Understanding image life-cycle management The goal of image life-cycle management is to facilitate the process of building and maintaining reference images of Windows operating systems that can be used for deploying Windows to target systems. […]
Using the Ipconfig Command-Line Utility Another important tool for DNS resolution problems is the Ipconfig utility, the same utility used for common TCP/IP issues. There are several key functions that Ipconfig offers with regard to […]
Using the DNS Event Viewer to Diagnose Problems As any good administrator knows, Event Viewer is the first place to look when troubleshooting. Windows Server 2012 makes it even more straightforward to use because DNS […]
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 […]
Understanding Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is a host-based, stateful firewall included in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. The feature was first introduced in Windows Vista and Windows Server […]
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