Use repadmin.exe from the Support Tools and add 1 line for each of your domain controllers: repadmin /syncall DC1.Yourdomain.com dc=Yourdomain,dc=com repadmin /syncall DC2.Yourdomain.com dc=Yourdomain,dc=com repadmin /syncall DC3.Yourdomain.com dc=Yourdomain,dc=com
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No administrable services found
When you open Services and Applications (right-click My Computer and press Manage), you receive: No administrable services found. When you install the server tools on Windows 2000 Professional, IIS is selected by default, but the IIS snap-in is not properly configured. To fix the problem: 1. Control Panel / AddRemove Programs / AddRemove Windows Components. […]
Slow SMB performance when you copy files over the network?
The default behavior of a Windows 2000 domain controller is to use security signatures when comminicating with the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. To workaround this feature: 1. Copy / Paste the following to a NoSlowSMB.reg file: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServiceslanmanserverparameters] “EnableSecuritySignature”=dword:00000000 “RequireSecuritySignature”=dword:00000000 2. Run regedit /s NoSlowSMB.reg on your domain controller, and on you workstation if […]
Enable Error Mode
In Windows NT4, 2000 and XP it is possible to initialize Windows in Error Mode, a special debugging mode of the “stripped down” Safe Mode. In Error Mode a small popup window (basically a core dump) shows up whenever an application crashes, similar (but more detailed) to the well known “This program performed an illegal […]
Enable Compatibility Tab
To enable the Compatibility tab in Windows 2000 just like in WinXP/2003, all you have to do is start a command prompt, type this and hit Enter: regsvr32 %systemroot%apppatchslayerui.dll
Reset Domain Admin Password in Windows 2000 AD
Use the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor disk disk to reset the MACHINE Administrator password to “no password”. Reboot, hit F8, and enter “Directory Service Recovery Mode”. The machine will boot up as a standalone server without any Active Directory support. When the login screen appears, hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and log in as “Administrator” with […]