of the Recycle Bin on the Windows XP desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4963. How do I gain access to the drives of a remote computer after making a Remote Desktop Connection?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4986. How do I use the Remote Desktop features of Windows XP Professional?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5002. Freeware W2KLockDesktop will lock a Windows 2000 and Windows XP desktop.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5093. How do I remove entries from the Remote Desktop Connection Computer dialog?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5181. How do I disable the Automatic Desktop Cleanup wizard in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5287. Your Windows XP computer seems to hang before the desktop is displayed?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5374. Desktop.ini file does NOT work correctly when you create a custom default profile in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5646. More about removing the arrow (Shortcut Overlay) from your desktop shortcuts.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5758. You cannot reconnect to a Windows XP Remote Desktop if you are disconnected during a Service Pack installation?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5761. How do I remove 'For Testing Purposes Only' from the desktop of an O/S beta?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5775. How do I hide the 'My Documents' folder on the desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5793. How can I configure the Windows XP Desktop Cleanup Wizard using the registry?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5851. The lower right corner of your desktop suddenly displays 'Microsoft windows 2000 Professional, For Testpurpose only, Build 2195'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5861. Remove 'For Testpurpose only' from your desktop.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5953. How can I control whether My Documents or My Computer is the 1st Windows XP desktop icon displayed?.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5968. When you install a desktop theme in Windows XP, the 'Programs' button on the Start menu is NOT displayed correctly?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5975. How can I add the Start menu 'Help and Support', Search', and 'Run' functions to my Windows XP desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5998. How do I hide desktop icons in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6104. Windows XP Remote Desktop Connection Web Connection software download.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6177. The Recycle Bin does NOT appear on your Windows XP desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6184. You periodically receive a desktop pop-up window inviting you to visit an adult Web site?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6187. How do I remotely alter the default Windows XP Remote Desktop setting to allow connections?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6311. SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2.0) installation fails on Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6327. When you personalize your Windows XP desktop icons, the change is NOT stored in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6407. All the icons are missing from your Windows XP desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6487. Windows XP skips the 'Welcome' screen and automatically displays a desktop after you upgrade from Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6615. Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts don't run on Windows 2000 / Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6631. How do I use Group Policy to allow users to redirect and play audio in a Remote Desktop Connection session to Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6711. The Windows XP Recycle Bin disappears from the desktop when you install Norton AntiVirus?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6764. When a remote desktop user shuts down or restarts a Windows Server 2003 computer, the console is NOT notified?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6899. The area behind the icon text is a solid color when I change desktop wallpaper in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 6993. When your Windows XP Aquarium screen save ends, you desktop background is missing?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7025. The View menu on the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Remote Desktop tool doesn't work?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7056. The Desktop.ini file does not work correctly when you create a Default User profile in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7115. When you view a Visio drawing comment in Windows XP, your desktop theme is NOT applied to the vertical scroll bar?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7303. The Connect to Internet icon on a Windows 2000 desktop is missing?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7324. How do I change the Administrator password on all my workstations, from my desktop, using freeware?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7397. Your custom desktop wallpaper is not displayed after the Windows XP Home Edition Windows Welcome is complete?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7403. How do I retain a desktop folder's view that is different from my default view, if it is NOT remembered in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7444. Freeware Shortcuts Map helps you manage desktop / Start menu hotkeys, or easily find an unused hotkey.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7478. You cannot move desktop icons, view event log entries, or open the Services MMC on Windows 2000 Professional?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7620. How do I record the MAC addresses in my domain from my desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7672. How can I remove 'My Computer', and other CLSIDs from the desktop, and 'My Computer' from the Start menu?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7735. How can I configure Remote Desktop for Administration in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7787. When you log on to Windows 2000, you have no desktop or taskbar, and Explorer.exe will NOT start?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7795. How do I enable Remote Desktop for Administration in Windows Server 2003 using the registry?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7796. Why can users or groups that have been denied 'log on locally' still connect to Windows Server 2003 using Remote Desktop Connection?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7841. Your Windows XP desktop icons and labels do not display with a transparent background or drop shadow?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 7957. After applying the MS03-026 security patch to Windows 2000, your desktop is blank?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8065. What upgrade scenarios are NOT supported by SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows)?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8281. When you have an NVIDIA video card installed on a Windows Server 2003 computer that is hosting a Remote Desktop session, you are logged off the session as soon as you connect?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8374. When you log off from a Windows Server 2003 Remote Desktop Connection, data is deleted from the Roaming Profile Storage server?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8393. How do I manually configure the Windows Firewall in Windows XP SP2 for the Remote Desktop Sharing feature of NetMeeting?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8416. PHM Plus! freeware customizes your Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 desktop, My Computer, files, and folders, can mark file system objects for follow up, and more.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8428. How can I enable two Remote Desktop connections to Windows XP SP2?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8429. How do I enable Remote Desktop on Windows XP SP2 using the registry?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8452. New Remote Desktop client software.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8542. How can a batch script refresh the desktop or environment?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8594. You cannot change your desktop theme in Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8635. The Windows Media Player shortcut icon disappears from your Windows XP SP2 desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8688. What are the Remote Desktop Protocol settings in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8811. How can I enable the Remote Desktop Sharing feature of NetMeeting in Windows XP SP2?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8927. SP.exe freeware sets your Windows desktop wallpaper and background colour.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 8961. When you use Remote Desktop to open a full-screen connection to a Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Services, contents of local windows that overlap remote windows scroll when the remote windows scroll?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9087. How can I make Remote Desktop Connection forget a previously connected computer?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9154. When you use your IntelliType or IntelliPoint CD-ROM to install your Microsoft keyboard, mouse, desktop set, or trackball software, the software is NOT installed?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9201. Your Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Desktop and Start Menu shortcuts don't work?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9221. When you click the Show Desktop icon, you are prompted for a program to open the file with?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9234. How can I create a Printers and Faxes icon on my desktop, or open it in a script?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9298. You cannot Copy/Paste information between the local and remote computer using Remote Desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9360. How can I remove the New menu when right-clicking the desktop?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9495. A 'Power User' receives 'mnmsrvc.exe caused an exception c0000005' when they attempt to setup RDS (Remote Desktop Sharing) in NetMeeting on Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9541. How do I log a user off the console (desktop) after a period of inactivity?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9634. A Windows XP mirror driver that is attached to the whole desktop cannot correctly draw the desktop background wallpaper?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9644. You cannot update a custom Web site to the security zone if you log on to a Windows Server 2003-based server by using a remote desktop connection?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9708. A device may not establish a connection with a desktop computer when you try to connect it through an external USB port hub, in Windows XP, or in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9753. Your desktop wallpaper is drawn slowly when you resume Windows XP from hibernation?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9930. The Windows XP Quick Launch, Desktop, and toolbar creation process reports 'Cannot create Toolbar'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9943. Windows Desktop Search version 2.6 is enabled for the enterprise.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 9954. After you switch users in Windows XP, the desktop is not displayed at the correct resolution or it is not displayed at all?

 — Jerold Schulman

Q. Can I extend my computer display onto another computer's display?

 — John Savill

Q. Can I upgrade the beta and release candidate versions of Windows 7 to the final version?

 — John Savill

Q. Do I need a more powerful computer to use Windows XP Mode in Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. Do I need to download all the different versions of Windows 7 from MSDN?

 — John Savill

Q. Does Windows Virtual PC in Windows 7 support 64-bit guest OSs?

 — John Savill

Q. Does Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 support USB devices?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I adjust the color settings of my display with Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I create a new library in Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I open a command prompt at my current location in the Windows 7 Explorer?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I open a file with an application pinned to my Windows 7 taskbar instead of the default application? When I drag the file onto the taskbar icon, the document is pinned to the application's jump list instead of opening.

 — John Savill

Q. How can I place the Recycle Bin on the Task Bar in Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I access the new Windows 7 screen magnifier?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I add additional remote sources to Windows 7's search using search federation?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I add and remove features from Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I customize the Windows 7 logon screen?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I modify the paths used in the Windows 7 libraries?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I upgrade from the Windows 7 beta to the Release Candidate?

 — John Savill

Q. I keep hearing of new builds of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Should I install these post-Release Candidate (RC) builds?

 — John Savill

Q. I'm trying to run W32tm commands but I get an error, and when I try and sync time I also get an error. What's wrong?

 — John Savill

Q. Is there any way to automate the removal of ei.cfg from a Windows 7 image, instead of modifying the ISO manually?

 — John Savill

Q. What are libraries in Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. What are sticky notes in Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. What are the different Aero Snap positions?

 — John Savill

Q. What are the maximum scores for the Windows Experience Index (WEI) in Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. What are the new keyboard and mouse shortcuts in Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. What is hot-track?

 — John Savill

Q. What is the Microsoft Windows Demo Toolkit for Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. What is Windows 7 XP mode?

 — John Savill

Q. What's new in the Fonts Control Panel applet in Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. What's the internal version number of Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. When did Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 release to manufacturing (RTM)?

 — John Savill

Q. Why can't I see the Recycle Bin in Windows Explorer in Windows 7?

 — John Savill

Q. Why is Windows 7's internal version 6.1 instead of 7.0?

 — John Savill

Q. Will Microsoft create a totally new OS that isn't constrained by backwards compatibility?

 — John Savill

Q. Will the next version of the Windows client after Windows 7 be 64-bit only?

 — John Savill

Q: How can I install the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) OS Deployment Feature Pack?

 — John Savill

Q: How can I prevent users from using a non-bitmapped wallpaper?

 — John Savill

The underlines under the hot keys are not displayed, how do I display them?

 — John Savill

What is Windows skinning/styles?

 — John Savill

What is Windows XP's Start menu scrolling?

 — John Savill

What tags can I use to search in Windows Explorer?

 — John Savill

What's the Windows XP PowerToys Fun Pack?

 — John Savill

When I run OpenGL games in Windows 2000, how do I keep the screen refresh from defaulting to 60Hz?

 — John Savill

Where are the Active Desktop background image settings located in the registry?

 — John Savill

Where can I get more skins for Windows XP?

 — John Savill

Why can't I move any icons?

 — John Savill

Why can't I reduce my taskbar to one line? Two lines seems to be the minimum.

 — John Savill

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Can I add child folders to a folder with targets in a DFS namespace?

 — John Savill

Can I pre-populate the replicas of a DFSR set with data?

 — John Savill

Does DFSR replicate NTFS permissions?

 — John Savill

How can I enable conflict detection on my DHCP server?

 — John Savill

How do I create a new DFSR replica set?

 — John Savill

How do I enable DFS to return folder targets’ Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) instead of NetBIOS names?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I check the size of a Dfs namespace?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I ensure that my mobile Dfs clients access link targets from an updated link-target list?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I export a distributed file system replication (DFSR) replica group schedule?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I enable the Dfs restricted same-site target selection option?

 — John Savill

Q. How many Dfs roots can a server that runs Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server hold?

 — John Savill

Q. What are the Dfs target-selection methods in Windows Server 2003?

 — John Savill

Q. What's the maximum size of a Dfs namespace?

 — John Savill

Q. Where is fault-tolerant (i.e., domain-based) Dfs information stored?

 — John Savill

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Do Windows 2000 or later DHCP clients renew their existing lease on restart?

 — John Savill

How can a DHCP client find its IP address?

 — John Savill

How can I backup the DHCP database?

 — John Savill

How can I compress my DHCP database?

 — John Savill

How can I configure my DHCP clients to request unicast responses from my DHCP server?

 — John Savill

How can I move a DHCP database from one server to another?

 — John Savill

How can I restore the DHCP database?

 — John Savill

How can I stop the DHCP Relay Agent?

 — John Savill

How can I view DHCP address leases in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How do I authorize a DHCP server in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How do I change the DHCP address lease time in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How do I configure a client to use DHCP?

 — John Savill

How do I configure DHCP scope options in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How do I configure DHCP Server Service?

 — John Savill

How do I create a DHCP Relay Agent?

 — John Savill

How do I create a DHCP scope in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How do I enable DHCP server logging?

 — John Savill

How do I install the DHCP Server Service?

 — John Savill

How do I reserve a specific address for a particular machine?

 — John Savill

How do I run the DHCP service on a domain controller (DC) by using an account other than the DC's account?

 — John Savill

How often do DHCP servers authorize with Active Directory (AD)?

 — John Savill

I used the DHCPEXIM tool to migrate a DHCP scope between machines. Now, why is the system not granting any new IP leases?

 — John Savill

My Windows 2000 DHCP client has an IP address not in any scopes, how?

 — John Savill

Q. Can I configure which IP addresses are allocated to the second DHCP server with Split-Scope?

 — John Savill

Q. How can I view, add, and remove authorized DHCP servers from the command line?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I enable DHCP Name Protection for a scope in Windows Server 2008 R2?

 — John Savill

Q. How do I use the new DHCP Split-Scope capability in Windows Server 2008 R2?

 — John Savill

Q. What is DHCP Name Protection in Windows Server 2008 R2?

 — John Savill

What is DHCP?

 — John Savill

What is name hijacking?

 — John Savill

What registry settings control the DHCP log in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

Why is my DHCP server not releasing client address leases?

 — John Savill

Why is my Windows XP DHCP client address set to 0.0.0.0?

 — John Savill

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After I promote my Windows 2000 domain controller (DC), its DNS suffix doesn't match the domain name. How can I fix this problem?

 — Jerold Schulman

DNS resolution of a valid domain fails on NT.

 — John Savill

How can I clear the contents of the DNS resolution cache in Windows 2000 and later?

 — John Savill

How can I configure DNS to use a WINS server?

 — John Savill

How can I configure how long the DNS cache stores positive and negative responses?

 — John Savill

How can I delegate authority for a DNS zone under Windows NT 4.0?

 — John Savill

How can I enable my web site to be accessible as ntfaq.com instead of www.ntfaq.com?

 — John Savill

How can I enable or disable subnet prioritization on a client machine?

 — John Savill

How can I enable or disable subnet prioritization on the DNS server?

 — John Savill

How can I ensure that the DNS resolver uses only results from queried DNS servers?

 — John Savill

How can I force a Windows 2000 domain controller to re-register its DNS entries?

 — John Savill

How can I keep from getting event ID 4515 errors in my DNS server event log?

 — John Savill

How can I perform an Nslookup request against a WINS server?

 — John Savill

How can I stop DNS Cache pollution?

 — John Savill

How can I stop my Windows domain controllers from dynamically registering DNS names?

 — John Savill

How can I tell which boot method my DNS service uses?

 — John Savill

How can I view and clear my DNS cache content?

 — John Savill

How can I view the contents of the DNS resolution cache in Windows 2000 and later?

 — John Savill

How can I view the directory partitions enlisted for a domain controller (DC)?

 — John Savill

How can set the primary DNS suffix in Windows 2000?

 — John Savill

How do I add a record to the DNS?

 — John Savill

How do I change the IP address of a DNS server?

 — John Savill

How do I configure a client to use the DNS?

 — John Savill

How do I configure a domain on the DNS Server?

 — John Savill

How do I configure a forwarder on DNS 5.0?

 — John Savill

How do I configure Active Directory integrated DNS?

 — John Savill

How do I configure DNS for a Windows 2000 domain?

 — John Savill

How do I create a caching-only DNS server?

 — John Savill

How do I enable DNS round robin resolution?

 — John Savill

How do I install the DNS Service?

 — John Savill

How do I turn off Dynamic DNS?

 — John Savill

How do I use the DNSCMD application?

 — John Savill

I am missing the forwarder and Root Hints tabs in DNS 5.0.

 — John Savill

I receive error message "No More Endpoints".

 — John Savill

I'm getting DNS zone transfer messages in the event log, is someone hacking me?

 — John Savill

I'm receiving a lot of DNS event log 5504 errors from four hosts, all with an IP address of 216.73.8x.10. What are they?

 — John Savill

In a multi-DNS server environment, how do I configure the DNS servers to resolve both local and remote hosts?

 — John Savill

JSI Tip 0322 - Internet name resolution is slow and/or fails with DNS on your Lan.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0424 - Speed up DNS searches at your remote offices.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0649 - SBS can not get name resolution from your ISP's DNS server.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0876. System error 13 in DNS after SP4.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0895. Has your DNS server stopped resolving domain names for which it is not authoritative?.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0957. DNS error - System Error 2: "The system cannot find the file specified".

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 0983. DNS load-balancing and IMC name caching are mutually exclusinve.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10004. How can I prevent a DNS client from replacing the original DNS name registration with its' own IP address?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10006. How can I configure my DNS client to send secure or non-secure dynamic updates?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10042. How can a script determine the source of information that the DNS server uses to start?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10048. How can I enable scavenging of stale resource records on all the DNS zones in the domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10049. How can you report any DNS zone that does NOT have scavenging turned on after you 'Set Aging/Scavenging for All Zones'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10054. How often does DNS scavenge its database?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10128. How can I help e-mail recipients identify SPAM by configuring SPF (Sender of Policy Framework) records in the Windows Server 2003 DNS (Domain Name System)?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10157. How can I retrieve the DNS name of a domain controller from the registry?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10274. How do I create a new zone on a DNS server in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10376. You receive 'The zone cannot be created' when you attempt to create a stub zone in a DNS server running Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10377. How can I disable the DNS client screening feature in Windows Server 2003?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10427. After demoting a domain controller and uninstalling DNS Server, how do I remove the DnsEvent, NTDS, and NtFrs event logs?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 10577. When you run the ipconfig /flushdns command on Windows XP you receive 'Could not flush the DNS Resolver Cache: Function failed during execution'?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1135. DNS won't start due to incorrect EnableRegistryBoot value.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1203. DNS Manager doesn't show DNS Forwarders?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1299. How do I configure DNS SOA default values in the registry?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1300. DNS stops responding to queries.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1317. After SP4, you receive an Access Denied when acessing a UNIX computer using DNS.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1416. SP4+ DNR client does not send unqualified queries to DNS.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1457. Zone Transfers Are Incomplete When Deleting a Delegation on the primary DNS server.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1474. How to Install and Configure Microsoft DNS Server.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1483. DNS Administration Tool causes Glue records to be dropped.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1489. Many DNS Events 5501, 5000, and 9999?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1524. WINS lookup in DNS zone may not resolve some name queries.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1538. DNS requests from Internet hosts fail when Proxy 2.0 and DNS are co-located.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1570. Windows NT DNS supports invalid characters in host names.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1653. How can I prevent DNS spoofing?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1834. DNS 'round-robin' randomizing is being ignored?.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1921. DNS time-out or NDR when dialing an Exchange 5.5 server, which is DNS enabled?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1930. How do I configure NetBT name resolution to have priority over DNS?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1964. How do I prevent DNS from caching records from recursive queries?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 1999. DNS server logs event 156?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2087. Windows 2000 has a client-side DNS cache.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2105. RAS assigns the wrong DNS server to your W95 client?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2173. DDNS is enabled by default, in Windows 2000.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2192. My Windows 2000 DNS server's Root Hints and Forwarder pages are not available?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2267. DNS is not resolving some domain names?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2311. How can I override the automatic WINS and DNS Server Assignment for RAS/DUN clients in Windows NT 4.0?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2323. Windows 2000 RAS clients receive 127.0.0.1 for the DNS address?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2342. Windows NT 4.0 DNS service does not start when the Notify Option is set on an automatically created zone.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2408. How do I Enable/Disable Windows 2000 Dynamic DNS registrations?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2428. How do I prevent a domain controller from dynamically registering DNS names?.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2459. Installing and Configuring the DNS Dynamic Update Protocol - WebCast and download.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2461. What's new in WINS and DNS in Windows 2000 - WebCast and download?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2663. How do I prevent Windows 2000 RAS from assigning WINS and DNS addresses to RAS clients?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2701. Upgraded DC's DNS suffix does not match the domain name?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2821. Your Windows 2000 can't resolve a host name using DNS?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2844. Dcpromo, on a domain controller, cannot contact a DNS server for your domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2899. Windows 2000 DNS Event Messages 1 Through 1614.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 2964. DCpromo does NOT warn you if the DNS server it creates uses a dynamic IP address?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3124. DDNS problems causes Netlogon events 5774, 5775, and 5781 on your domain controller?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3155. Error message when you use the IPCONFIG /REGISTERDNS command?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3206. SP1 changes the Dynamic DNS functionality?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3218. Your domain controller's DNS suffix does NOT match your domain name?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3263. DNS sever monitoring tests fail?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3284. Your DNS Event Log reports Event Ids 407 and 408?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3357. How can I move DNS from one Windows 2000 Server to another Windows 2000 Server?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3474. Your Windows 2000 DNS event log contains 5509 warnings?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3511. How can I change all my computer's DNS Server addresses using a batch file?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3598. How do I prevent Windows 2000 from attempting DDNS on my Internet NIC?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3637. How do I configure DNS Zone Transfer settings via the registry?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3706. DNS DatabaseNodeMemory counter in System Monitor indicates possible memory leak?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3723. How do I view active and saved Directory Service, DNS Server, and File Replication Service event logs remotely?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3758. Why is there no time stamp on the local DNS 'A' resource record?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3817. Frequently Asked Questions About Windows 2000 DNS and Windows Server 2003 DNS.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3869. DNS Server becomes an island when a domain controller points to itself for the _Msdcs.ForestDnsName domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 3878. How do I replace the current primary DNS server with a new primary Windows 2000 DNS server?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4034. Integrating Windows 2000 DNS into an existing BIND or Windows NT 4.0-based DNS namespace.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4105. How do I configure DNS for Internet access?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4229. How do I configure Windows XP TCP/IP to use DNS?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4245. How do I disable DDNS using Group Policy?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4260. Information About Configuring Windows 2000 or Windows XP for Domains with Single-Label DNS Names.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4350. What RFCs are supported by Windows 2000 DNS?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4395. How do I create a Domain Name System (DNS) zone for a new domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4483. How do I create a Domain Name System (DNS) zone for a new domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4811. Windows NT 4.0 DNS resolutions fails with Events 453 and 7053?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4830. How do I rename the DNS name of a Windows 2000 domain?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4947. How do I make an ordinary user a member of the Windows 2000 DNS Administrators group?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4968. How do I configure DNS dynamic update functionality in Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 4985. How do you configure DNS records for your Web site?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5126. How do I troubleshoot DNS name resolution on the Internet in Windows 2000?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5286. WINS records disappear in Active Direcotry integrated DNS zones?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5470. Freeware utility adds or removes DNS suffixes from remote computers

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5546. Windows 2000 domain controllers fail to dynamically register the GUID DNS records in the forest zone?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5592. Windows 2000 DNS Server Event IDs 409 and 410.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5617. DNS cannot create zones that contain reserved words.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5651. Window .NET supports both a DNS and NetBIOS domain rename.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5743. How do I use the DNSLint utility that helps you to diagnose common DNS name resolution issues?

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5833. WebCast: Using the DNSLint Utility.

 — Jerold Schulman

JSI Tip 5872. Understanding and Troubleshooting