John Baker's WebLog : February 2006 - Posts

February 2006 - Posts

Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:27 PM

Is there an Admin Pack for Windows Server 2003 R2?

Yes there is..... just click on the link below for information. http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/312b10cb-73ec-40c7-a4df-63dd7248d93d1033.mspx Administration Tools Packs To make the remote management of your servers easier, you can

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006 5:10 PM

Group Policy WMI Filter Examples

During one of my demos in the "Understanding Group Policy Part 3" session I showed a text file that contained some examples of WMI Filters. I said if anyone was interested in getting the info to email me. Imagine my surprise that within 10 mins I was

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:58 PM

Windows Server 2003 Security Guide

During my presentiation today I mentioned the Windows Server 2003 Security Guide. Several of you emailed me asking for the link. Here it is: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windowsserver2003/w2003hg/sgch00.mspx

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 11:33 AM

Where can I find the Backinfo utility?

Many of you have asked what the utility is that we use in our virtual machines during our demos at TechNet events. The utility is Backinfo.exe and is used to display the netbios name of the machine and information about the cpu, memory and OS. It’s part

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Friday, February 03, 2006 8:04 AM

DFS Replication Conflict Resolution in Windows Server 2003 R2

I had a question at one of my events that asked what DFS Replication did when a file was modified on multiple servers at the same time. I answered that there is conflict resolution built-in to DFS Replication, but I didn't give the complete story, so

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