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 Windows 2000 Prof.

It has all the features of win 2000 +Windows firewallRemote AssistantRemote desktopAutomatic updatesAutomatic system recoverySystem restore point

I.E 6.0 and IIS 5.1 I.E 5.5 and IIS 5.0

Service pack 2 Service pack 4

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 Win 2000IE 6.0 and IIS 6.0SP 2 SP 4DNS stub zone (extra) 3 zones

Standard primaryStandard secondaryActive directory integrated

Domain controller renaming is possibleADS

Database partitionApplication partition

Database partitionSchema partitionConfiguration partitionDomain name

What is the purpose of IPCONFIG

We can get the network setting of the local computer like IP, SUBNET MASK,

DNS, WINS, MAC address

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 25

POP 3 110

I MAP 143

TELNET 23

FTP 20,21

HTTP 80

HTTPS 443

DNS 53

DHCP 67

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 contains the information about the location of operating system.

Boot sector boot.ini

NTLDR It takes care of the remaining boot process.

Ntdetect.com checks the hardware in the PC

Hall.dll Hardware access list

Ntoskrnl.exe Application and registry.