Table of Contents

Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Who Should Read This Book; What's in This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari Enabled; We'd Like to Hear from You; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Approach to the Book; 1.2 Where to Find the Tools; 1.3 Running Tools with Alternate Credentials; 1.4 A Brief Word on Windows Scripting; 1.5 Getting the Most Out of Your Scripts; 1.6 Where to Find More Information; Chapter 2: System Configuration; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1 Activating Windows Server 2003; 2.2 Configuring Automatic Updates; 2.3 Disabling Windows Update; 2.4 Installing or Uninstalling a Windows Component; 2.5 Installing an Application or Service Pack via Group Policy; 2.6 Viewing System Properties; 2.7 Setting the System Time, Date, and Time Zone; 2.8 Setting the Name of a Server; 2.9 Joining a Server to a Domain; 2.10 Testing and Resetting the Secure Channel; 2.11 Viewing and Setting Environment Variables; 2.12 Configuring Page Files; 2.13 Putting System Information on the Desktop; 2.14 Configuring System Startup Options; 2.15 Configuring System Failure Options; 2.16 Viewing System Uptime; 2.17 Disabling the Manage/Configure Your Server Screen; 2.18 Disabling Shutdown Tracker; 2.19 Restarting or Shutting Down a Server; Chapter 3: Disks, Drives, and Volumes; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1 Viewing the Disk, Drive, and Volume Layout; 3.2 Converting a Basic Disk to Dynamic; 3.3 Enabling Disk Performance Statistics; 3.4 Formatting a Volume; 3.5 Setting the Drive Letter of a Volume; 3.6 Setting the Label of a Volume; 3.7 Cleaning Up a Volume; 3.8 Defragmenting a Volume; 3.9 Compressing a Volume; 3.10 Checking a Volume for Errors; 3.11 Making a Disk or Volume Read-Only; 3.12 Mapping a Network Drive; 3.13 Creating a Virtual Drive to Another Drive or Folder; 3.14 Finding Large Files and Folders on a Volume; 3.15 Enabling Disk Quotas; 3.16 Configuring a Disk Quota for a User; 3.17 Viewing Disk Quota Usage; Chapter 4: Files, Folders, and Shares; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1 Creating and Deleting a File; 4.2 Creating and Deleting a Folder; 4.3 Undeleting a File; 4.4 Securely Deleting a File; 4.5 Viewing the Properties of a File or Folder; 4.6 Creating a Shortcut; 4.7 Creating a Link or Junction Point; 4.8 Creating a Program Alias; 4.9 Searching for Files or Folders; 4.10 Copying, Moving, or Renaming a File or Folder; 4.11 Comparing Files or Folders; 4.12 Hiding a File or Folder; 4.13 Making a File or Folder Read-Only; 4.14 Compressing a File or Folder; 4.15 Encrypting a File or Folder; 4.16 Replacing a File That Is in Use; 4.17 Taking Ownership of a File or Folder; 4.18 Finding Who Last Opened or Modified a File; 4.19 Finding Open Files; 4.20 Finding the Process That Has a File Open; 4.21 Viewing File Activity; 4.22 Performing an Action on Several Files at Once; 4.23 Creating and Deleting Shares; 4.24 Viewing Shares; 4.25 Restricting Access to a Share; 4.26 Enabling Web Sharing; 4.27 Publishing a Share in Active Directory; Chapter 5: Running and Scheduling Tasks; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1 Running a Task with Alternate Credentials; 5.2 Running a Task on a Remote Server; 5.3 Running a Task When a User Logs On; 5.4 Running a Task via a Login Script; 5.5 Running a Task via Group Policy; 5.6 Listing Automatic Tasks; 5.7 Scheduling a Task; 5.8 Deleting a Scheduled Task; 5.9 Listing the Scheduled Tasks; Chapter 6: Processes; 6.1 Introduction; 6.1 Setting the Priority of a Process; 6.2 Suspending a Process; 6.3 Killing a Process; 6.4 Viewing the Running Processes; 6.5 Searching Processes; 6.6 Finding the Services Run from a Process; 6.7 Viewing the Properties of a Process; 6.8 Viewing the Performance Statistics of a Process; 6.9 Viewing the DLLs Being Used by a Process; 6.10 Viewing the APIs Called by a Process; 6.11 Viewing the Handles a Process Has Open; 6.12 Viewing the Network Ports a Process Has Open; 6.13 Script: Process Doctor; 6.14 Script: Process Terminator; Chapter 7: Services; 7.1 Introduction; 7.1 Starting and Stopping a Service; 7.2 Running Any Program or Script as a Service; 7.3 Removing a Service; 7.4 Setting the Service Startup Type; 7.5 Setting the Service Account and Password; 7.6 Performing an Action Automatically When a Service Fails; 7.7 Viewing the List of Services; 7.8 Searching Services; 7.9 Finding the Process a Service Is Running From; 7.10 Viewing the Antecedent and Dependent Services for a Service; 7.11 Viewing the Service Load Order; 7.12 Viewing the Startup History of a Service; 7.13 Granting the Permission to Manage One or More Services; 7.14 Script: Robust Service Restart; 7.15 Script: Service Monitor; Chapter 8: Event Logs; 8.1 Introduction; 8.1 Creating an Event; 8.2 Viewing Events; 8.3 Creating a New Event Log; 8.4 Viewing the Size of an Event Log; 8.5 Setting the Maximum Size of an Event Log; 8.6 Setting the Event Log Retention Policy; 8.7 Clearing the Events in an Event Log; 8.8 Restricting Access to an Event Log; 8.9 Searching an Event Log on a Server; 8.10 Searching the Event Logs on Multiple Servers; 8.11 Archiving an Event Log; 8.12 Finding More Information About an Event; 8.13 Triggering an Action When an Event Occurs; 8.14 Script: Event Watcher; Chapter 9: Registry; 9.1 Introduction; 9.1 Creating and Deleting a Key; 9.2 Setting a Value; 9.3 Setting Keys or Values Using Group Policy; 9.4 Exporting Registry Files; 9.5 Importing Registry Files; 9.6 Searching the Registry; 9.7 Comparing the Registry; 9.8 Restricting Access to the Registry; 9.9 Backing Up and Restoring the Registry; 9.10 Creating a Registry Link; 9.11 Setting the Maximum Registry Size; 9.12 Monitoring Registry Activity; 9.13 Viewing Processes That Have a Registry Key Open; Chapter 10: Network Configuration; 10.1 Introduction; 10.1 Viewing the Network Configuration; 10.2 Disabling a Connection; 10.3 Configuring an IP Address; 10.4 Renewing or Releasing a DHCP IP Address; 10.5 Configuring DNS Settings; 10.6 Registering DNS Records or Flushing the DNS Cache; 10.7 Finding a Computer's Active Directory Site; 10.8 Managing Routes; 10.9 Viewing the Open Ports and Connections; 10.10 Troubleshooting Network Connectivity Problems; 10.11 Viewing Network Traffic; 10.12 Configuring TCP/IP Filtering; 10.13 Measuring Link Speed and Latency Between Two Hosts; 10.14 Installing the IPv6 Stack; Chapter 11: Security Best Practices; 11.1 Introduction; 11.1 Analyzing Your Security Configuration; 11.2 Enabling Auditing; 11.3 Renaming the Administrator and Guest Accounts; 11.4 Disabling or Removing Unused Accounts, Services, and Software; 11.5 Enabling Screensaver Locking; 11.6 Disabling Storage of the LM Password Hash; 11.7 Requiring Strong Passwords; 11.8 Getting Notified of New Security Vulnerabilities; 11.9 Script: Mass Admin Password Changer; Chapter 12: Internet Information Services 6.0; 12.1 Introduction; 12.1 Installing IIS; 12.2 Stopping and Starting IIS; 12.3 Creating Web Sites; 12.4 Hosting Multiple Web Sites; 12.5 Creating Virtual Directories; 12.6 Configuring Web Permissions; 12.7 Configuring IP Address and Domain Name Restrictions; 12.8 Configuring Web Site Authentication; 12.9 Obtaining and Installing SSL Certificates; 12.10 Enabling SSL on a Web Site; 12.11 Backing Up SSL Certificates; 12.12 Configuring Web Site QoS Settings; 12.13 Configuring Web Site Logging; 12.14 Configuring Web Site Redirection; 12.15 Enabling Direct Metabase Editing; 12.16 Backing Up and Restoring the Metabase; 12.17 Exporting and Importing the Metabase; 12.18 Enabling Dynamic Content; 12.19 Creating Application Pools; 12.20 Configuring Application Pool Identities; 12.21 Creating Applications; 12.22 Isolating Applications into Pools; 12.23 Configuring Application Pool Recycling; 12.24 Creating FTP Sites; 12.25 Configuring FTP Authentication; 12.26 Configuring FTP User Isolation; Chapter 13: Domain Name System (DNS); 13.1 Introduction; 13.1 Installing the DNS Server; 13.2 Starting and Stopping the DNS Server; 13.3 Modifying DNS Server Configuration; 13.4 Creating a Zone; 13.5 Viewing a DNS Server's Zones; 13.6 Converting a Zone to an Active Directory-Integrated Zone; 13.7 Moving Active Directory-Integrated Zones into an Application Partition; 13.8 Creating a Stub Zone; 13.9 Configuring Conditional Forwarding; 13.10 Configuring Zone Transfer; 13.11 Creating and Deleting Resource Records; 13.12 Querying Resource Records; 13.13 Scavenging Old Resource Records; 13.14 Clearing the DNS Cache; 13.15 Enabling DNS Server Debug Logging; 13.16 Viewing DNS Server Utilization Statistics; 13.17 Preventing Cache Pollution on DNS Servers; 13.18 Preventing Windows Clients from Attempting Dynamic Updates; 13.19 Script: DNS Server Configuration Checker; Chapter 14: DHCP Server; 14.1 Introduction; 14.1 Installing DHCP Server; 14.2 Authorizing a DHCP Server; 14.3 Configuring Server Options; 14.4 Enabling Address Conflict Detection; 14.5 Creating a Scope; 14.6 Creating a Superscope; 14.7 Activating or Deactivating a Scope; 14.8 Configuring Scope Options; 14.9 Enabling Dynamic DNS Updates from the DHCP Server; 14.10 Managing the Leases for a Scope; 14.11 Creating a Reservation; 14.12 Enabling DHCP Audit Logging; 14.13 Modifying the DHCP Database and Audit Log Paths; 14.14 Backing Up the DHCP Database; 14.15 Restoring the DHCP Database; 14.16 Importing and Exporting DHCP Server Configuration; 14.17 Viewing DHCP Utilization Statistics; 14.18 Finding the DHCP Servers on a Subnet; 14.19 Running DHCP Server on a Domain Controller; Chapter 15: Active Directory; 15.1 Introduction; 15.1 Creating a New Active Directory Forest; 15.2 Promoting a Domain Controller from Media; 15.3 Uninstalling Active Directory; 15.4 Upgrading from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003; 15.5 Raising the Functional Level; 15.6 Backing Up Active Directory; 15.7 Restoring Active Directory; 15.8 Searching for Objects in a Domain; 15.9 Creating an Object; 15.10 Modifying an Object; 15.11 Moving an Object; 15.12 Moving an Object to a Different Domain; 15.13 Renaming an Object; 15.14 Deleting an Object; 15.15 Exporting and Importing Objects Using LDIF or CSV; 15.16 Finding the Closest Domain Controller; 15.17 Enabling and Disabling the Global Catalog; 15.18 Finding the FSMO Role Holders; 15.19 Transferring or Seizing a FSMO Role; 15.20 Creating and Removing a Trust; 15.21 Viewing the Trusts for a Domain; 15.22 Verifying and Resetting Trusts; 15.23 Enabling Diagnostics Logging; 15.24 Script: Displaying the Structure of a Forest; Chapter 16: Domain User, Group, and Computer Accounts; 16.1 Introduction; 16.1 Creating a User Account; 16.2 Creating a Large Number of Users; 16.3 Modifying an Attribute for Several Users at Once; 16.4 Unlocking a User; 16.5 Troubleshooting Account Lockout Problems; 16.6 Viewing and Modifying the Account Lockout and Password Policies; 16.7 Enabling and Disabling a User Account; 16.8 Setting a User's Password; 16.9 Setting a User's Account Options; 16.10 Setting a User's Profile Attributes; 16.11 Finding a User's Last Logon Time; 16.12 Creating a Group Account; 16.13 Viewing the Members of a Group; 16.14 Viewing a User's Group Membership; 16.15 Adding and Removing Members of a Group; 16.16 Changing the Scope or Type of a Group; 16.17 Creating a Computer Account; 16.18 Joining a Computer to a Domain; 16.19 Renaming a Computer; 16.20 Resetting a Computer Account; Chapter 17: Exchange Server 2003; 17.1 Introduction; 17.1 Preparing Active Directory for Exchange; 17.2 Installing the First Exchange Server; 17.3 Installing Additional Exchange Servers; 17.4 Installing an Exchange Service Pack; 17.5 Creating Unattended Installation Files for Exchange and Exchange Service Pack; 17.6 Installing Exchange Management Tools; 17.7 Delegating Exchange for the First Time; 17.8 Stopping and Starting Exchange Server; 17.9 Mail-Enabling a User; 17.10 Mail-Disabling a User; 17.11 Mailbox-Enabling a User; 17.12 Deleting a User's Mailbox; 17.13 Purging a Deleted Mailbox; 17.14 Reconnecting a Deleted Mailbox; 17.15 Enumerating Disconnected Mailboxes; 17.16 Moving a Mailbox; 17.17 Viewing Mailbox Sizes and Message Counts; 17.18 Mail-Enabling a Contact; 17.19 Mail-Disabling a Contact; 17.20 Creating a Mail-Enabled Distribution List; 17.21 Creating a Query-Based Distribution List; 17.22 Creating an Address List; 17.23 Creating a Recipient Policy; 17.24 Creating a Storage Group; 17.25 Creating a Mailbox Store; 17.26 Listing Domain Controllers and Global Catalog Servers Used by an Exchange Server; 17.27 Mounting and Dismounting Mailbox Stores; Appendix A: Introduction to WSH; A.1 How to Write Scripts; A.2 WSH 2.0 Versus 5.6; Appendix B: Introduction to WMI; B.1 Referencing an Object; B.2 Enumerating Objects of a Particular Class; B.3 Searching with WQL; B.4 Authentication with WMI; Appendix C: Introduction to ADSI; C.1 Objects and Interfaces; C.2 Namespaces, ProgIDs, and ADsPaths; C.3 Retrieving Objects; Appendix D: List of Default Environment Variables; Appendix E: List of Default Processes; Appendix F: List of Default Services; Colophon;