Server Roles on Windows Server 2008

A server; whether member or domain-based server, can play different roles depending upon the requirement in a corporate environment. Servers can be configured as an Active Directory server, DNS, and DHCP server for administration and securing AD structure, or configure it as a Web server for hosting different sites. Windows server 2008 provides a single console from where we can install, configure, or uninstall various server roles. Server Manager (installed by default when you install the OS) provides the single point console for configuring server roles and features on the server. Why use Server Manager? Server...

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What is Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)?

The Windows Internet Service (WINS) works the same as DNS to resolve computer NetBIOS name into IP addresses. While DNS is a universally accepted methodology, WINS is designed for Windows server to add some extra functionality with DNS. WINS is designed to provide NetBIOS name resolution information in a TCP/IP network. All Windows OS flavor support DNS names in addition to NetBIOS names and WINS support clients that use NetBIOS. How WINS works?

• Client computer sends a request for a name resolution to the WINS server. If the WINS server has its information stored in...
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Disk Management in Windows 7

Microsoft has brought Windows 7 is the latest operating systems for home and professional use and it comes with new and advanced features. Some of the main features that Windows 7 has facilitated its users are the mixed environment of Server and Client where the advanced users can apply permission settings to folders and basic users can enjoy the user friendly GUI and multimedia options. Disk Management utility has been one of many important features offered by Microsoft in its operating systems. Microsoft Windows 7 Disk Management has an improved GUI with more advanced features...

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Learning SQL 2005 with SQL management studio Introduction: SQL server 2005 is a very flexible and handy tool for DB administrator and developers. Nowadays it is not just that you can create databases with SQL server but there are several other programming tasks, administrative tasks and maintenance tasks that you can perform with SQL server 2005. The most common tasks related to databases include database creation, DB backups, Restoration and replication. In this article we will be covering the following topics related to SQL server 2005:

• Creating a new Database along with tables.
• Taking backup of an existing Database.
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Hard Disk Properties in Windows 7

Microsoft operating systems allow its users to manage both hardware and software using the built-in features in the Operating system. Further to this, Microsoft has been improving its tools and features to help the users in a user friendly and efficient way while making use of resources in appropriate manner. Microsoft Windows 7 is the latest operating system launched by Microsoft and it has brought the users with convenience in managing the system. Windows 7 Hard Disk Properties allow the user to manage the hard drive and apply required settings.

Drive Properties

Hard drive properties in...

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Explaining Send/Receive Menu for Microsoft Outlook 2003

Microsoft Outlook 2003 offers very innovative and user friendly options to manage Emails, Journals, Calendars, Tasks, Contacts to assist the user as much as possible. The Send/Receive menu allows the user to manage headers and emails in regards to sending and/or receiving the emails. Each menu item is elaborated below. Send/Receive All This menu item refers to send and/or receive all the emails from the configured email account(s). F9 can also be used as a short key for triggering the same process and it can save a lot of time.

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Network Access Protection in Windows 2008

Win Server 2008's new characteristics have obtained many press reviews, especially the large-scale, glamorous characteristics like Hyper-V and Windows Power Shell. Still, one of the more unseen new security characteristics, Network Access Protection (NAP), is worth some of your time.

NAP encompasses the newest antivirus programs, patches and so forth. Computers that don't have rendezvous security measures can be ostracized solely or permitted to only a restricted set of connectivity. NAP assists and double-checks that computers on the mesh are less probable to be contaminated with and disperse malw​are. It was initially proposed to be a Windows Server 2003 characteristic, but...

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Different Versions of Windows Media Players

The varieties of Microsoft Windows Operating Systems carry different Windows Media Players in each OS. The media players vary from OS to OS and are different from each other in their features and other stuff. When it comes to the Windows Media Players, they are accessible for not only the Windows, but are also accessible for Windows Phone functioning systems. This informative article will enable you to locate the right Player type for your operating system. Following is the list of Windows Media Players that have been released so far with respect to their operating systems:

1. Windows Media Player 12 –...

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Reviews on Top 10 Active Directory Tools

Microsoft’s active directory gives system administrators a better way to handle network services. It is the general opinion that though active directory provides lots of features, it also requires the technicians to do more manual labor. To help minimize this problem in AD administration, there are several active directory tools that are available.

These tools are very useful in minimizing the time spent by system administrators on AD administration. Their pricing also range from freeware to shareware. Here, I will be reviewing about the top 10 active directory tools including...

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Task Scheduler in Microsoft Windows 7

It is used to run Windows programs automatically. If the user wants to run a program automatically while working with Windows 7, he can choose its Task Scheduler feature to do so. Task scheduler is a very efficient feature and will not let the user down. It also keeps assisting the user. The user may forget a particular task, so he should create required tasks with Task Scheduler. If the user wants to clean the disk on daily routine or weekly, he may create a task schedule with Task Scheduler. The following are the...

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