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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 [...]

How to Reset User Password in Windows Server 2003

To reset a user’s password: 1. Begin by launching the Active Directory Users and Computers portion of the Global MMC and right-click on it to select Connect to Domain Controller. Select the proper DC and click OK. 2. Once connected, right-click on the domain name and select Find. 3. Type the user’s name in the [...]

How to verify Backup in Windows 2003

Even though backups are a lot easier to do and more reliable with WS03, you should still take the time to make sure they have been properly performed. To do so, you need to view the backup log on each file server. To check backup logs: 1. Use the Global MMC Console to open a [...]

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 [...]

Introduction to Windows 2000 Group Policy

Group policies are rules that can be defined by an administrator for a user’s desktop environment. They are an evolution of the policies that are available from the earlier Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 desktop environments. With the release of Active Directory, Microsoft has taken policies one step further by allowing for a single [...]

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 Recover/Repair MS Outlook Mailbox

You are using MS Outlook 2000 as your mail client and it suddenly crashes and when you open the program you receive a blank mailbox.We don’t mean to scare you, but unfortunately it can happen. Plus, you get an error that it was unable to open the ‘outlook.pst’ file. This PST file is used by [...]

How To Configure a Computer Running Windows Server 2003 As a Web Server

Install Internet Information Services Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is the Web service that is integrated with Windows Server 2003 To install IIS, add optional components, or remove optional components, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs. The Add or Remove Programs tool starts. 2. [...]

How to stop Folder Redirection in Windows Server

After you have successfully deployed a Folder Redirection Group Policy object (GPO) in your site, you may want to stop Folder Redirection for one or more users. However, before you try to stop Folder Redirection, you must first enable the Redirect the folder back to the local userprofile location when policy is removed Group Policy [...]

How to enable and to configure Remote Desktop for Administration in Windows Server 2003

By default, Remote Desktop for Administration is disabled. To enable it, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click System. 2. Click the Remote tab, click to select the Allow users to connect remotely to your computer check box, and then click OK. Note You do not have to have a [...]

How to limit the number of connections on a terminal server that runs Windows Server 2003

How to limit the number of remote sessions on a terminal server loadTOCNode(2, ‘summary’); 1. To open the Terminal Services Configuration Tool, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Terminal Services Configuration. 2. In the console tree, click Connections. 3. In the right pane, right-click RDP-Tcp, and then click Properties. 4. On the [...]

How To Create a Roaming User Profile in Windows Server 2003

Creating a Roaming User Profile loadTOCNode(2, ‘summary’); Creating a roaming user profile is a two-step process. First you create a test user profile, and then you copy the test user profile to a network server. Create a Test Profile loadTOCNode(3, ‘summary’); To create a test profile for the roaming user, follow these steps: 1. Log [...]

How To Install and Configure a File and Print Server in Windows Server 2003

Install File and Printer Sharing loadTOCNode(2, ‘summary’); By default, a Windows Server 2003-based computer is installed with Client for Microsoft Networks, File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks, and TCP/IP. You can view these services in the properties for the local area connection. You can create a Windows Server 2003 file server and print server [...]

How to configure Network Address Translation in Windows Server 2003

To configure the Routing and Remote Access and the Network Address Translation components, your computer must have at least two network interfaces: one connected to the Internet and the other one connected to the internal network. You must also configure the network translation computer to use Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). If you use dial-up [...]

How to Configure Routing and Remote Access Service in Windows Server 2003

Turn On Routing and Remote Access Service The Routing and Remote Access service is automatically installed during the installation of Windows Server 2003. By default, however, this service is turned off. Turn On Windows Server 2003 Routing and Remote Access Service to Allow Dial-Up Connections or VPN Connections 1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, [...]