Addressing and Name Resolution
Troubleshooting Cisco CallManager
Tool Name: Domain Controller Diagnostic Tool
Filename: dcdiag.exe
Format: Command Line
Description: Analyzes and reports on the state of a domain controller
RIS Installations of Windows XP Professional
By Jason Zandri
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In order to install Windows XP Professional using the Remote Installation Service, you must install the RIS on a Windows 2000 server (either Server, Advanced Server or Datacenter) using the Remote Installation Services Setup Wizard. The server can be a member server or a domain controller, it doesn't make a difference, however, what must be present on the network in order to use RIS are the following services:
DNS RIS relies on the DNS service for locating both the directory service and client computer accounts.
DHCP The DHCP service is required so that client computers that can receive an IP address.
Active Directory RIS relies on the Active Directory service in for locating the RIS servers.
Network Boot Services
Network Boot Services (NBS) provides startup control for devices that support the Pre-Boot eXecution Environment (PXE). NBS responds to PXE network boot requests from devices and then directs the devices to boot using the Deployment Agent, the operating system on the hard disk, or a virtual floppy disk. It can also direct devices to ignore the boot request.
Windows Server 2003 includes two deployment solutions:
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ADS is a new solution delivered with Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, and is designed for automated, high-speed server deployment.
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RIS was first delivered with Windows 2000 and has been enhanced in Windows Server 2003 to enable fully automated deployments. RIS now supports deployments to servers as well as to desktops.
Of the two solutions, only RIS supports deployment of desktops—that is, computers targeted to run a Windows client operating system, such as Windows XP. ADS is designed and optimized for deployment of servers—that is, ADS is targeted to run a Windows server operating system, such as Windows Server 2003.
There are several applications, such as service packs and hotfixes, that must replace a file that's in use and is unable to. Windows therefore provides the MoveFileEx API to rename or delete a file and allows the caller to specify that they want the operation to take place the next time the system boots, before the files are referenced. Session Manager performs this task by reading the registered rename and delete commands from the HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations value
Avoiding Performance Problems When Deploying a Safe Senders List
Sue Mosher
Outlook Tips and Techniques
InstantDoc #45976
Exchange Outlook Administrator
I'm trying to use the policy template for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 to specify a Safe Senders list for the Junk E-mail Filter for my users. I've set up the Group Policy Object (GPO) and added the policy setting. I also created a text file that contains only one line (@hotmail.com), saved the file as safe.txt in the \\domaincontroller\netlogon folder, and used that file path in the Specify path to Safe Senders list policy. But no matter what we try, the users' Safe Senders lists don't change. How can we fix this so that we can deploy a Safe Senders list?
When I tried using a GPO to deploy a Safe Senders list, I had the same result—the users' Safe Senders list didn't change. So I tried deploying the list through the Custom Maintenance Wizard instead, following the procedure described in the Office Resource Kit article "Helping Users Avoid Junk E-Mail Messages in Outlook 2003" (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011402621033.aspx). That approach worked fine and added the desired domains and addresses to users' Safe Senders list. . . .
The Machine Debug Manager, Mdm.exe, is a program that is installed with the Microsoft Script Editor to provide support for program debugging.
The Machine Debug Manager runs as a service and is loaded when your computer starts. If you do not use your computer for debugging purposes, you can safely turn off the Machine Debug Manager.
You can speed up the Disk Cleanup Tool by skipping the section that calculates Compressing Old Files.
Article ID : 812248. When you try to compress old files, the Disk Cleanup tool may stop responding and you may receive the following message:
Disk Cleanup is calculating how much space you will be able to free on (C:).
This may take a few minutes to complete.
Scanning: Compress old files
A system crash: If you're lucky, it only ruins your day. More than likely, you're in for several bad days followed by a few stressful weeks or months. After all, systems rarely fail only once. Rather, they keep crashing until you find the cause and fix the problem.
This article describes Dumpchk.exe, which is a command-line utility that you can use to verify that a memory dump file has been created correctly. Dumpchk does not require access to symbols.
Catching and analyzing a memory dump file is important. This article teaches you how to use hands-on tools to catch and read memory dump files.
The hands-on tools are :-
* Dr. Watson, which is included by almost all the windows systems.
* VC6 and VC7 compiler, we need to recompile the project to generate Map files and COM files for tracing the bug.
* Dumpchk can check dump file, before you are going to send it.
* Windbg and kd can give you detailed information about the spot when exception occurred. Symbol files are always necessary for debugging dump files.
Debugging Tools and Symbols: Getting Started
Debugging Tools for Windows is a set of extensible tools for debugging device drivers for the Microsoft® Windows® family of operating systems.
