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Windows XP and 2000 Pro

• Windows XP client state migration
• How to Migrate NT workstations to a new domain
• Windows XP Expert Zone
• Windows XP SP2 download
• Event ID search for those Event log entries
• Microsoft's support pages (where you should start searching for every problem)

Windows Server 2003

• Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit: Deploying Network Services
• Migrating from Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server 2003
• Server with more than 4Gb shows only 4Gb available
• Windows Server 2003 resource kit
• Windows Server 2003 Networking and Communications Technology Center
• DevCon Command Line Utility Alternative to Device Manager
• Cool Things to Do with Netsh
• Windows IT Library
• Petril - a Microsoft MVP with lots of information
• Triggering events based on EventLog entries

Systems Update Server 1.0 sp1

• SUS homepage
• susserver.com website
• Force AU Client to update from SUS server (and other tools)
• ADM file download
• How to configure automatic updates by using Group Policy or registry settings
• SUSpatcher - configure SUS server on a laptop, and then use it to update machines that don't have an internet connection (or it is more critical to update the machine than wait for updates to download!)

Windows Server Update System (WSUS)

• WSUS homepage from Microsoft
• WSUS Info website
• WSUS WIKI website
• WSUS error codes (summary of the most common)
• Error codes (detailled list) - French website, but listing is in English
• Client diagnostic tool - Download, from Microsoft
• Microsoft WSUS Support page
• Server diagnostic tool from Microsoft
• MSXML Parser version 3 SP5 (resolves some errors)

IIS

• HOW TO: Optimize Web Server Performance in Windows Server 2003
• How to secure IIS
• HOW TO: Secure IIS in a UNIX-to-Windows Migration

Active Directory

• Deploying Active Directory
• Step-by-step Active Directory, part 1
• Active Directory Service Interfaces Overview

Migration

• Common Mistakes When Upgrading a Windows 2000 Domain To a Windows 2003 Domain
• Domain Migration cookbook
• How to configure the Active Directory Migration Tool to migrate user passwords from a Windows NT 4.0 domain to a Windows Server 2003 domain
• How to Troubleshoot Inter-Forest sIDHistory Migration with ADMTv2
• Windows 2000-based clients connect only to the domain controller that was upgraded from Windows NT 4.0 in a mixed-mode domain (NeutralizeNT4Emulator)
• How to prevent overloading on the first domain controller during domain upgrade
• Interim Mode

Tools/other

• How to remove data in Active Directory after an unsuccessful domain controller demotion
• Windows 2000-Based Clients connect only to the Domain Controller that was upgraded first in a Mixed-Mode Domain
• Using Ntdsutil.exe to seize or transfer FSMO roles to a domain controller
• Active Directory Domain Rename tools
• Domain Controller rename resources
• Active Directory in Windows Server 2003 Technical Resources for IT Pros
• Prune Machine Accounts Script
• How to Detect and Remove Inactive Machine Accounts
• Using Administrative Template Files with Registry-Based Group Policy

Passwords

• Changes are not applied when you Change the Password Policy
• Multiple account policies in one domain
• Also, refer to the anti-hacking page for password links
• How to Change the Recovery Console Administrator Password on a Domain Controller
• How to Configure IIS6 to Control the Anonymous Password

DNS

• DNS Namespace Planning
• How to Rename the DNS Name of a Windows 2000 Domain
• How To Set Up DNS for Active Directory in Windows Server 2003
• How To Integrate DNS with an Existing DNS Infrastructure If Active Directory Is Enabled in Windows Server 2003
• How To Configure DNS Dynamic Update in Windows 2003
• How To Convert DNS Primary Server to Active Directory Integrated
• How To Install WINS in Windows Server 2003
• Recommended Practices for WINS
• DNS and DDNS Resources (Labmice.net)

Disaster Recovery

• How To Use Recovery Console on a Computer That Does Not Start
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows NT4
• Description of the SET Command in Recovery Console
• Description of the Windows 2000 Recovery Console
• Command description, and using Recovery console

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