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David Davis is Director of Infrastructure at TrainSignal.com – the global leader in video training for IT Pros. He has a number of certifications including CCIE #9369, MCSE, CISSP, & VCP. Additionally, David has authored hundreds of articles and six different video training courses at Train Signal with his most popular course being VMware ESX Server. His personal websites are HappyRouter.com and VMwareVideos.com. You can follow David on Twitter or connect with David on LinkedIn

David Davis' Latest Contributions

What do you need to know about Windows 7 Certification?: Date - Nov 05, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows 7; What you need to know about Windows 7 certification. Is it available? Will it help you get a MCITP? What do you need to do to prepare? How can WindowsNetworking.com help you?
Managing your network remotely with Cellular Routers: Date - Oct 13, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Common for all OSes; How to use cellular Internet routers to manage your network remotely; how it is done and the technology used.
Solving Windows 7 and Application problems quickly using Problem Steps Recorder (PSR): Date - Sep 17, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows 7; Windows 7's "Problem Steps Recorder", how to use it and how it can save you time.
Connecting Windows 7 to an iSCSI SAN: Date - Sep 01, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows 7; How to configure Windows 7 to connect it to an iSCSI SAN.
Windows 2008 Share and Storage Management Tool: Date - Aug 04, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; The Windows 2008 Share and Storage Management tool; Where to find it, How it can help you, and step by step examples of how to use it.
Configuring Windows Remote Desktop from the command line: Date - Jul 28, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Networking; How to use Windows Remote Desktop (mstsc.exe) from the command line to connect to remote servers from saved shortcuts or with custom options.
Using the New Microsoft Network Monitor (netmon) 3.3 with Network Experts: Date - Jul 22, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows 7; Taking a look at the latest version of Microsoft’s Network Monitor – version 3.3. More specifically, looking at the new Windows 7 support and Network Experts features.
10 New Features of Windows 7 Networking: Date - Jun 23, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows 7; 10 new features of Windows 7 Networking and what is new and improved in the area of networking with Microsoft’s latest operating system – Windows 7.
10 Ways to Troubleshoot DNS Resolution Issues: Date - Jun 17, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Network Troubleshooting; 10 different ways to troubleshoot DNS resolutions issues.
Certification Review: Microsoft Network Infrastructure MCTS / MCITP Certification: Date - Jun 09, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Networking; What it takes to pass Microsoft’s Windows 2008 Network Infrastructure certification exam 70-642 and what resources WindowsNetworking.com can offer you.
Windows 7: Understanding Network Administration and Configuration: Date - May 05, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Common for all OSes; Important differences and improvements between Windows Vista and the new Windows 7 OS when it comes to configuring networking.
Monitoring Network Performance with PRTG free edition: Date - Apr 02, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Common for all OSes; How to download, install, and use the free PRTG Network Monitor to Monitor and Troubleshoot Windows Networking Issues.
Configuring IIS 7 from the command line using Appcmd.exe (Part 1): Date - Mar 05, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How to use a new IIS 7.0 command line -AppCmd.exe- to query objects on your web server and return output in text or XML.
5 Tips to Troubleshoot Windows Vista Networking Issues: Date - Feb 17, 2009; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Vista; 5 things you can do to troubleshoot your Windows Vista networking issues.
How to configure Windows 2008 Server IP Routing: Date - Dec 11, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Network Protocols; Options for IP Routing and how to configure IP Routing in Windows Server 2008. There are a number of IP Routing changes that you need to be aware of in Windows 2008 Server.
How to use the Windows Server License Manager Script - slmgr.vbs: Date - Nov 18, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How to use the Windows Server License Manager Script - slmgr.vbs which is used to activate your Windows Server 2008 License.
How to Get the Most Out of the Windows 2008 and Vista Networking & Sharing Center: Date - Oct 09, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; Taking a look at what the Windows Server 2008 & Vista Networking and Sharing Center is, how to use it, and how to get the most out of it as a Windows Admin.
How to Configure Networking on a New Windows Core 2008 Server Using the CLI: Date - Sep 23, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; Windows Server 2008 Core has no GUI interface so you must know how to configure the basic network, unassisted, from the command line interface. Learn how to do it, step by step, in this article!
How to Install and Configure Windows Server 2008 DHCP Server: Date - Sep 09, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How to install and configure DHCP Server in Windows Server 2008 to provide IP addressing and DNS server information to your end users.
10 Windows Server 2008 Netsh commands you should know: Date - Aug 26, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; Taking a look at ten Netsh commands that every Windows administrator should know.
How can Windows Server 2008 WinRM & WinRS help you?: Date - Aug 19, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How WinRM & WinRS can help you, how to enable then, and examples of how you can use them.
How to install an SSH Server in Windows Server 2008: Date - Jul 23, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How to install an SSH Server in Windows Server 2008.
How to connect Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista to an iSCSI Server: Date - Jun 17, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How to connect your Windows 2008 Server & Vista PC to your iSCSI SAN, step by step.
How to configure a Telnet Server with Windows Server 2008: Date - May 29, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; The ability to telnet to and from your Windows 2008 Server is an important network feature that you can learn to configure in this article.
Which Windows Server 2008 Networking Services were removed and which should you use instead?: Date - May 15, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; A number of common Windows Server networking features were removed with Windows Server 2008. In this article, we will discuss what is removed and what new networking features you should be using instead.
Using Windows Server 2008 Powershell to perform common network commands: Date - Apr 29, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How to perform 10 common networking functions using the Windows Powershell.
Configuring Windows Server 2008 & Windows Vista Wireless connections from the CLI using netsh wlan: Date - Mar 27, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Wireless Networking; How to configure wireless networking connections from the command line using netsh wlan.
Using the new Windows Server 2008 Core OCList and OCSetup CLI tools to Add & Remove Server Roles: Date - Mar 13, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; What you need to know about the Windows 2008 Core Server CLI tools, OCLIST & OCSETUP. These are not available in the standard install of Windows Server 2008 and are the Core server utilities used to administer server roles.
Using the new Windows Server 2008 Servermanager.exe CLI tool to Add & Remove Server Roles: Date - Feb 06, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How to use the ServerManagercmd.exe Windows 2008 command line utility to add and remove Server Roles.
Understanding the new Windows Server 2008 Network Policy Server: Date - Jan 17, 2008; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; What the Windows Server 2008 Network Policy Server (NPS) is, how it has replaced IAS, how to load NPS, and how it can help you.
Understanding Windows Server 2008 – Windows Server Virtualization (WSV): Date - Dec 20, 2007; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; What you need to know about the new Windows Server 2008 Virtualization (WSV), how to install it, and how it compares to VMware ESX.
How to Configure Windows 2008 Advanced Firewall with the NETSH CLI: Date - Nov 08, 2007; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; How to configure the new Windows 2008 Server Advanced Firewall from the Windows command line interface (CLI) using the netsh utility.
Windows Server 2008 - First Look: Date - Oct 11, 2007; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; In this review of Windows Server 2008, we take a look at the features and benefits of Microsoft’s newest and most advanced server Operating System. What is new, why should you try it out, and how can it help you?
How to configure the new Windows Server 2008 advanced firewall MMC snap-in: Date - Aug 30, 2007; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Windows Server 2008; The new features of the Windows Server 2008 Advanced Firewall and how to configure this powerful host-based firewall using the new MMC snap-in.