How to logoff remote desktop sessions via command line tools? Oftentimes, some sessions get stuck in server and you need to clear it off via command line so here are steps to do that Query the Remote Server for Current Terminal Sessions To query and list the sessions on the remote session, you could use…
CITRIX INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
CITRIX INTERVIEW QUESTIONS 1. What is the requirement for Citrix server installation? Answer :- http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/xenapp6-w2k8/ps-system-requirements-w2k8-xa6.html 2. What is Datastore? Answer :- This is the place where all the static information are stored. The data store provides a repository of persistent information about the farm (Farm configuration information, Published Application configurations, Server configurations, Static policy configuration, XenApp administrator accounts, and…
Authoritative vs Non-Authoritative Restoration of Active Directory
Authoritative vs. Non-Authoritative Restoration of Active Directory It is the absolute worst case scenario possible; your domain controller has crashed. So what type of restore do you do? It is any network administrator’s worst nightmare; your domain controller has crashed. So where do you go from here? Well, hopefully you have been doing your backups…
Windows Event Logs Centralization
Windows Event Logs Centralization We always have a requirement to centralized the Event Logs collection so that at one place you can review the logs came from any Windows machine. So, here are the configuration steps we can use to centralized Event logs management through Windows Event forwarding Configuring the Event Collector(s) Configuring Event Collection…
Applying permissions to a Windows registry key
Applying permissions to a Windows registry key This article describes how to change permissions in the registry, in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista computers. Do not edit the Windows registry unless you are confident about doing so. Before you edit the registry, you are advised make a backup: At the taskbar, click Start|Run. Type ‘Regedit’ and press ‘Return’….
Upgrading your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008
Upgrading your Active Directory to Windows Server 2008 Here is in-place upgrading Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 Domain Controllers to Windows Server 2008 Domain Controllers. It will also help to installing Active Directory 2008 R2. Installing active directory 2008 might seem like simply feeding the DVD and pressing Next> until your server reboots into Windows…
How to delete older files using command prompt
How to delete older files using command prompt We usually get the requirement to automatically delete the files in regular intervals, we can achieve this task by creating a batch file and create a schedule task to delete files automatically in regular Intervals. Open a Notepad and put the below command: forfiles -p “Folder location”…
FSMO Roles
FSMO Roles What is AD FSMO Roles? A regular Interview Question explained below: Windows 2000/2003 Single-Master Model To prevent conflicting updates in Windows 2000/2003, the Active Directory performs updates to certain objects in a single-master fashion. In a single-master model, only one DC in the entire directory is allowed to process updates. This is similar…
How to check Windows Version remotely
How to check Windows Version remotely Oftentimes, we get the requirement to check the Windows Version remotely to reduce the manual work to login and check. So, here are some steps which can help you to check the windows version remotely. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion With this you can get only following Versions:Microsoft Windows 2000 (No different between…
List of Port numbers in Windows
List of Port numbers in Windows Below is the list of TCP/UDP port numbers being used in windows Port TCP UDP Description 9 UDP Wake-on-LAN 20 TCP UDP FTP data transfer 21 TCP FTP control (command) 22 TCP UDP Secure Shell (SSH) — used for secure logins, file transfers (scp, sftp) and port forwarding 23 TCP UDP Telnet protocol—unencrypted text…
Command to list Windows directory permissions
Command to list Windows directory permissions Sometime we have requirement to get a list of users and groups who have access to particular file or folder and we cannot copy paste the GUI list of security tab. Here we need a command to get the list and we can copy it through command prompt Here is the…
What’s new in Windows Server 2008 Cluster
What’s new in Windows Server 2008 Cluster Here is the new feature of windows server 2008 cluster in comparison with earlier windows version: New validation feature. With this feature, you can check that your system, storage, and network configuration is suitable for a cluster. Support for GUID partition table (GPT) disks in cluster storage….