Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 & 2022 How To’s
By Ian Matthews November 25, 2008 Last Updated *** DRAFT *** This article will brief the key area’s of Windows Deployment Services (WDS) under Windows Server 2008. Note that the majority of these instructions will function equally as well under Server 2003 R1 or R2 but are not specifically intended for Read more…
& Things to Know in General About Server 2008 Prepared by Ian Matthews September 21, 2008, last updated October 6, 2008 Unlike the Server 2003 upgrade process, I have attended no Windows 2003 to 2008 Microsoft presentations (live or on-line). This is very unusual for Microsoft but the process is Read more…
Even users with RESTRICTED USER rights on their Windows 2000 or XP machines can create shares on their PC. This is obviously a very bad idea for the vast majority of companies. Microsoft has Knowledge Base article 300153 which explains how to remove the SECURITY tab (which can be accomplished Read more…
Last Update Nov 17 2003 Well, if you have accidentally locked yourself out of a Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 Server Group Policy, don’t worry, you can easily undo it! I have been using Windows 200x in production environments since 1998 and up until November 2003 never made the obvious Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews August 18, 2003, last updated Sept 20, 2003 Several glossy Microsoft presenters have stated that all you need to do to complete a Windows 2003 Domain upgrade is run ADPREP and then upgrade away. This may work for very small / simple environments but it is Read more…
UPDATE: SEPT 20, 2019 – We have a refreshed version of this article available: How To Control What is Starting Up Automatically In Windows We have a related article: Control What Programs Are Starting Up Automatically Using New Free Program From Microsoft Prepared by Ian Matthews June 6, 2010, updated Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews June 23, 2010 – Last Updated May 10, 2011 MARCH 2014 SEE: http://www.urtech.ca/2014/03/solved-how-to-add-drivers-in-wds-windows-deployment-services/ This is the followup to how to add drivers to a Windows PE 2.0 (Vista) .WIM file. Today I needed to add a network driver to a Windows 7 PE 3.0 Boot Image Read more…
By Ian Matthews December 10, 2007 If you have noticed that your Windows 2000, XP or Vista PC is running slowly and that SVCHOST.EXE is taking 100% of your single core CPU system (or 50% of your dual core CPU system), this is the article for you! SVCHOST.EXE is a Read more…
written by Ian Matthews June 3, 2005 There are many articles which reference slip streaming and many of them provide the basic instruction. However, most of them do not tell you how to make the resulting Windows + SP CD bootable; the process below will: copy the entire Windows CD Read more…
By Ian Matthews November 16, 2008, updated August 28, 2010 I am regularly asked by clients how to optimize their web site. The first thing to know is that, with few exceptions, Google is the only engine you need to optimize for. Today, all of the other engines will follow Read more…
This document is reprinted from “Intel:Build a Real Server” section of a Microsoft “How To Technology Fair” handout dated Aug 2000. Updated by Ian Matthews of Up & Running Technologies on August 28 2010 to include RAID 6. We also have a very simple explanation of SAN, NAS, DAS, iSCSI, FiberChannel updated Read more…
Invisible file extensions on Windows By Floydman, Bachelor in Computer Sciences floydian_99@yahoo.com Floydman@hacker.am May 7th, 2001 Abstract The goal of this paper is to present the research I made on invisible file extensions on the Windows operating systems. After I published my initial research material on various places on the Read more…
UPDATED July 25 2022 CREATE A NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST: Launch IIS Manager and click the SERVER name (not the websites or virtual directories) In the IIS section, click SERVER CERTIFICATES (if you don’t see this, you are likely not at the server level, go click on the server name at the Read more…
Microsoft has been VERY slow to get part numbers, sku’s and pricing to market on Server 08. I have collected the following list from many retail and wholesale sources. WINDOWS SERVER 2008 STANDARD EDITION RETAIL w/10CAL = P73-03882 $1125 RETAIL w/5CAL = P73-03883 $950 OEM w/5CAL P73-04001 $750 Open License Read more…
In a dual core, dual CPU system which CPU’s are real and which are Hyperthreads? According to my research, on an Intel Xeon 5000 server, the following configuration is what Windows sees: CPU ordinal number CPU id CHIP SLOT FUNC1 (the first CPU)………. (0)……………. slot 1 real core A12 ……………………………….(1)……………. Read more…