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Latest "Windows Server 2008" Tips

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1) Configuring Zone Transfers using DNSCMD: Date - Nov 05, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to configure and force zone transfers using DNSCMD.
2) Configuring Conditional Forwarders using DNSCMD: Date - Nov 05, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to configure a conditional forwarder for your DNS server from the command-line.
3) Configuring Forwarders using DNSCMD: Date - Nov 05, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to configure a forwarder for your DNS server from the command-line.
4) Creating Resource Records using DNSCMD: Date - Oct 29, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to use the DNSCMD command to create a resource record from the command-line.
5) Creating a Reverse Lookup Zone using DNSCMD: Date - Oct 29, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; An example of how to use the DNSCMD command to create a reverse lookup zone from the command-line.
6) Creating a Forward Lookup Zone Using DNSCMD: Date - Oct 29, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; Here are five examples of how to use the DNSCMD command to create forward lookup zones from the command-line.
7) A Quick Tip To Strict AD Replication To A Specific Port: Date - Oct 22, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains a registry entry which can be used to strict the AD Replication traffic to a specific port.
8) A Quick Tip To Allow DSRM Account To Log On Normally: Date - Oct 22, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains a registry heck which can be used to allow DSRM User Account to log on normally in Windows Server 2008. This applies to Windows Server 2008 only.
9) A Quick Tip To Place Authenticating DC In DFS Referral List: Date - Oct 08, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains a registry entry which can be used to place the authenticating domain controller on top of the DFS Referral list.
10) A Quick Tip To Alter Default Behaviour Of GlobalNameZones: Date - Oct 08, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can change the default behaviour of GlobalNameZone zone.
11) A Quick Tip To Get List Of RODC Administrators: Date - Oct 08, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains the registry key which contains the list of RODC Administrators. This article applies only to Windows Server 2008 RODC.
12) A Quick Tip To Check The Backup Status Of Each NC In Active Directory Forest: Date - Oct 01, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article shows how you can see the backup status of each Naming Context in Active Directory using command line tool.
13) How To Use DsQuery To Find All The Domain Controllers In The Domain or Forest?: Date - Oct 01, 2009; Rating - 3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains DsQuery commands which you can use to find all the domain controllers.
14) A Quick Tip To Modify Logon Rights On Multiple Computers: Date - Sep 24, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains a simple command you can use to modify the "Log On Locally" rights on all the server remotely.
15) A Quick Tip To Find The Security Updates On Server Core: Date - Sep 24, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article shows a quick command you can use to find the security updates on server core.
16) A Quick Tip To Get Members Of Security Groups: Date - Sep 17, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains a command which you can use to get the members of security group or security groups mentioned in a text file.
17) A Quick Tip To Get A List Of Security Groups A User Belongs To: Date - Sep 17, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; This article explains a quick tip you can use to get the list of Security Groups a user or users belong/s to.
18) What Is Strict Replication and How Do You Enable?: Date - Sep 08, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; This article explains Strict Replication and how you enable it on the domain controllers in the Forest.
19) Viewing the zones on a DNS server: Date - Sep 02, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; You can use the Dnscmd command to view a list of the zones on a DNS server.
20) Verifying SRV resource records using Nslookup: Date - Sep 02, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; You can use the Nslookup command to verify that the SRV resource records needed by Active Directory have been created properly when Dcpromo was run on the server.
21) Displaying DHCP scope activity using Netsh: Date - Aug 19, 2009; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; You can use the Netsh command to display statistics for a single scope on your DHCP server.
22) Displaying DHCP server activity using Netsh: Date - Aug 19, 2009; Rating - 2.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; You can use the Netsh command to display statistics for a DHCP server.
23) Creating a DHCP Scope using a Batch File: Date - Aug 18, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; By creating a batch file of Netsh commands you can automate the creation of DHCP scopes.
24) Backing up DHCP database using Netsh: Date - Aug 12, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; You can use the Netsh command to back up the DHCP database of your DHCP server.
25) Hiding an Entire Computer from Network Users: Date - Aug 12, 2009; Rating - 3.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Preventing network users from seeing a computer in My Network Places or Network.
26) Configure DHCP options using Netsh: Date - Aug 05, 2009; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; You can use the Netsh command to configure DHCP options from the command line.
27) Creating and managing DHCP scopes using Netsh: Date - Aug 05, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; You can use the Netsh command to create and manage DHCP scopes from the command line.
28) Authorizing a DHCP server using Netsh: Date - Aug 04, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; You can use the Netsh command to authorize a DHCP server from the command line.
29) Targeting policy for Vista computers: Date - Jul 29, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; If you have a mix of XP and Vista computers in a department or location, how can you configure a GPO so that it is only processed by the Vista computers?
30) Quickly edit a GPO: Date - Jul 22, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; Gpedit.msc has some command-line options that let you quickly edit targeted Group Policy OPbjects.