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How can I add the Administrative Tools icon to the desktop in Windows XP/2003? The administrative Tools folder is in fact a sub-folder of the Documents and SettingsAll UsersStart MenuPrograms folder, but dragging it or moving it around your computer might cause it to stop functioning. There are 2 methods of adding the Administrative Tools…

How can I add additional attributes to the users objects in Active Directory? Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Active Directory allows you to edit the Schema and add additional attributes to it. These attributes can be easily connected to existing Object Classes such as users, groups, computers and so on. Adding items to the…

You cannot add a new listening port to your Terminal Server via the GUI (Terminal Server Configuration in Administrative Tools) because there is no option for changing the listening port via the GUI. What you need to do is create the new RDP listening port via the registry. Warning! This document contains instructions for editing…

In order to streamline the ownership of various files and folders in Windows Vista, you can add the “Take Ownership” option to your right-click menu. After clicking this icon, the owner of the selected file or folder will automatically change to your username. Please note that in order to use this feature you must have…

What DNS entries (SRV Records) does Windows 2000/2003 add when you create a domain? In order for Active Directory to function properly, DNS servers must provide support for Service Location (SRV) resource records described in RFC 2052, A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV). SRV resource records map the name of…

For a planned Active Directory, how can I predict how much memory will my new Domain Controllers require, and how many of them I need? The Active Directory service Sizer tool lets you estimate the hardware required for deploying Active Directory in an organization based on the organization’s profile, domain information and site topology. Based…

How do I modify the number of Active Directory objects to search? By default, the Windows 2000 Active Directory searches 10,000 objects at a time. This policy affects all browse displays associated with AD, the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, and the dialog boxes you use to set permissions for…

How does Ntdsutil.exe know it’s in Directory Restore mode? NTDSUTIL is a tool used for many Active Directory database maintenance tasks, such as defragmenting the DB, moving the DB and/or log files to a different place, cleaning the DB and more. NTDSUTIL will allow you to perform many of it’s functions while the DC is…

How do I defragment the Active Directory to make it smaller in size? The size of NTDS.DIT will often be different sizes across the domain controllers in a domain. Remember that Active Directory is a multi-master independent model where updates are occurring in each of the domain controllers with the changes being replicated over time…

MS KB 326480 has more info: This article describes how to set up the Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) to perform a migration from a Windows NT 4.0-based domain to a Windows Server 2003-based domain. You can use the ADMT to migrate users, groups, and computers from one domain to another, and to analyze the…