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- Limit connections to a Windows 2000 Professional share
- By default, Windows 2000 Professional is limited to no more than 10 concurrent connections. Anyone trying to connect after the maximum number of connections is reached receives an error message, and the connection is refused. In some situations, you might want to further restrict the number of concurrent connections, whether...
- Tags: Connection, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- Install the DHCP Relay Agent in Windows 2000 Server
- The DHCP Relay Agent is a special service running on Windows 2000 Server that listens to the DHCP traffic on a local network. When it hears something, it waits for a configured amount of time. This configured time allows DHCP servers from the local network to answer a client discover...
- Tags: DHCP, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Agent, Server, DHCP Relay Agent, Microsoft Windows 2000, Networking, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- Check for damaged disks in Windows 2000 Pro with CHKDSK and CHKNTFS
- If you've ever worked with DOS or Windows 9x, you're probably familiar with the CHKDSK utility that checks a disk for errors and optionally fixes those errors. Windows 2000 Professional also includes a copy of CHKDSK that not only checks and fixes problems with FAT and FAT32 volumes, but also...
- Tags: Disk, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, CHKDSK, CHKNTFS, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Windows 2000 Server DHCP options
- A client uses a local broadcast address when it first tries to contact a Windows 2000 Server DHCP server, since this is the only way to get in touch with a DHCP server without having an IP address. Problems can develop, however, when you have multiple network segments separated by...
- Tags: DHCP, Solution, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Router, Network, Client, Server, DHCP Server, Network Segment, Networking, Microsoft Windows 2000, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-11-02
- Authorize a Windows 2000 DHCP server
- As we discussed last week, the Windows 2000 Server DHCP lease process involves a simple exchange of IP packets. There is no authentication or encryption, so there is basically no security. Suppose someone sets up another DHCP server with different IP addresses. As you recall, clients will...
- Tags: DHCP, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Server, DHCP Server, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-10-26
- Open Windows 2000 Professional network folders quickly
- Getting quick access to network folders in Windows 2000 Professional is handy whether you use those folders rarely or all the time. Browsing through My Network Places each time you need to use a folder certainly works, but it can be slow and time-consuming, particularly if there are many files...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Create Windows 2000 Server user accounts with ADSI scripts
- Microsoft provides a special Active Directory Services Interface ADSI with Windows 2000 Server that allows administrators very easy interaction with Active Directory; with it, you can use simple scripts or complicated C programs to read from or write to the Directory Service. You can use ADSI to automate many administrative...
- Tags: ADSI, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, User Account, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- Take defragmentation of the Windows 2000 Server Active Directory database offline
- Online defragmentation does a good job of defragmenting the object inside the Windows 2000 Server Active Directory database file (Ntds.dit). In most cases, you won't need anything else, but in certain scenarios you might want to do an offline defragmentation. There are two important differences between online...
- Tags: Database, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Defragmentation, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-10-05
- Display special logon messages in Windows 2000 Professional
- You might have a problem prosecuting someone who hacks into your system or uses it without authorization unless you warn the intruder explicitly that access to the computer is restricted. To cover your legal bases, you can configure Windows 2000 Professional to display a special logon message...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Logon Message, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-10-01
- Move Windows 2000 Server Active Directory database files
- Active Directory AD will shut down the Windows 2000 Server system if it runs out of space. If you're very low on hard disk space and you can't delete any more files from the drive, you can add a new hard drive and move AD files to it. ...
- Tags: Database, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Server, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
- Configure print spooling in Windows 2000 Professional
- Like other operating systems, Windows 2000 Professional supports print spooling. Rather than going directly to the printer, applications can print to a Windows-managed print spool. The operating system then takes care of sending the print job to the printer. The advantage is that you don't have to wait for the...
- Tags: Printer, Advantage, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Printing, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Printers, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Peripherals, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
- Dynamic port mapping in Windows 2000 Server
- Intrasite replication in Windows 2000 Server is always performed with RCP over IP transport, which, by default, uses dynamic port mapping (ports between 49151 and 65535). When a domain controller initiates replication with its partner, it uses the well-known port 135 on the server to contact the endpoint mapper. The...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Server, Replication, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- Configure Windows 2000 Professional to show hidden components
- If you try to remove objects from your Windows 2000 Professional system through the Add/Remove Programs object in the Control Panel, some of the installed components, such as games and other accessories, don't show up in the components list. In order to provide a common base of applications on each...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- Using Windows 2000 Server as a router
- Routing, which is included in Windows 2000 Server, is a process that forwards packets from one network to another. I usually use hardware routers that are highly optimized, but sometimes these routers are too expensive for smaller networks. Windows 2000 Server provides an easy way to configure...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Router, Network, Microsoft Windows 2000, Server, Microsoft Windows, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- Change icons for Windows 2000 Professional desktop objects and documents
- You can change the icon used for a Windows 2000 Professional shortcut by right-clicking the shortcut, choosing Properties, and then clicking Change Icon. You can browse for the file or specify the path to the file containing the icon (.ico, .dll, or .exe files). Desktop objects like...
- Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Icon, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- Backing up Windows 2000 Server's Active Directory
- Even though you can use several fault tolerant mechanisms, such as RAID arrays, there's no real substitution for actual backups with Windows 2000 Server. Backups are extremely important, and you should do them regularly. To back up your Active Directory AD, use the Backup utility included in...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows 2000, Backup, Server, Microsoft Windows, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- Learn about Windows 2000 Server's non-authoritative Active Directory restore
- Restoring Active Directory in Windows 2000 Server is a very important part of your recovery strategy. Too many administrators ignore this part and rely on backups. The backup is of no value to you if you can't use it to restore the machine. Failed tapes and corrupted data can cause...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows 2000, Backup, Server, Microsoft Windows, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-08-31
- Customize Microsoft Management Console (MMC) consoles in Windows 2000 Professional
- Most of the administrative functions you perform in Windows 2000 Professional happen through various Microsoft Management Console MMC snap-ins. A useful advantage to this modular design is the fact that you can customize the consoles to suit your needs. For example, you can add a selection of consoles to your...
- Tags: Console, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Management Console, Management Console, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-08-31
- Change drive letters in Windows 2000 Professional
- You can easily change drive letters of drives in Windows 2000 Professional through the Disk Management node of the Computer Management console. You might need to do this in situations where an application is hard coded to expect a particular drive letter but you're using a different one.To change a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Letter, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- Learn about Windows 2000 Server's Active Directory authoritative restore
- Restoring Active Directory AD can be a bit more complicated in some cases than backing it up. The reason for this is the multi-master nature of AD replication. Every domain controller DC in Windows 2000 Server contains a writable copy of the database. When you create a change, this modification...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows 2000, Domain Controller, Backup, Server, Microsoft Windows, Jim Boyce
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
