If we enable Strict Replication Consistency Lingering objects are not present on domain controllers that log Event ID 1988. The source domain controller contains the lingering object Also Read: How to check tombstone lifetime value in your Forest If we doesn’t enable Strict Replication Consistency Lingering objects are not present on domain controllers that log Event… Read More »
Lingering objects When an object is deleted, Active Directory replicates the deletion as a tombstone object, which consists of a small subset of the attributes of the deleted object. By inbound-replicating this object, other domain controllers in the domain and forest become aware of the deletion. The tombstone is retained in Active Directory for a… Read More »
Data in windows 2000 is divided into two primary types 1) User Data and 2) System State data. User data includes application files and folders, operating system files and folders, and user-created files and folders. For all Windows 2000 computers, System State Data includes operating system boot files, the registry and the COM+ class registration… Read More »
Active Directory uses a multimaster replication model. In multimaster replication, changes can be made on any DC. In addition ,changes made on any DC are replicated to all other DC’s. So AD is said to use a Multimaster model. Unlike Windows NT uses a Single-master mode, and all changes to objects are controlled by the… Read More »
Whats is DNS server roles and different types of zones A zone is a storage database for either a DNS domain or for a DNS domain and one or more of its subdomains. On all Windows 2000 DNS servers except Active Directory-integrated DNS servers, all DNS entries for a zone are contained in single text file… Read More »
DNS troubleshooting If the client resolves the host name with the wrong IP address, this might be because of DNS server cache, the original IP address for the corresponding host have changed but still the local DNS server cache not yet updated, so you client will get the wrong and old IP address from DNS… Read More »
Clearing the DNS Cache You want to clear DNS cache. The DNS cache contains resource records that are cached for a period of time in memory so that repeated requests for the same record can be returned immediately. There are two types of DNS cache. One pertains to the resolver on any Windows client (servers… Read More »
Some of the Basic commands, windows admin’s should know Basic commands View Last Reboot Time net statistics server | more Run a program as another user runas /user:domainusername appnameex: runas /user:jeffk cmd.exe Remote Desktop into Console of specific computer Mstsc /v:computername /consoleEx: mstsc /v:deserver /console Map a network Drive Net use drivename: \servershareNet use z:… Read More »
As a windows administrator we have to use the keyboard shortcuts to work effectively, compare to mouse, keyboard shortcuts are very faster to work I have used the following keyboard shortcuts every day: Windows key + R = Run menuThis is usually followed by:cmd = Command Promptiexplore + “web address” = Internet Explorercompmgmt.msc = Computer… Read More »
Understanding the time zone configuration in windows (Time Service in Windows Part 2) Difference between timeBefore describing the time zone configuration you should know what is time zone and how and why it’s used, relation between time and time zone, and difference between time Due to time difference between the countries, like time in UK… Read More »