Validating your Active Directory Schema Version
Before you can introduce a new version of Windows Server into your domain as a Domain Controller, you must prepare the schema by running ADPREP to prepare the forest as …
How to Extend the Windows 2008 Evaluation Period Up to 240 Days
With Windows Server 2008, you can evaluate the server operating system without activating the product for up to 240 days. You can verify the status of evaluation period by using …
Windows Server 2008 R2 Upgrade Paths
Let me start by saying that I am definitely not a fan of “in-place” upgrades. However, there are scenarios where you simply must choose this option. Before summarizing what is …
Manging the Network Connectivity Status Indicator
If you see your Windows computers accessing the site, http://www.msftncsi.com in your packet captures and/or firewall logs, it is due to the Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) feature in the …
Windows Server 2008 System Requirements
Thinking about installing Windows 2008 on your server? To use Windows Server 2008, you will need to make sure you system meets the following minimum requirements: Processor Minimum: 1 GHz (x86 …
Introducing Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012, formerly codenamed Windows Server 8, became generally available to Microsoft customers in September of 2012. The Windows Server operating system is found installed on many servers located …
What is a VLAN?
If you have reached this article, you are trying to find out more information about what a VLAN actually is. The term VLAN is typically used as a synonym for …
Ping and ICMP Error Messages
Ping is a network tool mainly used to test whether a host is reachable across an IP network and to measure the round-trip time for packets sent from the source …
Network Address Translation (NAT)
On all TCP/IP networks, every device requires a unique IP address. This quickly presented a challenge considering the shortage of IP addresses in the IPv4 scheme. Network Address Translation (NAT) …
Mapping Network Drives Using VBScript
One of the most common login scripts used in a domain environment is one that maps network drives for the end-user. There are a few ways that a solution can …
Accessing the Local Registry Using VBScript
Accessing the local registry is quite easy using VBScript. Here are some examples on how to read, write, and delete information from the local registry. RegRead Syntax object.RegRead(strName) More information on …
How to Pass Parameters to VBScript
If you have a VBScript program that would be better utilized if you can pass one or more parameters at run time, you can easily do so by accepting them …