Daniel Petri

This Windows Server 2003 installation and setup guide takes you from initial install to final configuration.

This procedure assumes that Windows XP is installed on drive C: Drive C: must be FAT16 or FAT32 to be able to install Windows 98 after XP is already installed. The 98/Me installation routine cannot write to an NTFS partition. You must have a second hard disk or partition formatted for FAT16/32 in order to…

How can I install the Certificate Authority (CA) service in Windows Server 2003? Windows Server 2003 can be used as a Certificate Authority (also known as CA) to provide extended security by offering support for Digital Certificates. Digital Certificates can be granted to users based upon their roles and group membership. For example, a regular…

How can I install Windows Vista? As a Microsoft Windows Vista support professional, one of your tasks may be to install the operating system. Step #1: Plan your installation When you run the Windows Vista Setup program, you must provide information about how to install and configure the operating system. Thorough planning can make your…

How can I install Windows Vista without supplying the product key? Well, you can, sort of. You can configure Windows Vista to install without having to manually enter the product key during the setup process. This is quite useful if you find yourself in need to perform an installation of the OS but without having…

How can I install Windows XP on FAT32 partitions that are larger than 32GB? As you probably know already, Windows 2000, XP and Windows Server 2003 have built-in support for FAT32-formatted partitions (Windows NT 4.0 did not). Although these operating systems can read, write and boot from FAT32 partitions, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003…

In late April 2007 Microsoft has released Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) version 3.0. WSUS enables IT administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers running the Windows operating system. By using WSUS, administrators can fully manage the distribution of updates that are released through Microsoft Update to computers in their network. You…

Daniel Petri guides you through the steps required to create a Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller for a new Active Directory domain.

The Server Core installation option of the Windows Server 2008 operating system installs a minimal server installation of Windows Server 2008 to run supported server roles, including the Hyper-V role. When you select the Server Core installation type option, the Windows setup program installs only the files that are required for the supported server roles….

Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) graphically displays the topology of a network. This post shows you how to setup LLTD on Windows Server 2003.

In one of my previous articles – “Hide your Vista Computer on the Network” I wrote about what the network map is in Vista. The network map on a computer running Windows Vista shows a graphical view of the computers and devices on your network and how they are connected by using the LLTD protocol….

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) enables IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server 2008 from a computer that is running Windows Vista with SP1. It includes support for remote management of computers that are running either a Server Core installation option or a full installation option of Windows Server 2008….