6 Tips for a Successful Patching Process
Microsoft Geek
Whether your servers run Windows or Linux, whether your workstations are Windows 7 or Macs, and no matter what vendor your network gear comes from, one of the most critical…
Windows Server 2003
Unable to RDP into server
If you are unable to remote desktop into a server using the computer name, but you are able to remote into the server using the IP address and you get…
Fix SQL Configuration Manager Cannot Connect to WMI Provider
When trying to open MS SQL Server Configuration Manager, a dialog may appear.. Cannot connect to WMI provider. You do not have permission or the server is unreachable. Note that…
How to view/logoff remote desktop hung sessions
You try to RDP into a Terminal Server and you get this message below. You can run the following comment to view terminal server sessions. Qwinsta /server:computername This will show…
Creating a Windows Server Performance baseline
Introduction Every Microsoft Windows server should be monitored for performance issues, but if you have nothing to compare it against, how do you know when its over worked or ticking…
The Group Policy client service failed the logon
If you try to login to a client or server system and you get this error message below: “the group policy client service failed the logon.Access Denied” Do the following…
Windows Server 2003 DC health check command
The following command will useful for 2003 DC health check: 1. dcdiag.exe /v /f:dcdiag_servname.txt 2. dcdiag.exe /test:dns /v /f:dcdiagdns_servername.txt 3. repadmin /showrepl > replication_servername.txt 4. repadmin /replsum /errorsonly > replicationerr_servername.txt…
Introduction to Client/Server Networking
A computer network consists of two or more computers intended to share resources: A client/server network is a system where one or more computers called clients connect to a central…
How to configure TCP/IP Filtering on windows 2003 Server?
In this article, we will use TCP/IP filtering to prevent a server from allowing certain TCP ports or protocol. 1. Right-click on the My Network Places icon on the desktop,…
Windows 2003 Terminal Services (Part 1)
Terminal Services, known to some as an Admin’s best friend, uses RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), relies on TCP/IP, and falls under the application layer of the ISO 7-layer model. It…