Windows Server Hacks

Foreword; Credits; About the Author; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Why Windows; Server Hacks?; Getting and Using the Scripts; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; How to Contact Us; Chapter 1. General Administration; 1. Use Run As to Perform Administrative Tasks; 2. Drag and Drop to the Run Menu; 3. Find and Replace Registry Keys from a Command line; 4. Automatically Log On After Booting; 5. Wait for and Optionally Terminate a Process; 6. Shut Down a Remote Computer; 7. Rename Mapped Drives; 8. Execute a Command on Each Computer in a Domain; 9. Add, Remove, or Retrieve Environment Variables; 10. Extend Group Policy; 11. Disable EFS; 12. Get Event Log Information; 13. Shortcut to Remote Assistance; 14. Desktop Checker; 15. Top Five Tools; 16. myITforum.com; Chapter 2. Active Directory; 17. Retrieve the List of Old Domain Computer Accounts; 18. Automate Creation of OU Structure; 19. Modify All Objects in the OU; 20. Delegate Control of an OU to a User; 21. Send OU Information in Active Directory to an HTML Page; 22. Display Active Directory Information; 23. Store and Display Contact Information in Active Directory; 24. Restore the Active Directory Icon in Windows XP; Chapter 3. User Management; 25. Search for Domain Users; 26. Manage User Accounts in Active Directory; 27. Get a List of Disabled Accounts; 28. Get User Account Information; 29. Check for Passwords that Never Expire; 30. Enumerate Group Membership to a CSV File; 31. Modify User Properties for All Users in a Particular OU; 32. Check Group Membership and Map Drives in a Logon Script; 33. Use a Script to Create a User, Home Directory, and Permissions; 34. Prevent Ordinary Users from Creating Local Accounts; 35. Put a Logoff Icon on the Desktop; Chapter 4. Networking Services; 36. Manage Services on Remote Machines; 37. Simplify DNS Aging and Scavenging; 38. Troubleshoot DNS; 39. Manually Recreate a Damaged WINS Database; 40. Change WINS for All Enabled Adapters; 41. Ensure DHCP Server Availability; 42. Change a Network Adapter's IP Info; 43. Change from Static IP to DHCP; 44. Release and Renew IP Addresses; 45. Use Netsh to Change Configuration Settings; 46. Remove Orphaned Network Cards; 47. Implement Windows 2000 Network Load Balancing; Chapter 5. File and Print; 48. Map Network Drives; 49. Determine Who Has A Particular File Open on the Network; 50. Display a Directory Tre;e 51. Automate Printer Management; 52. Set the Default Printer Based on Location; 53. Add Printers Based on Name of Computer; Chapter 6. IIS 54. Back Up the Metabase; 55. Restore the Metabase; 56. Map the Metabase; 57. Metabase Hacks; 58. Hide the Metabase; 59. IIS Administration Scripts; 60. Run Other Web Servers; 61. Use Apache with Microsoft Windows; 62. IISFAQ; Chapter 7. Deployment; 63. Get Started with RIS; 64. Customize RIS; 65. Tune RIS; 66. Customize SysPrep; 67. Remove Windows Components from the Command Line; 68. Unattended Installation of Windows Components; 69. Easily Create a Network Boot Disk; Chapter 8. Security 70. Fundamentals of a