Saturday, December 31, 2005

New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Installing the Admin Pack (adminpak.msi)

Installing the Admin Pack (adminpak.msi) - view details
The Admin Pack has a number of useful administrative tools and is included with each Windows 2003 Server.
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Installing IIS (Internet Information Services) - the Web server for Windows

Installing IIS (Internet Information Services) - the Web server for Windows - view details
An essential video for all Windows sysadmins
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Installing an FTP Server on Your Windows 2003 Server

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This video helps you install an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server onto your Windows 2003 Server. You will set up account logging, throttling (the number of users), and set up the IUSER account(s).
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Installing a New Hard Disk Drive

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Grant Moyle walks you through adding new hard drives to your Windows Server 2003. Microsoft changed how hard drives are recognized in Windows Server 2003 and before you can use a new disk you must go through a few simple steps. In this video you'll learn how to assign drive letters and the basics of partitioning and formatting a new hard drive. Once you finish this video you'll be comfortable adding drives to your Windows 2003 Server. This video could've been titled 'Add a New Hard Drive to Your Server'
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Install IIS and Test with Simple Web Page

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This videos walks you through installing the web server for Windows, IIS (Internet Information Services) and helps you set up a simple test page to test the installation. Essential viewing for any administrator
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Install and Format a New Hard Disk

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You'll learn how to initialize a new hard disk (set of RAID hard disks as well) on Windows 2003
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: How to Map Network Drives

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Grant Moyle shows you how to map network drives and discusses the pros and cons of doing so in this excellent video. Required viewing for any new junior sysadmin!
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: How to Join a Computer to the Domain

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A quick video designed to show you how to join a computer to a domain and the benefits of doing so
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Disk Defragmentation: Understanding Defragmentation and Defragging using the Default Tools

Disk Defragmentation: Understanding Defragmentation and Defragging using the Default Tools - view details
A very interesting video for all administrators and even users. Windows 2003 professional consultant and expert trainer Grant Moyle walks you through how fragmentation occurs, the reasons that fragmentation can slow your system down, and how to overcome these problems using the built-in disk defragmenter.
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Disabled Enhanced Security for Internet Explorer

Disabled Enhanced Security for Internet Explorer - view details
In both Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, Microsoft turns on Enhanced Security Configuration for Internet Explore. This makes it very difficult to browse the web; even visiting the microsoft.com website will be difficult using these default settings. This video helps you understand when to turn this off, what the ramifications of turning it off are, and then helps you turn it off for your computer
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Customize the Start Menu and Desktop

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Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP changed the Start Menu and the Desktop's default configurations. If you're new to Windows Server 2003 and want to understand where everything is check out this video. This video also helps you understand Windows XP's Start Menu and customizations
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Create and Share a Local Printer

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The basics of printer sharing in Windows Server 2003. Guru Grant Moyle walks you through installing an LPT1 printer and sharing this printer on the network. You'll also learn about PostScript, PCL6 and when to use which
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Customize the Start Menu and Desktop

Customize the Start Menu and Desktop - view details
Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP changed the Start Menu and the Desktop's default configurations. If you're new to Windows Server 2003 and want to understand where everything is check out this video. This video also helps you understand Windows XP's Start Menu and customizations
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Create a User Share with Security

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Most networks have at least one shared Users folder (or something similar) which contain the users' personal folders (My Documents, Desktop, etc). Windows 2003 expert Grant Moyle tells you how to share a users folder and gives his own unique insight into how to, why to, and when to use network shares for your users' personal folders. This video could also be titled 'Create and Manage Network Shares'
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Create a User Account in the Active Directory

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A must-see video for all new Windows administrators. Expert Grant Moyle tells you how user security works in Windows 2003 and shows you how to add new user accounts to the Active Directory. You'll learn the basics as well as a few intermediate tips (what does ".local" mean?)
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Build Your First Domain Controller

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This video is perfect for helping you understand (a) the requirements for Active Directory setup, and (2) the setup and usage of your first domain controller. If you haven't used DCPromo before this is the perfect intro video for using DCPromo to promote a machine to become a domain controller. You'll take an existing fresh install of Windows Server 2003 and promote it to a domain controller. You'll assign static IP addresses, add domain accounts and more. This video could also be titled 'Add the First Domain Controller to Your Active Directory'
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Assign a Static IP Address to Your Windows 2003 Server

Assign a Static IP Address to Your Windows 2003 Server - view details
This video discusses on of the most basic concepts for Windows: IP addressing. You'll configure a server for static IP address (as opposed to using DHCP) and you'll see a few new features in Windows 2003 regarding IP addressing. All sysadmins must have a thorough understanding of TCP/IP Addressing including static IPs and DHCP. This video is meant to be watched in tandem with the 'Setup Your Windows 2003 Server for DHCP' video
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Configure Your Server Wizard - What is It and How to Use It

Configure Your Server Wizard - What is It and How to Use It - view details
Almost every administrator will run the Configure Your Server wizard at least once when they are learning to configure Windows Server 2003. The Configure Your Server wizard allows you to configure Disk Quotas, Indexing Service, and folder sharing (file sharing) on the network. Grant Moyle walks you through the basics of the Configure Your Server Wizard: what it is, what it does, and how to use it
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Add New Disks to Windows 2003

Add New Disks to Windows 2003 - view details
An important need is to add new disks to Windows 2003 and this video shows you the ins and outs!
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Active Directory Management: Basic Group Management (Mixed Mode)

Active Directory Management: Basic Group Management (Mixed Mode) - view details
In this video you will add a new container in Active Directory and add the group Junior Staff Members as well as adding users to groups and making decisions about whether this needs to be a Local Group, a Domain Group, or a Universal Group. You'll also understand what Universal Groups are, how to enable/disable them and how to have your Active Directory interact with Windows NT 4.0 (Mixed Mode). This video could also be titled 'How to build groups in the Active Directory with Active Directory Users and Computers'
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New Windows 2003 Video Tutorial: Active Directory Management: Adding a New User

Active Directory Management: Adding a New User - view details
In this video you will add a new user in Active Directory as well as adding users to groups and making decisions about whether this needs to be a Local Group or a Domain Group. You will also add users to Organization Units (OUs). This video could also be titled 'How to Add Users to the Active Directory with Active Directory Users and Computers'
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