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Fast answers to frequently asked questions Essential information at your fingertips! If you like your answers quick and your information up-to-date, look no further. With this concise, superbly organized reference, you'll get step-by-step advice on how to manage a Windows 2000 network -- from setting up users and groups to locking down security. The Dummies Way?(TM) Concise, "get it done" information Helpful alphabetical organization Convenient lay-flat binding Icons and other navigational aids A dash of humor and fun Get smart! www.dummies.com

About the Author Sue Plumley has owned and operated her own computer and network consulting business since 1988. Sue has taught businesses and schools to plan, install, configure, and migrate Windows networks since 1996.

Intro: How to Use This Book	p. 1
How This Book Is Organized	p. 2
Glossary	p. 3
The Cast of Icons	p. 3
Getting Started	p. 5
Active Directory	p. 6
Using a member server	p. 6
Using a domain controller	p. 7
Components	p. 8
Delegate Control	p. 9
Microsoft Management Console	p. 12
Opening a console	p. 13
Creating a custom console	p. 14
Saving consoles	p. 16
Opening and closing consoles	p. 17
Plug and Play	p. 17
Using Power Options	p. 18
Installing devices	p. 19
Uninstalling the device	p. 21
Reinstalling a device	p. 23
Snap-ins	p. 24
Using a preconfigured snap-in	p. 25
Managing the server remotely	p. 26
Disaster Prevention	p. 29
Backup	p. 30
Creating boot disks	p. 30
Creating an Emergency Repair Disk	p. 31
Using an Emergency Repair Disk and boot disks	p. 33
Disk Cleanup	p. 34
Disk Defragmenter	p. 36
Analyzing volumes	p. 36
Defragmenting a volume	p. 38
Group Policy	p. 39
Opening the Group Policy snap-in	p. 40
Editing computer configuration	p. 42
Editing user configuration	p. 44
RAID Disks	p. 44
Creating a RAID-5 volume	p. 45
Creating a mirrored volume	p. 46
Breaking mirrored volumes	p. 46
Repairing the mirrored volume	p. 47
Recovery	p. 47
Safe Mode	p. 49
Scheduled Tasks	p. 50
UPS	p. 52
User Profiles	p. 52
Applying a logon script to a user profile	p. 53
Assigning a home directory	p. 54
Network Management	p. 57
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)	p. 58
Refreshing server statistics	p. 58
Viewing DHCP server statistics	p. 59
Domains	p. 60
Finding computers, users, and other objects on the network	p. 60
Managing another domain	p. 61
Print Spooler	p. 62
Starting and stopping the print spooler	p. 62
Optimizing print spooling	p. 63
Setting alternate printing times	p. 63
Printing	p. 64
Finding printers in the Active Directory	p. 64
Setting priority levels	p. 65
Replication	p. 66
Forcing a replication	p. 66
Checking topology	p. 67
Sites	p. 68
Creating foreign sites	p. 68
Adding a foreign computer to a site	p. 69
Finding the site-license server	p. 70
Trusts	p. 70
Verifying a trust	p. 71
Revoking a trust	p. 71
Server Management	p. 73
Disk Management	p. 74
Adding a disk	p. 74
Partitioning and formatting a volume	p. 75
Assigning drive letters to disks	p. 77
Mounting a drive	p. 78
Refreshing a disk	p. 79
Disk Quotas	p. 80
Files and Folders	p. 82
Mapping drives	p. 82
Auditing access to files and folders	p. 83
Using offline files	p. 85
Monitoring Connections	p. 86
Remote Access	p. 87
Setting conditions for the remote access policy	p. 87
Editing a dial-in profile	p. 89
Removable Storage	p. 90
Viewing removable storage	p. 91
Mounting and dismounting a tape or disc drive	p. 92
TCP/IP	p. 92
Client Management	p. 95
Computer Accounts	p. 96
Moving a computer account	p. 96
Disabling a computer account	p. 97
Resetting a computer account	p. 97
Deleting a computer account	p. 98
Logon	p. 98
Permanently preventing logon	p. 98
Temporarily preventing logon	p. 99
Software Installation	p. 99
Preparing for software installation	p. 100
Opening the Software Installation snap-in	p. 100
Setting the package location	p. 103
Assigning and publishing applications	p. 104
Upgrading applications	p. 104
Terminal Services	p. 105
Preparing for terminal services	p. 105
Turning terminal services on and off	p. 106
Users	p. 107
Sending a console message	p. 107
Disconnecting a user from a shared resource	p. 109
Limiting the number of users on a share	p. 109
Network Security	p. 111
Account Policies	p. 112
Analysis	p. 114
Analyzing system security	p. 114
Viewing the analysis	p. 116
Configuring system security	p. 117
Groups	p. 118
Internet Printing	p. 119
Objects	p. 120
Taking ownership of an object	p. 120
Taking ownership of a printer	p. 122
Adding permissions to objects	p. 123
Blocking Inheritance	p. 125
Security Settings	p. 126
Security Templates	p. 127
Looking at the predefined security templates	p. 128
Customizing a predefined security template	p. 128
Applying a security template	p. 129
Deleting a security template	p. 130
Remote-Server Management	p. 131
Administration Tools	p. 132
Encryption	p. 133
Setting encryption for the server	p. 134
Configuring encryption for dial-up connections	p. 135
Remote Access	p. 137
Remote-Access Permissions	p. 138
Remote-Access Policy	p. 140
Setting dial-in constraints	p. 140
Configuring IP options	p. 142
Remote-Access Server	p. 143
Checking hardware requirements	p. 144
Enabling Routing and Remote Access service	p. 144
Remote Installation	p. 147
Checking hardware requirements	p. 147
Installing Remote Installation Services	p. 148
TCP/IP	p. 148
Configuring IP addresses	p. 149
Setting remote access server IP properties	p. 150
Troubleshooting Servers	p. 153
Active Directory	p. 154
Problems with promoting or demoting the server	p. 154
Making Active Directory features available	p. 154
Display	p. 155
Documentation	p. 156
Event Viewer	p. 156
Looking at the Event Viewer	p. 157
Managing the Event Viewer	p. 158
Setting log properties	p. 159
Group Policy	p. 162
Modifying Group Policy Objects	p. 162
Solving problems with Policy Objects not taking effect	p. 162
Hardware	p. 163
Help Troubleshooter	p. 165
Modem	p. 166
Printing	p. 167
Registry	p. 168
Startup	p. 169
Steps to Troubleshooting	p. 169
Stop Errors	p. 170
WINS	p. 171
Troubleshooting Networks	p. 173
Clients	p. 174
Troubleshooting the Client for Microsoft Networks	p. 174
Troubleshooting the client for NetWare networks	p. 176
DHCP	p. 176
DNS	p. 177
Performing general troubleshooting	p. 177
Using Nslookup	p. 178
Using Ipconfig	p. 178
Internet Connections	p. 180
Solving connection problems	p. 180
Solving sharing problems	p. 181
Network Connections	p. 181
Troubleshooting LAN connections	p. 182
Diagnosing dial-up connections	p. 183
TCP/IP	p. 184
Troubleshooting TCP/IP	p. 185
Using Ping	p. 185
Using ARP	p. 187
Using Netstat	p. 188
Using Tracert	p. 189
Glossary: Techie Talk	p. 191
Index	p. 201
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