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How can I forcibly seize FSMO Roles from one domain controller (DC) to another? Windows Server Active Directory domains utilize a Single Operation Master method called FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation). The five FSMO roles are: Seize FSMO roles using PowerShell You can seize FSMO roles using the PowerShell Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole cmdlet. The syntax for the…

Latest Microsoft Hotfixes and Patches – Hotfix & Security Bulletin ServiceThe following list is taken from the Microsoft HotFix and Security Bulleting Service Note: This list is NOT a complete list of all Hotfixes and Patches provided by Microsoft. For the complete list please see the link above. Also, take a look at my Updating…

When Microsoft Windows 2000 was released many years ago, administrators were blessed with new functionality called Terminal Services which easily allowed remote administration of a server. The functionality or the concept was actually not new. Administrators of Windows operating systems as well as other platforms are plenty familiar with the concept of remote administration. For…

How can I prevent other users from disabling the IPSEC Policy Agent service? In previous articles I’ve showed you how to protect your computer with the IPSEC mechanism (see Block Ping Traffic with IPSec, Block Web Browsing but Allow Intranet Traffic with IPSec and Block Web Browsing with IPSec). These articles describe how an administrator…

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When you make frequent writes and deletions from your hard disk your disks will become fragmented with time. Fragmentation of the disks will result in lower I/O performance. In order to prevent loss of performance over time, it is best to perform routine defragmentations of your hard disks. Manual defragmentation of you disks is possible…

Your computer stores its data on hard disk(s). Disks can accumulate a lot of un-used files, old temporary files, temporary Internet files, old setup files and more. Keeping your disks clean and tidy is a task that can be done manually (by those of you who know what to delete – not any file can…

SBS 2003 Gold (RTM) Patches Required Patches SBS 2003 (Small Business Server) which is based on Windows Server 2003 requires the following security-related patches: Make sure you read Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Patches before you go on. February 2004 MS04-007 : ASN .1 Vulnerability Could Allow Code Execution (828028) MS04-006 : Vulnerability in the Windows…

  Required Patches – SP1/SP1a Small Business Server 2000 is based on the Windows 2000 platform, and incorporates Back Office 2000 products such as Exchange 2000 Server, ISA Server 2000, SQL 2000 Server and more. Because of that, virtually all Windows 2000, Exchange 2000, SQL 2000, ISA Server 2000 patches and service packs apply to…