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How To Reset the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Account Password in Windows Server 2003

To Reset the DSRM Administrator Password 1. Click, Start, click Run, type ntdsutil, and then click OK. 2. At the Ntdsutil command prompt, type set dsrm password. 3. At the DSRM command prompt, type one of the following lines: • To reset the password on the server on which you are working, type reset password [...]

How to totally uninstall Windows Messenger

How to uninstall Windows Messenger: There are four different Messenger applications available from Microsoft. “Windows Messenger”, “ Windows Live Messenger” and the “Messenger Service”. In the following tutorial, I’ll show you how to remove any one of the them from your computer. Those who have installed MSN Messenger or Windows Live Messenger might want to [...]

How to Install OTRS on a SuSE / Linux

Install the otrs.rpm with YaST (YaST2) or on the command line with rpm (what ever you prefer). Please be aware of the fact that OTRS needs some Perl modules which are not installed by default in a typical SuSE installation. So it might be a good idea to use YaST to install the rpm because [...]

How To Install FreeNas

Introduction FreeNAS is an open source popular software appliance package that can turn a computer into a NAS appliance, or in easier terms: a file server. This guide shows the basic steps to prepare a server for use in a diskless LTSP environment. This document is correct as of FreeNAS v0.67.1. Full documentation on installing [...]

IIS 6.0 Security Best Practices

General Best Practices Log on with the least credentials. Log on to your computer using an account that is not in the Administrators group, and then use the Run as command to run IIS Manager as an administrator. Reduce the attack surface. Disable all services you do not need, including IIS services such as FTP, [...]

How to Host Multiple Web Sites Windows 2003

Obtaining and maintaining multiple IP addresses is usually a task reserved for large corporations and Internet service providers (ISPs), while assigning multiple host header names is a fairly simple procedure accomplished through IIS Manager. Your computer or network must be using a name resolution system (typically DNS) in order to use multiple host header names. [...]

How to Obtain and Backing Up SSL Certificates in Windows 2003

To issue your own server certificate Use Microsoft Certificate Services 2.0 to create a customizable service for issuing and managing certificates. You can create server certificates for the Internet or for corporate intranets, giving your organization complete control over certificate management policies. For more information, see Microsoft Certificate Services Help. -or- Use the Web Server [...]

How to Create Web or FTP Sites in Windows 2003

IIS creates a default Web site configuration on your hard disk at the time of installation. You can use the \Inetpub\Wwwroot directory to publish your Web content, or create any directory or virtual directory you choose. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service must be installed and started in order to create an FTP site. It [...]

Introduction to SSL/TLS in Windows Server 2003

SSL/TLS is most widely recognized as the protocol that provides secure HTTP (HTTPS) for internet transactions between Web browsers and Web servers. It can also be used for other application level protocols such as FTP, LDAP, and SMTP. The SSL/TLS protocol enables server authentication, client authentication, data encryption and data integrity over networks such as [...]

How to Verify Global Catalog Status in Windows 2003

The Global Catalog is crucial to the proper operation of an Active Directory. Without it, no one can find any of the objects stored in the directory. So, its proper operation must be verified on a regular basis. Global Catalogs contain two types of information: objects that have been marked as globally useful and therefore [...]

Remote Access Server Status Verification Windows 2003

The first administrative activity linked to RAS is the verification of the status of your remote access servers. This should be done on a weekly basis. To verify the status of a RAS server: 1. Launch the Global MMC Console (Quick Launch Area | Global MMC Console). 2. Connect to the appropriate server (Action | [...]

How to Take System State Backup Windows 2003

System state backups are critical on each server because these are the tools that protect the operating system itself. There are nine potential elements to a system state backup. Some are always backed up and others depend on the type of server you are backing up. They are identified as follows: • The system registry [...]

Installing Windows Server 2008 Core

A server running a Server Core installation supports the following server roles: Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) DHCP Server DNS Server File Services Print Services Streaming Media Services Internet Information Services (IIS) Windows Virtualization In Windows Server 2008,  Server Core installation does not include the traditional full [...]

NAT in Windows 2003: Setup and Configuration

NAT acts as a middle man between the internal and external network; packets coming from the private network are handled by NAT and then transferred to their intended destination. A single external address is used on the Internet so that the internal IP addresses are not shown. A table is created on the router that [...]

How to create Bonding in Linux Server

Linux allows binding multiple network interfaces into a single channel/NIC using special kernel module called bonding. “The Linux bonding driver provides a method for aggregating multiple network interfaces into a single logical “bonded” interface. The behavior of the bonded interfaces depends upon the mode; generally speaking, modes provide either hot standby or load balancing services. Additionally, [...]