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Control the desktop with local or group policies
Is your IT department always looking for new ways to decrease the number of unnecessary support calls? Then check out this tip on how you can use group and local policies to prevent inexperienced users from accessing desktop features. Want more Win2K tips and tricks? Automatically sign up for...
Tags: Active Desktop, Desktops, Jim Boyce, Microsoft Windows 2000, group policy, desktop, Windows 2000 Professional Tips Newsletter, Hardware
Technical articles 2005-05-16
Recover missing desktop icons in Windows 2000 Pro
When a user comes to you and says that all of her desktop icons have vanished on her Windows 2000 Professional machine, the first place you'll likely check will be group or local policy. If that isn't the culprit, you should reconfigure Active Desktop settings to get the icons to...
Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Active Desktop, Desktops, Jim Boyce, desktop, Windows 2000 Professional Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Desktop Icon, Hardware
Technical articles 2005-05-09
Tech Tip: Configure Active Desktop content/Manage DNS zone transfer settings in Win2K
Learn how to configure Active Desktop content and manage DNS zone transfer settings. Windows 2000 Professional: Configure Active Desktop content When Microsoft first introduced its Active Desktop, it created a handful of sample...
Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows 2000 Professional Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Windows 2000, DNS, Server, Active Desktop, Domain Names, Servers, Networking, Internet, Hardware
Technical articles 2004-08-02
Discover the new folder options in Win2K
Before you deploy Windows 2000 in your organization, you'll want to make sure you're up to speed on all the new folder options. Ron Kauffman takes you on a tour of Win2K's Folder Options applet and discusses the enhancements.Click on Control Panel, then on Folder Options, and you’re going to...
Tags: Ron Kauffman, Microsoft Windows 2000, new folder option, Offline Files, Microsoft Windows, folder option, Active Desktop
Technical articles 2000-03-30

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Explore implications of Exchange directory and Active Directory integration in Windows 2000
With the advent of Active Directory directory service in Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft has integrated the Exchange directory database with the Windows 2000 Active Directory so that the Windows 2000 operating system now contains all user account details, security information, and messaging data. This eliminates a need for a separate...
Tags: Microsoft Press, Unification, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Integration, Exchange, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, E-mail Servers, Microsoft Windows 2000, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows
Book chapters 2006-06-29
Best Practice Active Directory Deployment for Managing Windows Networks
Many organizations are migrating from Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000 and the Active Directory. This paper describes the deployment of Windows 2000 and Active Directory. This guide assists architects, project managers, and consultants in deploying an Active Directory service in a network operating system NOS infrastructure....
Tags: Network, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Best Practices Deployment Methodology, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems
White papers
Desktop Hijack Fix (zip)
License: Freeware- Restores Windows Active Desktop back to original settings- Ability to backup and restore non-default Active Desktop settings- Detects when your Active Desktop settings have changed. Description: This tool can be used to fix most problems in which your normal background is not displayed. Usually in the backgrounds place...
Tags: Desktop, Active Desktop, Random Rhyhtm
Software downloads 2008-02-27
Active Directory Design
This white paper looks at the whole concept of the Active Directory service in the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system and the idea of building the forest, the trees, the domains, and so forth. The most important thing to remember is to think before you build. When you plan your...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems
White papers 2001-11-06
Exchange 2000 on NT4 Domain
Is it poosible to install exchange 2000/2003 without Active directory i.e NT 4 domains?ThanksExchange 2000 needs a Windows 2000 server.Exchange 2003 needs a Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or a Windows 2003 server.You can run Exchange 2000/2003 in a mixed-mode AD forest with a directory connector to Windows NT 4.0...
Tags: charles.ellis@..., Exchange, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, windows
Q&A 2005-01-05
SQL 2000 Active/Active Cluster Configuration on Windows 2003
I have configured a SQL 2000 Active/Passive Cluster on Virtual Server 2005. My interest is configuring Active/Active Cluster with NLB; please help.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2003, pataresuresh@..., SQL, sql cluster, windows
Discussion threads 2007-01-22
Active Desktop
While trying to restore active desktop on a local user account running XP on 2k3 server through AD I get an IE script error, The account has no rights so how the active desktop was disabled is another question. How do I recover active destop on that account? (active directory...
Tags: jszapipes@..., Active Desktop
Discussion threads 2007-11-19
Netegrity SiteMinder 4.61 with Microsoft Active Directory AuthMark Performance
Netegrity SiteMinder 4.61 with Microsoft Active Directory now delivers the benefits, performance and scalability of SiteMinder to servers running Microsoft Windows 2000. This paper presents the performance results based on Mindcraft tests using Mindcraft’s AuthMark Benchmark Login and Extranet Scenarios. It is found that Netegrity SiteMinder 4.61 with Microsoft Active...
Tags: Performance, Netegrity, CA SiteMinder, Mindcraft, Microsoft Corp., Performance Management, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2002-04-18
Migrating from Windows 2000 server to Windows 2003 can't be this hard!!??
I work in a small shop with ONE server. We are getting Rid of the very old box with Windows 2000 server on it. I had Novell on it before and put 2000 server enterprise on it (kind of overkill for a 30 something office). It file...
Tags: dioge99@..., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2003, server, windows
Discussion threads 2007-01-13
Adding a Windows 2000 DC to a Windows 2003 Active Directory
Does anyone know if it is possible to promote a windows 2000 server to a DC in a Windows 2003 active directory which is running in Windows 2000 native mode?More importantly, I need to promote a Windows 2000 machine to be the first DC in a child domain.If anyone has...
Tags: Operating systems, peter.merrylees@..., Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Windows 2003 Active Directory, Microsoft Windows 2003
Discussion threads 2007-08-17
The Role of Groups and Access Control Lists in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Deployments
Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server is the only messaging system that is fully integrated with the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server security model. This is the major difference between Exchange 2000 and earlier versions of Exchange. Exchange 2000 relies on Windows 2000 groups and Active Directory directory service for access control and...
Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Access Control, E-mail Servers, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2005-08-01
Back Up Your Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 System
This paper provides the information a user needs to plan and implement a usable and reliable backup and restoration system. The key components of the Microsoft CRM deployment for which the user should have backup and recovery process and procedures in place include: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Server...
Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Microsoft Windows, Groupware, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Databases, Servers, Software, Operating Systems, Data Management, Hardware
White papers 2005-12-06
Active Desktop/Active Directory Win2k,XP
When I enable and force an active desktop via Active Directory I am encountering the strangest problem. None of my web links will open unless a IE shortcut is VISIBLE on the desktop. This is being implemented from a Win2k3 Server to XPsp2/2Ksp4 clients. Testing w/ 2k. PLEASE help....
Tags: sandman2062@...
Discussion threads 2004-12-15
Windows 2000 Server: Microsoft's best NOS ever?
When I asked if Windows 2000 Professional was Microsoft's best desktop OS ever, I went with the premise that, in fact, Windows 2000 Pro probably represented the high-water mark as far as Microsoft-created desktop OSes go. A lot of TechRepublic members seemed to agree. Almost all of the 60 comments...
Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, John Sheesley
Blog posts 2008-03-26
Name resolution in clusters
I have windows 2000 advanced 2 node active-active cluster. If I ping to the cluster name then to which IP will it point in active-active configuration as both nodes are active?How does windows resolves this issue as how to map cluster name to IP in an active-active cluster configuration.
Tags: abhijeet.s@...
Discussion threads 2007-05-29
active directory switch to native mode
we have 4 DC in domain and one of them run windows 2000 server and other are 2003. i want to switch my active directory mode from mixed to native in windows 2000 not in windows 2003.how should i do this?As long as you have a mix of Windows 2000...
Tags: domain, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003
Q&A 2006-07-28
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