What is a domain? Logical grouping of computers in a restricted area. A dedicated server controls it.

Difference between 2000 and XP professional Windows XP It has all the features of win 2000 + Windows firewall Remote Assistant Remote desktop Automatic updates Automatic system recovery System restore point I.E 6.0 and IIS 5.1 Service pack 2 Service pack and patches Patch is for a fixing the single or particular bug in OS Service pack is a collection of patched and hot fixes and security updates. Difference between Win 2000 and 2003 server Win 2003 IE 6.0 and IIS 6.0 SP 2 DNS stub zone (extra) Win 2000 SP 4 3 zones Standard primary Standard secondary Active directory integrated Domain controller renaming is possible ADS Database partition Application partition What is the purpose of IPCONFIG We can get the network setting of the local computer like IP, SUBNET MASK, DNS, WINS, MAC address Database partition Schema partition Configuration partition Domain name I.E 5.5 and IIS 5.0 Service pack 4 Windows 2000 Prof.

Purpose of ping To check the IP Connectivity of the remote machine How will you check the port connectivity? Telnet <IP address> <Port No> Then Screen Will Be Blank (Or) Will Display Some Junk Character+ If not established, it throws the error Msg What is purpose of DHCP? Abbreviation is dynamic host configuration protocol Purpose To assign IP address automatically to the TCP/IP based clients. What happen to the clients if DHCP server is unavailable? APIPA will be assigned to the clients Range: 169.254.x.x 255.255.0.0 DHCP server is available and the client does not have the IP address. Login has the local admin >ipconfig /release >ipconfig /renew

Trouble shooting commands ipconfig ping telnet nbtstat tracert for tracing the network path between the source and the destination netstat for viewing the locally established ports

Port numbers SMTP POP 3 I MAP FTP HTTP HTTPS DNS DHCP 25 110 143 20,21 80 443 53 67

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Configuring Ms Outlook Launch the outlook Wizard starts click next Ask exchange server name and user name check name ok If caching mode is enabled Address will be stored locally Outlook will work even though if exchange server is unavailable If caching mode is disabled Address book will be resolved from ads It will ask for the authentication if required (authenticated by user ADS authentication) Ok and finish. Possibilities of blue screen dump error Device driver corruption Ram problem HDD bad sector Os corruption Step to rectify

Last known good configuration Safe mode Boot from CD and repair the OS NTFS security and sharing permission When combined NTFS permission and sharing permission the most restrictive permission will be applied Terminal services command mstsc XP supports only one connection either local or remote 2003 supports three connections 1 local and 2 remote Dame ware port number: 6129 Terminal service port number: 3389 Booting sequence MBR NTLDR Hall.dll contains the information about the location of operating system. It takes care of the remaining boot process. checks the hardware in the PC Application and registry. Hardware access list Boot sector boot.ini Ntdetect.com Ntoskrnl.exe