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To Find Windows Password ….

The Operating System User Password get stored in a file called SAM within your C:\windows\system32

If  you  forgot my password or to find any others password.

Normally In Windows you can trace your password or simple remove it. There are a number of ways to do this.

If you know OS Installation, you can follow any one of the following steps.

1. Put the OS CD in the disk and start installing. After 10 mins it will say INSTALLING DRIVERS. At this step hit “SHIFT + F10”

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t will open the command prompt for you. There type “NUSRMGR.CPL” to open control panel and create a new account for you.

2. Put the OS CD in the disk and start installing. After 10 mins it will say INSTALLING DRIVERS. At this step hit  “SHIFT + F10”

It will open the command prompt for you. There type “CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2”

A window will pop-up showing all the user accounts available. You can directly change the password without knowing the old password.
I think I cannot do these things of my own. Is there any software provided for changing the password.
Yes.

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USB 3.0 Now Introduced

One of the announcements to come out of the IDF keynote this afternoon was Pat Gelsinger's discussion and demonstration of USB 3.0 technology. Although still in the prototype stage, USB 3.0 is aiming for 10 times the bandwidth of current USB2.0 solutions,or approximately 5Gbps. Since this requires fiber optic cabling, USB 3.0 will add a length of optical data cable to the mix, though USB 3.0 will retain full compatibility with USB 2.0 (and, one assumes, USB 1.0 as well).

Gelsinger expects the final version specifications to be finished by the first half of 2008,
with USB 3.0 peripherals realistically appearing in 2009 or 2010. There are an increasing number of devices that could potentially take advantage of the additional bandwidth, including external hard drives,flash readers, video cameras, and the all-new USB-compliant llama expected to be genetically delivered from the Andes sometime in late 2011. Obviously a USB llama wouldn't be much use without a USB 3.0 device-ever tried downloading from a llama over an old 10BaseT network? Yeah. It'd be worse.

As for the other, official features of USB 3.0, there remains quite a bit of information we don't know, and it would have been nice for Intel to have included additional information. USB has long been criticized for relatively high CPU usage. This has inevitably become
less of an issue as CPU performance has improved, but devices capable of using USB 3.0's higher bandwidth capabilities could make CPU usage a problem again unless the issue is addressed during spec development. Issues like cable length, available power provided, and the number of devices per channel are all unrevealed as yet, and possibly unresolved. The Inquirer has a few more details on the spec (and the rest of the keynote) if you're interested.

As far as future market competition, its target of 5Gbps puts USB 3.0 ahead of current eSATA (3Gbps), which is really the only other device protocol under active development that might challenge it as a peripheral interconnect. Although an IEEE 1394c protocol has been developed and published as of June 8 2007, no company has announced an intent to produce a product or chipset that utilizes the standard.FireWire remains supported in certain sectors, but I'd personally be surprised if the combination of USB 3.0 and eSATA doesn't push FireWire out of the market completely. As for the nascent specification, the proposed 5Gbps speed is great and all, but hopefully the development committees will acknowledge some of the other concerns regarding the USB 2.0 protocol and incorporate solutions for them, rather than carrying them over into another product generation.

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Performing a Memory Test

Modern computers contain a significant amount of memory, and it isn’t easy to know whether the memory is usable. Because of the way that Windows manages memory, it’s impossible to test memory correctly in Windows. A few products on the market try, but the results are probably inaccurate or memory isn’t fully tested. Windows Server 2008 comes with a new memory testing diagnostic that you can access from one of three locations:

✦ The Control Panel

✦ The boot menu

✦ The CD diagnostics

The diagnostic behaves about the same no matter where you access it. To access the memory diagnostic from within Windows, open the Control Panel and double-click the Memory Diagnostics Tool entry within the Administrative Tools folder. To start the diagnostic at the boot menu, press Tab, select the Windows Memory Diagnostic option from the Tools menu, and press OK. When you start the Windows Memory Diagnostics tool from the CD or from within Windows, it displays a dialog box where you choose between performing the test immediately or waiting until the next time you boot the machine.

Performing the test immediately is the preferred option when you suspect that your system is having memory problems. Starting the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool from the boot menu begins the test immediately. If you’re starting this test from the CD, don’t boot from the CD when you want to run the test. The test starts when you attempt to boot from the hard drive. Of course, this means you have to have a bootable partition on the hard drive and that this isn’t one of the diagnostics you can run exclusively from the CD.

All you can do is start the test from the CD when you can’t start it for whatever reason by using the boot menu or directly from Windows. When the test begins, you see a Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool screen. Windows isn’t booted at this point, so you can’t do anything with the machine. You can use the default settings for most situations. However, if you want a faster or more comprehensive test, press F1 to enter the Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool – Options window, where you can set any of these options:

✦ Test Mix: Determine the tests that Windows runs on memory. Extended tests can help you locate even subtle memory problems, but they require a significant amount of time. Basic tests are good for a very quick check when you want to verify system health.

✦ Cache: Enable or disable the memory cache. The default setting uses the configuration found in the BIOS settings for your machine. In general, you want to use the Default setting unless you have a reason to suspect that the cache is damaged.

✦ Pass Count: Define the number of times that the test runs. The default setting of 2 finds most problems. You can miss intermittent problems by using a value of 1. The settings let you run the tests up to 99 times, which is probably overkill.

Configure the settings you want to use and then press F10. The Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool screen displays the test progress for you. When the test completes, your machine boots as normal. If you started the test from the boot menu or within Windows, you see in the notification area a status message from the Windows Memory Diagnostic tool. Click the associated Notification Area icon to remove the message. If you start the test using the CD, you don’t see the status message when you boot Windows — you need to watch the test as it runs.

Performing a Windows Complete PC Restore

At some point, your server will experience some type of major hard drive failure and won’t boot. Yes, you can keep track of the event log, configure the hard drive’s Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART) capability in the BIOS configuration, and run your own diagnostics, but sometimes the hard drive will fail even with all this vigilance in place.

In addition, bad configurations, viruses, adware, and other issues can force you to perform a complete restore of your hard drive to get the system back into a usable state. Of course, all these issues point to the need for a good backup Assuming that you have a good backup, you can restore it using either the standard approach or the Windows Complete PC Restore option of the System Recovery Options dialog box, shown below Figure . Starting the restoration by using the CD ensures that any virus, adware, or other type of nefarious software isn’t running when you begin the restore, which tends to ensure that the restoration process will succeed as expected. In addition, you must use the CD approach when the hard drive fails completely.



Using the Command Prompt

Boot CD: You can use the boot CD to open a command prompt that doesn’t have any access to any operating system resources but can perform tasks without any operating system interference. This option is the best one to use for low-level tasks. For example, you use this option to replace operating system files or repartition the disk. However, this option may not be available when the hard drive relies on BitLocker encryption. Yes, you can still open the command prompt, but the BitLocker encryption prevents you from performing any useful tasks.

✦ Boot menu: Using the boot menu option provides a command prompt that includes some operating system functionality but none of the normal drivers. The system has booted into Safe Mode. All the normal paths are in place, but you may notice that some devices are unavailable. Use this option when you need to perform diagnostics with command line utilities. For example, you can verify that the system has specific services running. You can start or stop services to observe their effect on the system and determine whether a particular service is causing the system to fail.

✦ Within Windows Server 2008: When you open a command prompt from within Windows Server 2008, you normally have full access to the system features. In addition, you can work with all the normal drivers loaded and services running. Use this option when you want to perform configuration or other maintenance tasks at the command line. Be aware, however,that the operating system may actually hide some system features from view.

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Using debugging mode

Debugging mode is an option where Windows boots a special version of itself called the kernel debugger. A developer can use this mode to troubleshoot errant code either locally (when the system is generally working) or from a remote location. Unlike Remote Desktop or other methods of connecting remotely, debugging mode requires a serial connection, normally using COM2. Disabling the automatic restart on system failure Windows is set up to restart automatically during a major system failure. This behavior makes it possible to recover from a major failure without having to perform a hard boot (essentially pulling the plug or pressing the Reset button on the front of the system), which can cause damage to your hard drive. There are two problems with this feature:

✦ Windows can reboot before you can record all the information you need about the major failure.
✦ Some viruses rely on the reboot feature and can actually prevent you from using the server by causing the server to constantly crash

Disabling driver signature enforcement

Many of the virus, adware, security, and crash problems with Windows occur when someone installs a driver of dubious origin. The driver supposedly provides some special feature for Windows but in reality makes Windows unstable and can open doors for people of ill intent who want your system for themselves. Of course, Microsoft’s solution is to lock down Windows so that you can use only signed drivers. A signed driver is one in which the driver creator uses a special digital signature to “sign” the driver software. You can examine this signature (as can Windows) to ensure that the driver is legitimate.

Windows 2008 doesn’t load a driver that the vendor hasn’t signed. Unfortunately, you’ll find more unsigned than signed drivers on the market right now. Vendors haven’t signed their drivers, for the most part, because the process is incredibly expensive and difficult. Many vendors see the new Windows 2008 feature as Microsoft’s method of forcing them to spend money on something that they dispute as having value.

Theoretically, someone can forge a signature, which means that the signing process isn’t foolproof and may not actually make Windows more secure or reliable. Of course, the market will eventually decide whether Microsoft or the vendors are correct, but for now you have to worry about having signed drivers to use with Windows.

Using the boot method of permanently disabling signed driver checking An undocumented method of disabling the signed driver requirement for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2008 is to use the BCDEdit utility to make a change to the boot configuration. Because this feature isn’t documented, Microsoft could remove it at any time. This procedure isn’t something that a novice administrator should attempt to do, but it’s doable. The following steps describe the process:

1. Choose Start➪Programs➪Accessories. You see the Accessories menu.

2. Right-click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator from the context menu.

Windows opens a command line with elevated privileges. You can tell that the privileges are elevated because the title bar states that this is the administrator’s command prompt rather than a standard command prompt.

3. Type BCDEdit /Export C:\BCDBackup and press Enter.

BCDEdit displays the message This Operation Completed Successfully. This command saves a copy of your current boot configuration to the C:\BCDBackup file. Never change the boot configuration without making a backup.

4. Type BCDEdit /Set LoadOptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS and press Enter.

BCDEdit displays the message This Operation Completed Successfully. Your command prompt should now look like the one shown in this fig.


5. Restart your system as normal to use the new configuration.

Using the group policy method of permanently disabling signed driver checking Users of the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2008 also have a documented and Microsoft-approved method of bypassing the signing requirement. (This technique will never work on the 64-bit version of the product.) In this case,you set a global policy that disables the requirement for the local machine (when made on the local machine) or the domain (when made on the domain controller). The following steps describe how to use the Global Policy Edit (GPEdit) console to perform this task.

1. Choose Start➪Run.

You see the Run dialog box.

2. Type GPEdit.MSC (for Group Policy Edit) in the Open field and click OK.

Windows displays the Local Group Policy Editor window.

3. Locate the Local Computer Policy\User Configuration\ Administrative Templates\System\Driver Installation folder.

4. Double-click the Code Signing for Device Drivers policy.

You see the Code Signing for Device Drivers Properties dialog box,shown below.....





5. Select Enabled.

6. Choose Ignore (installs unsigned drivers without asking), Warn (displays a message asking whether you want to install the unsigned driver), or Block (disallows unsigned driver installation automatically) from the drop-down list.

7. Click OK.

The Local Group Policy Editor console sets the new policy for installing device drivers.

8. Close the Local Group Policy Editor console.

9. Reboot the server.

Theoretically, the changes you made should take effect immediately after you log back in to the system. However, to make sure the policy takes effect for everyone, reboot the server.

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Using a Special Boot Mode

Working with the Safe Mode options Safe Mode is one of the oldest diagnostic features of Windows, and it’s still one that you find used quite often to locate problems. The idea behind Safe Mode is that the operating system boots with the minimal number of features in place that are necessary for the operating system to work.

Using standard Safe Mode

Standard Safe Mode is the most restrictive form: None of the non-essential device drivers, services, or applications load. In fact, you can’t even access the network. Your system becomes a standalone machine that really can’t do much except recover from whatever problem has affected it. you can use this mode for the following tasks:

✦ Restore a backup.

✦ Perform a backup.

✦ Modify the registry.

✦ Uninstall an errant application, device driver, or service.

✦ Perform GUI-based diagnostics.

Using Safe Mode with Networking

The Safe Mode with Networking option performs the normal Safe Mode setup and then adds any drivers, services, and applications required to create a network connection. The resulting network connection lets you access other machines. Windows also restores any device mappings for your system so that you have access to hard drives on other systems.

You can use this mode for the following tasks:

✦ Install an application, device driver, or service update using a file on a server.

✦ Connect to another machine to compare its setup with the local setup.

✦ Use a shared Internet connection to obtain updates online.

✦ Use a shared Internet connection to search for troubleshooting help,leave help messages on newsgroups, and search vendor Web sites for additional information.

✦ Troubleshoot a network connectivity problem in an environment free of other software.

✦ Make the troubled system available for collaborative troubleshooting.

Using Safe Mode with Command Prompt

The Safe Mode with Command Prompt option starts the system in Safe Mode but doesn’t start the graphical user interface (GUI). What you see instead is a command prompt where you can run utilities to determine the system status. You may not think that the command prompt has much to offer, but you can perform nearly any configuration task at the command prompt without GUI interference. In fact, Windows Server 2008 includes a new utility named Server Manager Cmd that makes it considerably easier to configure your server from the command prompt you can use this mode for the following tasks:

✦ Verify that the graphical components aren’t causing a system failure.

✦ Perform configuration tasks outside the GUI to determine whether the GUI is keeping them from completing normally.

✦ Use batch files or other character-based tools to troubleshoot your system faster than you can when using the GUI (this mode provides a significant performance boost).

The Safe Mode with Command Prompt option doesn’t start most of the GUI features that you may have used in the past. You can’t even use a mouse. Consequently, make sure you know how to perform tasks using just the keyboard. In addition, you don’t have access to the Start menu. If you start in this mode, you need to type Shutdown /s and press Enter. This command shuts off the system completely.

If you decide that you want to restart the computer instead, type Shutdown /r and press Enter.When working at the command prompt, use the pipe symbol (|) followed by the More command to display long screens of Help information. For example, if you want to see all the help information for the Shutdown command, you type Shutdown /? | More and press Enter. Windows displays the Help information one screen at a time.

Using the last known good configuration

Many errors occur due to a configuration change. For example, you might install a new device driver and find that the system suddenly doesn’t boot because of it. A new application can cause the system to fail as well. Any change that affects the boot sequence can cause problems that seem impossible to fix. The Last Known Good Configuration (Advanced) option lets you use the configuration from the last time that Windows booted successfully without using any of the special options. Think of it as an undo feature — you can reverse the effects of a single bad decision, configuration change, or installation.

Using Directory Services Restore mode

Active Directory is a special kind of hierarchical database that stores system settings, computer information, user information, application configuration, and a wealth of other information and statistics about your network. When this database becomes corrupted, it can prevent your server from booting because Windows can’t find the settingsit needs. Choosing the Directory Services Restore Mode option tells Windows to attempt to fix Active Directory — at least enough to let you boot the server. After you boot the server, you can restore any backup you have to fix the Problem completely.

You find Active Directory used only on domain controllers If your server isn’t a domain controller, it doesn’t have Active Directory installed and you should never use this option with it. When you use the Directory Services Restore Mode option, Windows performs the following tasks:

1. The server begins booting as if you had selected a Safe Mode option.

2. The server then performs a check of the hard drives on your system.This check looks for any problems with the hard drive that could have caused the Active Directory corruption (using the ChkDsk utility).

3. After a few more configuration tasks take place, you see a normal login screen. Supply your credentials and you see a Safe Mode screen — not the normal GUI.

4. Use any Active Directory GUI or command line tool to make repairs to Active Directory. You can also restore any backup you made (assuming the backup is available in Safe Mode).

5. After you finish the repairs, type Shutdown /r and press Enter at the command prompt or choose Start➪Shutdown.

6. When you’re working at the command line, Windows displays a You Are About to be Logged Off dialog box. After about a minute, the server reboots. When working with the GUI shutdown, you see the normal Shut Down Windows dialog box, where you can choose any of the standard
shutdown options. You can use Windows Server 2008 in its normal mode at this point and continue any repairs you need to make to Active Directory.

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

Keyboard shortcuts to know

About when your mouse fails Many debugging modes can cause your mouse to fail. The mouse cursor appears as normal,but moving the mouse no longer moves the cursor. You can always try rebooting your system and entering debugging mode again, but sometimes this technique doesn’t work. When you can’t get the mouse to work, you need to use the keyboard exclusively. Of course, most people know that you can move from field to field in an application by pressing the Tab key.

Pressing Alt+Menu Letter accesses menu options in an application. Move between applications by pressing Alt+Tab. Move between options on the Taskbar using a combination of the Tab key (to move between major areas) and the arrow keys. Clear or check an option by pressing the spacebar. If you need to display a list of options in a list box or combo box, press Alt+Down Arrow, select the option you want, and then press Enter.

Of course, you can press the Windows key to select the Taskbar and then the Context menu key (between the Windows key and the Ctrl key on the right side of the keyboard) to display context menus.

Windows system key combinations

F1: Help
CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
ALT+F4: Quit program
SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently


Windows program key combinations

CTRL+C: Copy
CTRL+X: Cut
CTRL+V: Paste
CTRL+Z: Undo
CTRL+B: Bold
CTRL+U: Underline
CTRL+I: Italic


Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects


SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
ALT+double click: Displays properties
SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin


General keyboard-only commands


F1: Starts Windows Help
F10: Activates menu bar options
SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
ALT+F4: Closes the current window
CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)


Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts


For a selected object:
F2: Rename object
F3: Find all files
CTRL+X: Cut
CTRL+C: Copy
CTRL+V: Paste
SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object


To copy a file


Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.


To create a shortcut


Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.
General folder/shortcut control
F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
F5: Refreshes the current window.
F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders


Windows Explorer tree control


Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent


Properties control


CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs
Accessibility shortcuts
Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off


Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys


Windows Logo: Start menu
Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
Windows Logo+F1: Help
Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)
Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item


Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed


Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off


Dialog box keyboard commands


TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item

Source:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449.

Starting diagnostics from the boot CD

Starting diagnostics from the boot CD keeps the operating system out of the picture. What you’re really starting is the specialized setup program, and it doesn’t affect your system in any significant way. Your system must provide the means to boot from a CD. Fortunately, most modern systems provide this capability and you shouldn’t experience any problems. The following steps get you started using this technique:

1. Place the boot CD in the CD drive and restart the system.

2. Press Enter when you see the message to boot from a CD or DVD.

The setup program tells you that it’s installing some device drivers and other software. The drivers and other software represent the minimum required to interact with your system. For example, the setup program may have to install a driver to access the hard drive. When the initialization completes, you see the Install Windows dialog box, shown in Figure


3. Select the appropriate options in the Language to Install, Time and Currency Format, and Keyboard or Input Method fields. Click Next.

The setup program displays a different set of options. The main option shown in Figure is Install Now, but you don’t want to install the operating system at this point. What you want to do is access the diagnostic programs. Look at the options in the lower-left corner of Next Figure




4. Click Repair Your Computer.

You see a System Recovery Options dialog box.

5. Select the partition that contains the copy of Windows you want to manage.

6. Click Load Drivers, if necessary, to load the drivers for your hard drive. Place the disk containing the required drivers in the disk drive and click OK.

You should need to perform this step only for older devices, such as Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) drives. Follow the vendor instructions to load the driver.

7. Click Next.

You see a System Recovery Options dialog box containing three diagnostic options, as shown in Figure Noe you can do the Performing a Memory Test using Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool option.When you finish performing diagnostics, click Restart or Shutdown. The Shutdown option actually turns your system off unless it lacks the required functionality. The Restart option always restarts the system. Make sure you don’t press Enter when you see the Boot from CD or DVD message when you want to start the system normally.



Starting diagnostics from the boot menu

Starting diagnostics from the boot menu is considerably simpler than starting them from the boot CD. In this case, you want to start your system normally. However, when you see the boot menu, press F8 to display the Advanced Boot Options menu. The “Using a Special Boot Mode” section of this chapter describes all these options. You may want to start the memory diagnostic rather than use an advanced boot option. In this case, press Tab to access the Tools menu. The only selection in the current version of Windows is Windows Memory Diagnostic. Press Enter to choose this option. The “Performing a Memory Test” section of this chapter describes this option in detail.

Defining the Benefits of Windows Server Manager

Defining the Benefits of Windows Server Manager

The main purpose of Windows Server Manager is to help administrators install, configure, and manage server roles and features. A server role is a major part of the server, such as Active Directory support. A server feature is a lessinclusive part of the server that supports a server role, such as Failover Clustering. You can also use this utility to perform diagnostics and configuration and to manage storage, as shown in Figure 1-5. In many respects, Server Manager is a version of Computer Management (found in client Windows systems) for the server. You can also perform tasks with Server Manager at the command line. The ServerMgrCmd utility provides access to all the Server Manager functionality. You can use this utility to automate most server configuration tasks.

Considering Windows PowerShell

Windows Power Shell is a new kind of command prompt based on .NET technology. If you worked with the Windows command prompt in the past, you already have a very good idea of how to use Windows PowerShell because they both fulfill some of the same purposes. Of course, the two text environments aren’t precisely the same — Windows PowerShell overcomes some of the problems of the old command prompt by adding additional security and significantly enhancing your ability to create both batch files and scripts. One of the features you’ll like best about Windows PowerShell is the Help system Anything you can do with the .NET Framework, you can also do with Windows PowerShell

Communicating with Terminal Services (TS)

Terminal Services (TS) is an essential part of any server setup because it’s part of the software that lets you work from a remote location. Given that many people don’t like to work in the same closet that holds the server (it’s dark and stuffy in there), TS is an incredibly important application. Windows Server 2008 improves on TS considerably. Microsoft’s goal seems to be to provide remote access to applications and data in a way that makes it unnecessary to provide these features on the client in many cases. It’s a nod to the centrally managed mainframe computer of days gone by. The following sections provide a brief description of the special TS features for Windows Server 2008.


TS Easy Print

Most users need to print their data at some point. In the past, many printing solutions let the user print locally or remotely, but not both. TS Easy Print lets the user print the data from the TS RemoteApp application either locally or remotely. The server doesn’t even have to have the printer driver installed as long as the printer driver is installed on the client machine. Group policies help administrators control which printers users can access and how they can use them.

TS Gateway

Users can still rely on the Remote Desktop application to create a connection to the server. The Remove Desktop application must support Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 6.0 to receive full functionality, but otherwise the user doesn’t notice any difference between Windows Server 2008 and any previous version of Windows.

TS RemoteApp

The TS RemoteApp feature makes it possible for the user to interact with TS without really knowing it. The user can start an application, as always, by double-clicking an icon or selecting an option on the Start menu. Of course, the user will see a delay in starting the application because a network can’t react as fast as the local machine can, but the application otherwise will run as normal. As with a locally installed application, the user can also start a remote application by double-clicking an associated file.