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Index
A
- Access masks, 34
- Account Information dialog box, 150
- Account policies.
- See also user accounts.
- deleting, 177
- domain-wide, creating, 174–175
- groups
- default, 138–139
- definition, 137–140
- global, 140
- local, 140
- renaming not allowed, 140
- permissions, default, 138–139
- user-specific
- adding, 176
- deleting, 177
- Account Policy dialog box, 137
- ACEs (access control entries), 33
- ACLs (access control lists), 33
- Add User dialog box, 176
- Add Users and Groups dialog box, 208
- Add Value dialog box, 45
- Administrative accounts, 34–35
- Administrator Wizard, 120
- Alert function, 307–308
- Alert messages
- configuring, 323–324
- triggering, 307–308
- Alerter system service, 65
- AppleTalk
- definition, 233
- password security risk, 243–244
- Application logs
- clearing, 301
- viewing, 301–305
- ARC (Advanced RISC Computer) naming convention, 62, 64
- Architecture, 3–4
- arp, TCP/IP command, 238
- AT command
- definition, 407
- example, 418–419
- Auditing
- event types, 304
- events, 104–105
- files, 125–126
- folders, 125–126
- network servers, 252–253
- printers, 209–210
- Registry change failures, 48–49
- servers, 252–253
- unsuccessful logon attempts, 314–315
- Autorun facility, disabling, 412–413
B
- Backing up data, 336–337
- Banner pages.
- See print separator files.
- /BASEVIDEO configuration switch, 63
- BDC (backup domain controllers)
- definition, 227–228
- finding, 276
- promoting to PDC, 277–279
- Boot disk. See boot floppy.
- Boot floppy
- creating, 340–342
- definition, 332, 334
- dual boot requirements, 341
- fault-tolerance, 343–344
- reformatting, 342
- SCSI boot requirements, 341
- Boot formats, 62–63
- Boot partitions, 92
- Boot problems, 332–334
- BOOT.INI startup file, 61–63
- BOOTSECT.DOS startup file, 61
- Browser service, 230
- Burst pages.
- See print separator files.
C
- C2 security, 36–37
- Case sensitivity
- file names, 97
- passwords, 149
- usernames, 149
- CDFS (compact disk file system), 98
- CD-ROM, disabling Autorun, 412–413
- Check Disk dialog box, 374
- Choose Licensing Mode dialog box, 400
- Commands
- network
- list of, 245
- running on remote host, 238
- TCP/IP, 238
- Computer Browser system service, 65
- Computers, finding on a network, 427
- Configuration switches, 63
- Copy To dialog box, 171
- CPU usage, displaying, 305–307
D
- Data, distributing over multiple disks, 93–94, 118–119
- Data compression
- example, 127
- maximum cluster size, 105
- with Windows NT Explorer, 105
- Data types, Registry, 6
- Daylight savings time, adjusting for, 425
- DECPSMAN.DLL print monitor, 187
- Default operating system, setting, 71
- Desktop configuration, saving, 141
- Device conflicts, 372
- Device detection, 370–373
- Device drivers, displaying at startup, 63
- DHCP (dynamic host configuration), 236
- clients, tracing, 268
- Diagnostic reports, generating, 367
- Directories.
- See also folders.
- Home Directory, 144
- allocating, 169
- Windows NT terminology for, 144
- Directory Replication dialog box, 274
- Directory Replicator Service
- definition, 65
- system error 5, 275
- Directory service database.
- See SAM (Security Accounts Manager).
- Disk Administrator, 90–92
- customizing display of, 108–109
- Disk performance counters enabling/disabling, 309–310
- Disk sectors, definition, 98
- Disk subsystem
- boot partitions, 92
- data, distributing over multiple disks, 93–94, 118–119
- Disk Administrator, 90–92
- disk configuration, viewing, 91–92
- extended partitions, 93
- I/O Manager, driver interaction, 90
- overview, 89–90
- partition view (disk configuration), 91–92
- primary partitions, 92
- RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks), 96
- stripe sets, 93
- parity checking, 94
- system partitions, 92
- volume sets, definition, 93
- volume view (disk configuration), 91–92
- volumes
- definition, 93
- extending, 93
- Macintosh, 291
- Diskperf command, 310
- Disks
- assigning drive letters, 111–112
- checking for errors, 374–375
- configuration
- problems with, 333
- restoring, 356–359
- saving, 355
- viewing, 91–92
- creating logical volumes, 113
- distributing data over multiple, 93–94
- duplexing
- definition, 94–95
- example, 116
- mirror sets, 94
- mirroring
- definition, 94–95
- example, 116
- DLC (Data Link Control), 233
- DNS (domain name system)
- configuring, 267
- definition, 236
- DoD (Department of Defense) evaluation criteria, 36–37
- Domain trusts
- configuring, 281–282
- definition, 229–230
- security risks, 282
- Domain-model networks, 226–227
- Domains
- backup copies of, 227–228
- BDC (backup domain controllers)
- definition, 227–228
- finding, 276
- promoting to PDC, 277–279
- Browser service, 230
- changing workgroups to, 254–255
- definition, 9
- domain model, 226–227
- files, replicating, 230–231
- folders, replicating, 230–231
- logging on across, 229–230
- managing from Windows NT workstation, 284–285
- network resources, finding, 230
- PDC (primary domain controller)
- definition, 227
- finding, 276
- promoting from a BDC, 277–279
- removing computers from, 283
- Replicator service, 230–231
- servers, 228
- synchronizing, 280
- Domain-wide account policies creating, 174–175
- Drive letters, assigning, 111–112
- Dual boot, boot floppy, 341
- Duplex sets, creating, 116
- Duplexing disks. See disks/duplexing.
E
- 8.3 file names.
- See short (DOS) file names.
- Email, 409
- Emergency repair disk
- creating, 350
- definition, 334–335
- disk configuration on, 355
- Escape codes, separating print jobs, 187–188
- Event logs
- archiving, 305
- clearing, 301
- modifying settings, 316
- viewing, 303–305
- Event Service Log system service, 65
- Event Viewer, 301–305
- Explorer.
- See Windows NT Explorer.
- Extended partitions, 93
F
- FAT (file allocation table) file system
- converting to NTFS, 422
- definition, 97
- Fault tolerance.
- See also disks/duplexing, disks/mirroring, stripe sets.
- boot floppy, 343–344
- Faxing, 409
- File names
- ARC naming conventions, 62
- case sensitivity, 97
- long, 97
- short (DOS)
- disabling, 128–129
- maximum number of, 99
- syntax, 98–99
- File systems
- CDFS (compact disk file system), 98
- disk sectors, definition, 98
- FAT (file allocation table), 97
- NTFS (new technology file system)
- auditing events, 104–105
- cluster error recovery, 98
- cluster remapping, 98
- data compression, 105
- definition, 97–98
- files, 100–101, 103
- folders, 100, 103
- logging events, 104–105
- ownership of objects, 100
- permissions, cumulative, 101–104
- security features, 99–100
- short (DOS) file names, 98–99
- Files
- auditing, 125–126
- compressing, 127
- copying, 121
- copying between systems, 238
- finding, 408
- managing.
- See Windows NT Explorer.
- moving, 121
- ownership, 123–124
- permissions, 120
- printing to a host, 238
- replicating, 230–231
- restoring from Recycle Bin, 414
- transferring, 238
- Find dialog box, 13
- Find utility
- definition, 408
- finding a computer, 427
- finding files and folders, 428
- Finger, TCP/IP command, 238
- Fingering, 238
- Flag pages.
- See print separator files.
- Folders
- auditing, 125–126
- compressing, 127
- connecting to/disconnecting from, 245
- copying, 121
- creating, 122
- finding, 408
- managing.
- See Windows NT Explorer.
- moving, 121
- ownership, 123–124
- permissions, 120
- replicating, 230–231
- sharing, 250–251
- Format dialog box, 341
- ftp, TCP/IP command, 238
G
- Groups
- creating, 159
- default, 138–139
- definition, 137–140
- global, 140
- local, 140
- members
- adding, 159
- deleting, 160
- viewing, 160
- permissions
- adding, 161
- deleting, 162
- renaming not allowed, 140
- Guest accounts, 35–36
H
- HAL (hardware abstraction layer), 4
- Hardware Detection tool, 372
- Hardware profiles
- creating, 74–75
- setting system services for, 76
- starting with different, 64
- High priority class, number range, 6
- Hives, 7
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, Registry subtree, 8
- HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG, Registry subtree, 8
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Registry subtree, 8
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Registry subtree, 8
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Registry key, restrictions on viewing, 34
- HKEY_USERS, Registry subtree, 8
- %HOMEDRIVE% logon script parameter, 145
- %HOMEPATH% logon script parameter, 145
- %HOMESHARE% logon script parameter, 145
- Host connectivity, verifying, 238–239
- Host name, displaying, 238
- hostname, TCP/IP command, 238
- HOSTS, 237
- HPMON.DLL print monitor, 187
I
- Icons, arrow in corner.
- See shortcuts.
- Idle priority class, number range, 6
- Installing
- default drive, changing, 423–424
- DHCP servers, 263–264
- IPX/SPX, 258–259
- Macintosh services, 287
- NetBEUI, 257
- NetWare Gateway Service, 269
- network adapters, 248–249
- service update packs, 373
- TCP/IP, 260–261
- Windows NT Server, 392–397
- Windows NT Workstation, 386–391
- Internet, connecting via dial-up, 293–295
- Internet Explorer, 243
- Internet mail, configuring Inbox, 429–430
- I/O Manager, driver interaction, 90
- IP addresses
- classes, 234
- host name translation, 236–237
- lease duration, 264
- ipconfig, TCP/IP command, 238–239
- IP-to-adapter address lookup, 238
- IPX/SPX
- definition, 232
- installing and configuring, 258–259
- IRQs, displaying in-use, 368–369
K
- Kernel file missing, 333
- Kernel mode, 3
- Keys, Registry
- finding, 13
L
- Last Known Good system configuration
- definition, 63–64
- restarting from, 72–73
- Licensing modes
- changing, 400
- per seat, 383
- per server, 382
- LMHOSTS, 237
- Local personal user profile, 141
- LOCALMON.DLL print monitor, 187
- Locking a workstation
- after unsuccessful logon, 34
- from keyboard, 52
- with screen savers, 36, 53
- Lockup, from mass storage detection failure, 386
- Logging performance data, 310
- Logon
- across domains, 229–230
- automatically upon reboot, 45–46
- displaying a logon message, 43–44
- limiting failed attempts, 167
- locking workstation after failure, 167
- restrictions
- hours, 152–153
- workstation, 151
- unsuccessful attempts, auditing, 314–315
- user validation, 31–32
- usernames, removing from logon screen, 40–42
- Logon screen images, 50–51
- Logon scripts
- definition, 144
- parameters, 145
- replicating, 231, 273–275
- Logon Workstations dialog box, 151
- Logs
- clearing, 301
- viewing, 301–305
- Long file names, 97
- lpq, TCP/IP command, 238
- lpr, TCP/IP command, 238
- LPRMON.DLL print monitor, 187
- LSA (Local Security Authority), 32
M
- Macintosh logon messages, configuring, 292
- Macintosh print services, configuring, 289–290
- Macintosh services
- definition, 243–244
- installing and configuring, 287
- Macintosh volumes, 291
- Manage Exported Directories dialog box, 231
- Mandatory user profile, 142
- Mass storage devices, automatic detection, 386
- /MAXMEM configuration switch, 63
- Memory
- limiting at startup, 63
- usage, displaying, 305–307
- Messages.
- See also Windows Messaging.
- alerts
- configuring, 323–324
- triggering, 307–308
- sending on a network, 286
- Messenger Service system service, 65
- Microkernel, 4
- Migrating from NetWare to Windows NT, 241
- Mirror members, failed, 334–336, 345–349
- Mirror sets
- breaking, 117
- creating, 116
- definition, 94
- Mirroring disks.
- See disks/mirroring.
- Monitoring Agent.
- See Network Monitor.
- Multi() boot format, 62–63
N
- Name-to-IP lookup tables, 237
- nbstat, TCP/IP command, 238
- NCSC (National Computer Security Center) compliance, 36–37
- Net Logon Service system service, 65
- Net session command, 245
- Net share command, 245
- Net use command, 245
- Net view command, 245
- NetBEUI
- definition, 232
- installing and configuring, 257
- netstat, TCP/IP command, 238–239
- NetWare Gateway Service
- definition, 241
- installing and configuring, 269
- NetWare Migration tool, 241
- Network adapters, installing, 248–249
- Network commands, 245
- Network Monitor
- definition, 311
- example, 325–326
- Network protocols
- AppleTalk, 233
- DLC (Data Link Control), 233
- IPX/SPX
- definition, 232
- installing and configuring, 258–259
- NetBEUI
- definition, 232
- installing and configuring, 257
- NWLink, 232
- table of features, 232
- TCP/IP
- addresses, managing, 236
- command prompt tools, 238
- DHCP (dynamic host configuration), 236
- DHCP clients, tracing, 268
- DNS (domain name system) 236, 267
- installing and configuring, 260–261
- IP address class, 234
- IP addresses, host name translation, 236–237
- lease duration, 264
- pinging, 262
- subnet masks, 234
- Network resources
- finding, 230
- naming convention, 231–232
- Network routing table, managing, 238
- Network shares, 239–240
- Network utility, 226
- Network-attached printers, 196–198
- Networks
- binding order, changing, 416–417
- commands, 245
- commands, running on remote host, 238
- computers, finding on, 427
- configuration, displaying, 238–239
- domains, changing workgroups to, 254–255
- file transfer, 238
- files, copying between systems, 238
- files, printing to a host, 238
- fingering, 238
- folders
- connecting to/disconnecting from, 245
- sharing, 250–251
- host connectivity, verifying, 238–239
- host name, displaying, 238
- HOSTS, 237
- Internet Explorer, 243
- IP-to-adapter address lookup, 238
- LMHOSTS, 237
- Macintosh logon messages
- configuring, 292
- Macintosh print services
- configuring, 289–290
- Macintosh services, 243–244
- installing and configuring, 287
- messages, sending, 286
- migrating from NetWare to Windows NT, 241
- monitoring, 325–326
- name-to-IP lookup tables, 237
- NetWare Gateway Service
- definition, 241
- installing and configuring, 269
- NetWare Migration tool, 241
- network adapters, installing, Where have you been? 248–249
- network routing table, managing, 238
- pinging, 238–239
- PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol), 242–243
- PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol), 242–243
- print queue status, displaying, 238
- printers
- connecting to/disconnecting from, 245
- protocol statistics, displaying, 238
- RAS (Remote Access Service)
- definition, 241–243
- example, 270–272
- resources, 245
- routes, tracing, 238
- Server Manager utility, 252
- servers
- auditing use of, 252–253
- DHCP, 263–265
- listing, 245
- shares, 245
- SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol), 242–243
- system name, changing, 256
- terminal emulation, 238–239
- users
- displaying information about, 238–239
- listing logged on, 245
- WINS (Windows Internet Naming Service)
- configuring, 266
- definition, 236–237
- workgroups, changing to domains, 254–255
- New Client Access License dialog box, 400
- New Local Group dialog box, 159
- Normal priority class, number range, 6
- /NOSERIALMICE configuration switch, 63
- NTDETECT failure, 333
- NTDETECT.COM startup file, 61
- NTFS (new technology file system)
- auditing events, 104–105
- cluster error recovery, 98
- cluster remapping, 98
- data compression, 105
- definition, 97–98
- file names
- long, 97
- short (DOS), 98–99
- files
- copying, 100–101
- moving, 100–101
- ownership, 100
- permissions, list of, 103
- folders
- ownership, 100
- permissions, list of, 103
- logging events, 104–105
- ownership of objects, 100
- permissions, cumulative, 101–104
- security features, 99–100
- NTLDR startup file, 61
- NTOSKRNL.EXE startup file, 61
- missing or corrupted, 333
- NWLink, 232
- NWMON.DLL print monitor, 187
O
- Operating systems
- fixing corrupted, 353–354
- selection list of, 61–63
- selection menu not displayed at boot, 333
- setting default, 71
- Orange book. See DoD (Department of Defense) evaluation criteria.
- %OS% logon script parameter, 145
- OSLOADER.EXE startup file, 61
P
- Paging files
- changing size of, 16–17
- creating, 18–19
- definition, 5
- initial size, calculating, 17
- multiple on separate disks, 18–19
- removing, 20–21
- Parallel ports, attaching printers to, 192–193
- Partition view (disk configuration), 91–92
- Partitions
- boot, 92
- creating, 110
- extended, 93
- preparing, 110
- primary, 92
- system, 92
- Passwords
- AppleTalk security risk, 243–244
- case sensitivity, 149
- changing, 163
- expiration dates, 164
- history, 165
- minimum age, 166
- prohibiting reuse, 135, 165–166
- restoring, 351–352
- restricting access to, 47
- syntax, 135
- Path names, 62
- PDC (primary domain controller)
- definition, 227
- finding, 276
- promoting from a BDC, 277–279
- Per seat licensing mode, 383
- Per server licensing mode, 382
- Performance
- analyzing, 307–310, 317–318
- disk, enabling/disabling, 309–310
- displaying, 305–307
- foreground vs. background processes, 23
- logging, 322
- monitoring, 320–321
- optimizing server throughput, 431
- Performance Monitor
- definition, 307–310
- example, 320–321
- Permissions
- cumulative, 101–104
- defaults, 138–139
- files
- list of, 103
- setting, 120
- viewing, 120
- folders
- list of, 103
- setting, 120
- viewing, 120
- group
- adding, 161
- deleting, 162
- object access, 33
- user, verifying, 32–33
- user accounts, setting, 158
- Ping, TCP/IP command, 238–239
- Pinging, 238–239, 262
- PJLMON.DLL print monitor, 187
- PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
- connections, troubleshooting, 363–364
- definition, 242–243
- PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol), 242–243
- Primary member system disk failure, 345–349
- Primary partitions, 92
- Print devices, definition, 183
- Print forms
- associating with a print tray, 212
- configuring, 211–212
- definition, 189
- Print jobs
- clearing stuck, 360
- priorities, 188–189
- scheduling, 188–189, 205–206
- security, 207–208
- separator pages, 187–188, 204
- Print monitors, 186–187
- Print process, 186
- Print processors, definition, 184
- Print queue status, displaying, 238
- Print routers, definition, 184
- Print separator files, 187–188
- Print Server Properties dialog box, 211
- Print servers, definition, 184
- Print spooler, definition, 183–184
- Print spooling, definition, 183–184
- Printer Auditing dialog box, 210
- Printer drivers
- alternate, 218–219
- definition, 184
- permissions, 185–186
- security, 185–186
- Printer pools
- configuring, 213–214
- definition, 188
- fastest printers first, 214
- Printers
- auditing, 209–210
- connecting from command line, 217
- connecting to, 184, 200
- connecting to/disconnecting from, 245
- creating
- definition, 184
- network-attached, 196–198
- parallel port, 192–193
- serial port, 194–195
- definition, 183
- job queue
- deleting all jobs, 203
- deleting single jobs, 202
- viewing, 199
- missing from printer list, 197
- multiple per print device, 215
- pausing, 199
- priority, 216
- security, 184–185
- Windows default, 201
- Priorities
- groups of, 306
- levels of, 306
- process
- changing, 306–307, 319
- classes, list of, 6
- dynamic adjustment, 5
- foreground vs. background processes, 23
- setting at start, 22
- setting while running, 24–25
- Processes
- changing priorities, 306–307, 319
- controlling, 4
- memory usage, displaying, 306
- priorities
- classes, list of, 6
- dynamic adjustment, 5
- setting at start, 22
- setting while running, 24–25
- scheduling, 5–6
- stopping, 306
- %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE% logon script parameter, 145
- %PROCESSOR_LEVEL% logon script parameter, 145
- Profiles. See user profiles.
- Protocol statistics, displaying, 238–239
R
- RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks), 96
- RAS (Remote Access Service)
- connection problems, 361–362
- definition, 241–243
- example, 270–272
- rcp, TCP/IP command, 238
- Realtime priority class, number range, 6
- Recycle Bin
- configuring, 415
- restoring files from, 414
- REG_BINARY, Registry data type, 6
- REG_DWORD, Registry data type, 6
- REGEDT32. See Registry Editor.
- REG_EXPAND_SZ, Registry data type, 6
- Registry
- data types, 6
- hives, 7
- keys, finding, 13
- managing on remote system, 14
- subkeys, saving, 15
- subtrees, 8
- system failure during update, 7
- value entries, 6
- Registry Editor
- definition, 7
- read-only mode, 12
- Registry keys
- auditing for change failure, 48–49
- restricting access to, 47
- setting permissions on, 47
- REG_MULTI_SZ, Registry data type, 6
- REG_SZ, Registry data type, 6
- Remote Access Permissions dialog box, 271
- Repair Disk Utility dialog box, 350
- Replicator service, 230–231
- Resources
- finding, 408
- listing, 245
- rexec, TCP/IP command, 238
- Rights. See permissions.
- Roaming personal user profile, 141–142
- route, TCP/IP command, 238
- Routes, tracing, 238
- rsh, TCP/IP command, 238
- Run dialog box, 42
S
- SAM (Security Accounts Manager), 34
- SAM (Security Accounts Manager) database
- definition, 8
- restoring, accounts lost because of, 352
- stored in PDC, 227
- SAT (Security Access Token), 32–33
- Save As dialog box, 15
- Schedule Service system service, 65
- Scheduling, AT command definition, 407
- example, 418–419
- SCSI boot, boot floppy, 341
- SCSI() boot format, 62–63
- Security
- access masks, 34
- ACEs (access control entries), 33
- ACLs (access control lists), 33
- administrative accounts, 34–35
- AppleTalk password risks, 243–244
- C2 security, 36–37
- DoD (Department of Defense) evaluation criteria, 36–37
- domain trusts, 282
- guest accounts, 35–36
- levels, list of, 37
- locking a workstation
- after unsuccessful logon, 34
- from keyboard, 52
- with screen savers, 36, 53
- logon
- automatically upon reboot, 45–46
- displaying a logon message, 43–44
- user validation, 31–32
- usernames, removing from logon screen, 40–42
- logon screen images, 50–51
- LSA (Local Security Authority), 32
- NCSC (National Computer Security Center) compliance, 36–37
- NTFS (new technology file system), 99–100
- passwords
- AppleTalk security risk, 243–244
- case sensitivity, 149
- changing, 163
- expiration dates, 164
- history, 165
- minimum age, 166
- prohibiting reuse, 135, 165–166
- restoring, 351–352
- restricting access to, 47
- syntax, 135
- Registry keys
- auditing for change failure, 48–49
- restricting access to, 47
- setting permissions on, 47
- SAM (Security Accounts Manager), 34
- SAM (Security Accounts Manager) database, 227
- SAT (Security Access Token), 32–33
- security data, location of, 34
- SRM (Security Reference Monitor), 33
- unlocking a workstation, 52
- user permissions, verifying, 32–33
- Security logs
- clearing, 301
- viewing, 301–305
- Select Computer dialog box, 14
- Select Network Protocol dialog box, 259
- Select Network Service dialog box, 266
- Send Message dialog box, 286
- Serial ports, attaching printers to, 194–195
- Server dialog box, 431
- Server Manager utility, 252
- Server Service system service, 65
- Servers
- auditing use of, 252–253
- DHCP
- configuring clients for, 265
- installing and configuring, 263–264
- domain, 228
- listing, 245
- Service update packs
- definition, 337
- installing, 373
- Settings dialog box, 195
- Setup disks, regenerating, 401–402
- SFMMON.DLL print monitor, 187
- Shares, 245
- Short (DOS) file names
- disabling, 128–129
- maximum number of, 99
- Shortcuts
- creating, 420–421
- definition, 408
- Shutdown button, adding to servers, 79–81
- Shutting down Windows NT
- adding Shutdown button to a server, 79–81
- example, 84
- permission for, 66–67
- restricting use of, 82–83
- SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol), 242–243
- /SOS configuration switch, 63
- Spool files, definition, 184
- Spooler Service system service, 65
- SRM (Security Reference Monitor), 33
- Starting Windows NT with different hardware profiles, 63
- displaying device drivers, 63
- inhibiting mouse detection, 63
- limiting memory, 63
- in standard VGA mode, 63
- system services, 65
- Startup files, 61
- Startup sequence, 59–61
- success indicator, 63
- String Editor dialog box, 424
- Stripe sets
- creating, 118
- definition, 93
- parity checking, 94, 119
- Subkeys, Registry
- saving, 15
- Subnet masks, 234
- Subtrees, Registry, 8
- Synchronizing domains, 280
- System logs
- clearing, 301
- viewing, 301–305
- System name, changing, 256
- System partitions, 92
- System Policy Editor, 142–144
- System recovery, configuring, 365–366
- System selection list, duration of display, 70
- System services
- Alerter, 65
- Computer Browser, 65
- Directory Replicator Service
- definition, 65
- system error 5, 110
- Event Service Log, 65
- Messenger Service, 65
- Net Logon Service, 65
- Schedule Service, 65
- Server Service, 65
- setting for hardware profiles, 76
- Spooler Service, 65
- starting and stopping
- automatically, 78
- manually, 77
- starting with Windows NT, 65–66
- UPS Service, 65
- Workstation Service, 65
- System variables, 145–146
T
- Task Manager, 305–307
- Task Manager Warning window, 25
- TCP/IP
- addresses, managing, 236
- commands, 238–239
- DHCP (dynamic host configuration)
- clients, tracing, 268
- definition, 236
- DNS (domain name system)
- configuring, 267
- definition, 236
- installing and configuring, 260–261
- IP address class, 234
- IP addresses
- host name translation, 236–237
- lease duration, 264
- pinging, 262
- subnet masks, 234
- telnet, TCP/IP command, 238–239
- Terminal emulation, 238–239
- tftp, TCP/IP command, 238
- tracert, TCP/IP command, 238–239
- Troubleshooting
- backing up data, 336–337
- boot disk.
- See boot floppy.
- boot floppy
- creating, 340–342
- definition, 332, 334
- dual boot requirements, 341
- fault-tolerance, 343–344
- reformatting, 342
- SCSI boot requirements, 341
- boot problems, 332–334
- checking for disk errors, 374–375
- clearing stuck print jobs, 360
- configuring system recovery, 365–366
- corrupted operating system, 353–354
- device conflicts, 372
- device detection, 370–373
- disk configuration problem, 333
- disk configurations
- restoring, 356–359
- saving, 355
- displaying IRQs, 368–369
- emergency repair disk
- creating, 350
- definition, 334–335
- disk configuration on, 355
- failed mirror members, 334–336, 345–349
- failed primary member system disk, 345–349
- generating diagnostic reports, 367
- Hardware Detection tool, 372
- installing service update packs, 373
- kernel file missing, 333
- NTDETECT failure, 333
- NTOSKRNL.EXE missing or corrupted, 333
- operating system menu not displayed at boot, 333
- passwords, restoring, 351–352
- PPP connections, 363–364
- RAS connection problems, 361–362
- SAM database, accounts lost after restoring, 352
- service update packs, 337
- system hangs during startup, 72–73
- Windows NT Backup utility, 336–337
- Windows NT Diagnostics, 331–332
U
- UNC (universal naming convention), 231–232
- Unlocking a workstation, 52
- UPS Service system service, 65
- User accounts.
- See also account policies.
- copying, 155
- creating, 148–149
- deleting, 157
- disabling, 156
- expiration dates, 150
- locked, clearing, 168
- passwords, 135
- renaming, 154
- Security IDs, 136
- setting permissions, 158
- usernames, syntax, 135
- User Environment Profile dialog box, 172
- User environmental variables, 145–146
- User mode, 3
- User profiles
- assigning, 170–172
- creating, 170–172
- desktop configuration, saving, 141
- local personal, 141
- mandatory, 142
- resetting to default, 173
- roaming personal, 141–142
- Windows 95, 142
- User Properties dialog box, 168
- User Rights Policy dialog box, 162
- User Sessions dialog box, 253
- %USERDOMAIN% logon script parameter, 145
- %USERNAME% logon script parameter, 145
- Users
- displaying information about, 238
- listing logged on, 245
- User-specific account policies
- adding, 176
- deleting, 177
V
- Value entries, Registry, 6
- VGA mode, starting Windows NT in, 63
- Virtual Memory dialog box, 17
- Virtual memory system, 4–5
- Volume sets
- creating, 113
- definition, 93
- extending, 114–115
- Volume view (disk configuration), 91–92
- Volumes
- compressing, 127
- creating, 110
- definition, 93
- extending, 93, 114–115
- Macintosh, 291
- preparing, 110
W
- Windows Messaging, 409
- Windows NT
- adding programs, 426
- running on different architectures, 4
- upgrading, 398–399
- Windows NT Backup utility, 336–337
- Windows NT CD-ROM dialog box, 412–413
- Windows NT Diagnostics, 331–332
- Windows NT Explorer
- data compression, 105
- sample window, 106
- Windows NT Server
- account policies, default groups and permissions, 139
- definition, 4
- installing, 392–397
- Shutdown button
- disabled, 67
- enabling, 79–81
- system requirements, 382
- Windows NT Workstation
- account policies, default groups and permissions, 138
- definition, 4
- installing, 386–391
- system requirements, 381–382
- WINS (Windows Internet Naming Service)
- configuring, 266
- definition, 236–237
- Workgroups
- changing to domains, 254–255
- definition, 8
- Workstation Service system service, 65
- Workstations
- changing from workgroups to domains, 254–255
- locking
- after unsuccessful logon, 34
- from keyboard, 52
- with screen savers, 36, 53
- unlocking, 52
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