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Windows System Administration
Security Risks and Ways to Decrease Vulnerabilities in a 802.11b Wireless Environment This document explains topics relating to wireless networks. The main topics discussed
include, what type of vulnerabilities exist today in 802.11 networks and ways that you
can help prevent these vulnerabilities from being exploited. More ... Installing a Local Printer on Windows Vista Installing a local printer, especially a USB printer, is a non-issue on Windows Vista.
You connect it, turn it on, and Vista automatically installs it. But if you have a less
common printer, an older printer, or if you've previously removed the printer and want
to add it again, you may need to use the Printer Wizard. More ... Hands-On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Administration This book is the perfect resource for learning Windows Server 2008 from the ground-up!
Designed to build a foundation in basic server administration, the book requires no
previous server experience. It covers all of the critical Windows Server 2008
features, including the features unique to this new server operating system. More ... Configuring Windows as a NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server The Windows operating systems from Windows 2000 onwards has an in-built
time synchronization service - Windows Time. The Windows Time service
facilitates a Windows network to provide synchronization of all machines
within a domain. This article describes how to configure the Windows 2000
and Windows 2003 time service as a NTP server. More ... Font Basics There are two basic kinds of fonts, bitmapped fonts and scalable fonts.
Bitmapped fonts are constructed as a pattern of dots. Bitmapped fonts can
be enlarged, but this produces jagged looking type. More ... PC Technician's Guide to Providing Telephone Support Troubleshooting PC problems over a telephone is a difficult task. Always keep complete
support incident documentation. If you can't solve the problem, follow your company's
escalation policy. If a problem is taking a long time to solve, try to work out a temporary
work-around with the customer so that they can stay in business. By following the steps
in this article you'll be able to provide successful telephone technical support. More ... A Day in the Life of a System Administrator People interested in becoming a computer system administrator or those
who are studying for the Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) exam
might not know what a system administrator actually does. More ... FreeDOS FreeDOS is a PC compatible Y2K compliant DOS that you can download from
www.freedos.org. Microsoft should have made the expiration period much
longer than 30 days. Maybe they want you to activate Windows XP before it crashes. More ... Configure Vista's Data Execution Prevention If DEP notices a program on your computer using memory incorrectly, it closes
the program and notifies you that the programs execution has been blocked. By default
DEP is set to protect only Windows operating system files. However, you can configure
DEP to protect all programs on your computer. More ... Script to Display the Processes Running on a Computer Processes are the programs or tasks running on a computer. The most common
way to view the processes is with Task Manager. To get a quick list you
could use a script. Below is a script that displays the processes running on a computer. More ...
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