4.6 Changing Data Execution Prevention and physical address extension options Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a memory-protection technology. With DEP enabled, the computer’s processor marks all memory locations in an application as nonexecutable unless the […]
4.5 Setting BCD entry values After you create an entry, you then need to set additional entry option values as necessary. Here is the basic syntax for setting values: bcdedit /set Identifier Option Value Here Identifier is […]
4. Managing the Boot Configuration Data store and its entries BCD Editor (BCDEdit.exe) is an advanced command-line tool for viewing and manipulating the configuration of the pre-operating system boot environment. Although I discuss tasks related […]
2. Boot environment essentials Windows Server 2012 supports several different processor architectures and several different disk partitioning styles. EFI was originally developed for Itanium-based computers. Computers with EFI use the GUID partition table (GPT) disk […]
1. Boot from hardware and firmware At first glance, startup and shutdown seem to be the most basic features of an operating system, but as you get a better understanding of how computers work, you […]
1. Key Elements to Monitor for Bottlenecks As mentioned, four resources compose the common set of resources: memory and pagefile usage, processor, disk subsystem, and network subsystem. They are also the most common contributors to […]
Many troubleshooting scenarios revolve around memory-related issues associated with a system. Typical memory issues can involve an errant application, a specific process consuming too much memory, or failing hardware such as bad RAM or the […]
Dynamic DNS Older versions of DNS relied on administrators manually updating all the records within a DNS database. Every time a resource was added or information about a resource was changed, the DNS database was […]
1. Installing WINS Installation of WINS on Windows Server 2012 is straightforward, and no reboot is necessary. To install and configure the WINS feature on a Windows Server 2012 computer, follow these steps: 1. Launch Server […]
After much anticipation, Microsoft has officially released Windows Server 2012, which has come just days after the official Windows 8 release. You can find out more about the new features of Windows Server 2012, followed […]
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