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Little about Data Execution Prevention (DEP)

February 3, 2011

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) helps prevent damage from viruses and other security threats that attack your computer by running (sometimes called executing) malicious code from memory locations that only Windows and other programs should use. This type of threat causes damage by taking over one or more memory locations in use by a program. Then [...]

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Little about Organizational Units

January 26, 2011

An Overview of Organizational Units (OUs) An organizational unit (OU) is a container that is used to logically organize and group Active Directory objects within domains. OUs are not part of the DNS namespace. They are used to organize Active Directory objects into logical administrative groups. OUs therefore serve as containers in which you can [...]

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NetBEUI

January 24, 2011

NetBIOS, NetBEUI, and SMB are Microsoft Protocols used to support Microsoft Networking. The NetBIOS stack includes SMB, NetBIOS, and NetBEUI which are described in the table below. The following are parts of the Microsoft networking stack: Name Network Layer Description Redirector Application Directs requests for network resources to the appropriate server and makes network resources [...]

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Again Domain Name Service (DNS)

January 24, 2011

Host Names Domain Name Service (DNS) is the service used to convert human readable names of hosts to IP addresses. Host names are not case sensitive and can contain alphabetic or numeric letters or the hyphen. Avoid the underscore. A fully qualified domain name (FQDN) consists of the host name plus domain name as in [...]

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Windows Server 2003 DNS Troubleshooting

January 22, 2011

1) Start Troubleshooting with Ping Can you ping the target machine? a) By IP address. Ping 10.1.0.100 b) By Hostname. Ping BigServer c) By fully qualified domain name. Ping BigServer.guybay.com Examine the replies for clues, for example is the reply BigServer or BigServer.domain.com. Depending on the results from Ping, check the Default Gateway and Subnet [...]

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Little about DNS Queries in Windows Server 2003

January 21, 2011

There are two sides to DNS.  Firstly, registration which adds resource records such as Host (A) into the DNS database.  Secondly there are queries where clients seek those resource records, for example where is BigServer?  Back comes the reply from DNS: BigServer IP = 10.10.55.21. Authoritative DNS Servers The goal of a DNS query is [...]

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How To Configure Conditional Forwarding In Windows Server 2003

January 21, 2011

Configuring Conditional Forwarding Let us begin by discovering where you configure Conditional Forwarding.  Start at the server icon in the DNS snap-in (not the Forward Lookup Zone).  Right click, properties, Forwarders (Tab). Take the scenario where shootemup.com is an associate of your organization.  Moreover, your users are for ever querying their server.  If shootemup.com kindly [...]

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Little about DNS Zones in Windows Server 2003

January 21, 2011

When you plan a DNS installation, be sure that you choose the most suitable type of zone.  For instance, if your goal is to install a Windows Server 2003 domain, then investigate Active Directory Integrated Zones.  Also decide how many zones to configure, it is easy to focus on the forward lookup zone, but overlook [...]

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How can i Disable Balloon Tips

January 14, 2011

To turn off balloon tips in applications that support XP Themes: Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ Create a DWORD value of EnableBalloonTips Give it a value of ’0′

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No To All When Overwriting Files

January 14, 2011

When overwriting files in the Windows Explorer, there is an option for Yes To All. This would overwrite any files you would normally be prompted for. To have No To All, simply hold down the Shift key while you click on the No option.

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How can i Add SafeBoot to the Boot Menu

January 14, 2011

You can add Safeboot as an option to the normal XP boot screen Open a command prompt Copy the current c:\boot.ini to another name (just in case) With your favorite text editor, edit c:\boot.ini Copy then edit the current boot line to another line. For example: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /fastdetect might copy and then [...]

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