#windows-server-2008

Fixed: Securing Active Directory domains on a potentially hostile network #development #programming #computers

Securing Active Directory domains on a potentially hostile network

Active Directory is one of the best features of Windows Server, but it’s also a big shiny target. If compromised it gives the attacker your Windows network.

In an environment with externally facing Windows servers (web servers in my case), what steps are necessary to protect Active Directory from attack? How do you reduce the…

Answer: System speed/memory considerations x86 vs. x64 #answer #solution #development

System speed/memory considerations x86 vs. x64

Currently I have Windows Server 2008 x64 installed on my machine. I’m about to reinstall when R2 comes out (few more days). Since I still remember all the tweaking with various device drivers, I’m thinking of installing an x86 version which has better Vista x86 driver support (that are also compatible with WinSrv2k8 AFAIK).

I have 4GB of memory…

Solution: Dropped packets, on recieve only, Server 2008 only, and network speed is 100mb/s #it #dev #answer

Dropped packets, on recieve only, Server 2008 only, and network speed is 100mb/s

I have a really strange one.

I have packet loss with Excessive ‘TCP Dup ACK’ & ‘TCP Fast Retransmission’ when I download files (and only download) from two different Windows 2008 servers. Upload speed is fine.

This ONLY occurs if the client computers(Win7) is connected at 100mb/s. At 1GB, no errors and I get full…

Fixed: Is there a way to show an RDP session's encryption level from the commandline/Powershell? #answer #solution #development

Is there a way to show an RDP session’s encryption level from the commandline/Powershell?

For Windows 2008, I need to create a script that will show whether connected RDP sessions are set at “high” encryption or something else (e.g., “compatible”).

Does anyone know of a way to get this without going through the GUI?

I investigated wmic and powershell, but was unable to locate anything. I found a…

Fix: Windows Domain replication monitoring tool #computers #it #fix

Windows Domain replication monitoring tool

I am looking for web-based interface GUI, or some kind of monitoring tool that will show replication status for a domain.

I know I can use repadminwith various options on the command line to query the status. I thought about creating a script they could run when they are interested in the status, but they will probably be more interested in some kind of…

Solution: Which events specifically cause Windows 2008 to mark a SAN volume offline? #it #solution #answer

Which events specifically cause Windows 2008 to mark a SAN volume offline?

I am searching for specific criteria/events that will cause Windows 2008 to mark a SAN volume as offline in disk management, even though it is connected to that SAN volume via FC or iSCSI.

Microsoft statesthat “A dynamic disk may become Offline if it is corrupted or intermittently unavailable. A dynamic disk may also…

Fix: Can a virus spread through a network share used by an RDP connection? #dev #development #solution

Can a virus spread through a network share used by an RDP connection?

When connecting to a Windows Server (2003 or 2008) desktop through RDP from a local Windows (7 or XP) PC with networks shares enabled (usually, the local C: disk will be shared with the remote server), is there a real chance that a virus infects the remote server?

Of course, we protect our local PCs as good as we can, so I’d…

How to: Active Directory Health Checks #dev #answer #programming

Active Directory Health Checks

I’ve had some Active Directory troubles lately was was wondering what checks I could do on a regular basis I could do to ensure everything is working optimally?

Answer [by JMeterX]: Active Directory Health Checks

At a smaller company I worked for in the past we used this. It is a script that compares PASS/FAILS, certainly not a bad tool to try out. Interested to…