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How can I burn a CD-ROM image from the command line?
The Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP resource kits provide the cdburn.exe utility, which, like the dvdburn.exe utility, can burn an ISO file to a physical CD burner drive and uses the format
cdburn <drive>: <image>
Typing cdburn with no parameters will list the utility’s Help information, which includes additional options related to the speed of the burn, type of write mode (e.g., session-at-once instead of the default track-at-once), and sector postgap options.
How can I migrate shares and their data between servers?
Microsoft provides the Microsoft File Server Migration Toolkit (FSMT), which you can download from Here . The tool lets you migrate shares and data from any server running Windows NT 4.0 or later to a Windows Server 2003 (or Windows Storage Server 2003) machine.
The utility also interfaces with DFS, which lets you maintain the original UNC path of the data and avoid complications with accessing data once it has been migrated. However, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition lets you maintain the original UNC path, and if the old UNC path doesn’t need to be maintained, DFS isn’t required.
When you attempt to install Office 2003 on Windows XP, you receive ‘ERROR 1921′?
While installing Office 2003 on Windows XP, you receive a message similar to:
ERROR 1921
Service ‘MDM’ could not be stopped. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to stop system services.
This behavior occurs if the Machine Debug Manager service is not configured to start automatically.
To resolve this problem:
1. Open a CMD.EXE window.
2. Type the following command and press Enter:
REG ADD “HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMDM /V Start /T REG_DWORD /F /D 2
3. Shutdown and restart Windows XP.
4. Install Office 2003.
Are there any registry keys or files that the account specified for a performance alert requires?
When you create a performance alert, by default it runs as the Network Service account. However, you can specify a different account for its execution. If you specify another account, ensure that the named account has the following rights:
* Read access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionPerflib
* Full Access to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSysmonLog and its subkeys
* Read access to the files %windir%system32PERFC*.dat and %windir%system32PERFH*.dat
How can I use a script to delete a computer from a domain?
The following code will delete the passed computer name (e.g., “delme”) from the alibutt domain.
Dim objDC
Dim strComputer, strDomain
strComputer = “delme”
strDomain = “alibutt”
Set objDC = getobject(“WinNT://” & strDomain )
objDC.Delete “Computer”, strComputer
Can I disable the Message Transfer Agent (MTA) on Microsoft Exchange Server 2003?
Microsoft has changed its stance about disabling the MTA on Exchange Server 2003. In Exchange 2000 Server, you couldn’t disable the MTA, but because of limitations with the MTA in cluster environments and because its primary use is for communicating with Exchange 5.5 servers, Exchange 2003 lets you disable the MTA.
The main problem with maintaining the MTA is that in a cluster, only one Exchange Virtual Server hosts the MTA resource, which is responsible for all mail transportation to Exchange 5.5 servers or third-party connectors for all databases hosted on the entire cluster. But the MTA can communicate with only 50 databases (60 with a change to the system; see the Microsoft article “How to increase the number of databases that are supported by the MTA service when Exchange Server 5.5 coexists with a server cluster that is running Exchange Server 2003″ here ). Because each node in a cluster can host 20 databases (five database over four storage groups), if you have more than three active nodes the MTA can’t communicate on behalf of all the databases in the cluster. For more information about disabling the MTA, see the Microsoft article “MTA Stacks service supportability guidelines for Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003″ here
If you don’t require Exchange 5.5 communication or third-party connectors, and you want more than 60 databases in a cluster, you need to disable the MTA
What’s a rootkit, and how can I check for rootkits installed on my machine?
A rootkit is a term used to describe mechanisms that allow malware such as viruses and spyware to hide their existence from tools that are designed to eradicate them. Rootkits commonly open back doors to systems so that malicious intruders can access the system with administrative credentials or intruders use them on the machine to maintain their access. See here for more information about rootkits.
How do I disable Internet Explorer password caching?
When you are prompted to type your security credentials into the Enter Network Password dialog and you check Save this password in your password list, you have cached your password.
To disable password caching:
1. Open a CMD.EXE window.
2. Type the following command and press Enter:
REG ADD “HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings” /V DisablePasswordCaching /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1
NOTE: REG.EXE is built into Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. It is installed on Windows 2000 from the Support Tools folder on the Windows 2000 CD-ROM.
NOTE: To enable password caching, use:
REG ADD “HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings” /V DisablePasswordCaching /T REG_DWORD /F /D 0
