Windows server cookbook / Robbie Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Robbie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Windows server.

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (704 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Windows server cookbook for Windows server 2003 and Windows 2000

Place of Publication:

Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This practical reference guide offers hundreds of useful tasks for managing Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's latest and greatest server. Through concise, on-the-job solutions to common problems, Windows Server Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 & Windows 2000 is certain to save you hours of time searching for answers. Now, instead of dredging reams of Microsoft documentation or browsing its unstructured knowledge base to figure out a particular issue--such as how to compare registry values between two hosts--you can simply reference the index of Win

Contents:

Windows Server Cookbook; Preface; What&s in This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari Enabled; We&d Like to Hear from You; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Windows 2000 Versus Windows Server 2003; 1.2. Where to Find the Tools; 1.3. Running Tools with Alternate Credentials; 1.4. A Brief Word on Windows Scripting; 1.5. Getting the Most Out of Your Scripts; ADSI; ADO; Defining Variables and Error Checking; Using Command-Line Options in a Script; Writing the Output of a Script to a File; Sending the Output of a Script in Email; Reading and Writing from Excel

1.6. Where to Find More InformationCommand-Line Tools; Microsoft Knowledge Base; Microsoft Developers Network; Web Sites; Newsgroups; Books; Magazines; 2. System Configuration; Using VBScript; 2.1. Activating Windows Server 2003; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; Discussion; See Also; 2.2. Configuring Automatic Updates; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Discussion; See Also; 2.3. Disabling Windows Update; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; Discussion; See Also; 2.4. Installing or Uninstalling a Windows Component; Solution

Using a command-line interfaceUsing VBScript; Discussion; See Also; 2.5. Installing an Application or Service Pack via Group Policy; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.6. Viewing System Properties; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; Discussion; 2.7. Setting the System Time, Date, and Time Zone; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; Discussion; See Also; 2.8. Setting the Name of a Server; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; Discussion; Using VBScript; See Also; 2.9. Joining a Server to a Domain; Solution

Using a command-line interfaceUsing VBScript; Discussion; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; See Also; 2.10. Testing and Resetting the Secure Channel; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; Discussion; See Also; 2.11. Viewing and Setting Environment Variables; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; Discussion; See Also; 2.12. Configuring Page Files; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; Discussion; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; See Also; 2.13. Putting System Information on the Desktop; Solution

Discussion2.14. Configuring System Startup Options; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; Discussion; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; See Also; 2.15. Configuring System Failure Options; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; Discussion; See Also; 2.16. Viewing System Uptime; Solution; Using VBScript; Discussion; 2.17. Disabling the Manage/Configure Your Server Screen; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript; Discussion; See Also; 2.18. Disabling Shutdown Tracker; Solution; Using a command-line interface; Using VBScript

Discussion

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 5, 2013).

ISBN:

9780596517496

0596517491

9780596552602

0596552602

OCLC:

609841016

Publisher Number:

0596006330 (pbk.)