The concept of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an important aspect for better network in regards with security, reliability, manageability and usability. It also avoids conflict between similar IP addresses, which are often caused due to human error. Moreover, it has simplified the job of administrator where they don’t need to assign IP address again and again.
When this technology is implemented with Windows 7 user can gain excellent internet experience over their mobile network.
Key advantage of DHCP server along with Windows 7
• Easy to locate the client with the distinct IP address
• Easy to manage the client computer
• Least resource consumption, which attributes for enhance network performance
Hence, DHCP server along with Windows 7 will be very useful for the businesses and enterprises to manage their business from remote places over the laptop and PDAs mobile. This will increase the pace of communication with utmost security.
Let’s see how we can configure DHCP server for Windows 7.
STEP 1. Click Start, Control Panel, and then click Add Or Remove Programs
STEP 2. Select “Add/Remove Windows Components”
STEP 3. It will initiate Windows Components Wizard
STEP 4. From the Components list box, select Networking Services, and then click the Details button
STEP 5. The Networking Services dialog box opens
STEP 6. In the Subcomponents Of Networking Services list box, check the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol checkbox
STEP 7. Click OK
STEP 8. Click Next
STEP 9. On the Windows Components Wizard page you will get the prompt of Complete process. Click “Finish”
Hope, you will find this blog extremely useful.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Thursday, March 5, 2009
SP2 RC for Vista and Server 2008 Goes Public
Microsoft today released the Release Candidate build of Service Pack 2 (6002.16670.090130) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to the public. You can grab the standalone installer package from the Microsoft Download Center for 32-bit five languages and 32-bit all languages, 64-bit five languages and 64-bit all languages, as well as Itanium five languages and Itanium all languages. If you have Vista in English, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish, download the five languages package, otherwise get the larger "all language" version. There is also a five language and an all language .iso image available, as well as a patch that will allow you to get it via Windows Update. While this is a public release, it is still a Release Candidate, and Microsoft is recommending that the average customer "wait until the final release prior to installing this service pack" and reminding testers that "a Service Pack is not a feature release—we are not looking for new feature suggestions, only SP2 regressions, crashes, and confirmation of fixes we've made will be considered for this milestone."
The public release follows the release of the build to Microsoft Connect testers two weeks ago. The full list of the 691 hotfixes included in the service pack was made available then, and Microsoft detailed the various improvements the service pack contains. That information later appeared on the official Windows Blog, so if you're interested in the exact breakdown of application compatibility improvements, hardware ecosystem support and enhancements, operating system experience updates, enterprise improvements, as well as setup and deployment improvements, head over there for the official details.
As with previous service packs, SP2 will include all previous updates and patches for the operating system (for example, SP2 marks the inclusion of Hyper-V into Windows Server 2008 natively) as well as significant performance improvements (on top of those in SP1).
It's also worth noting that there are known issues with this build:
* Application compatibility:
o The operating system security settings will incorrectly show some versions of certain antivirus applications as inactive when they are not. Two applications known to be affected are all versions of Avira AntiVir prior to and including 8.2.0.611 and all versions of Trend Micro Internet Security prior to version 17. There is no workaround at this time for those application versions. More recent versions of these applications are not affected.
o Security Innovation Holodeck 2.8.0 (enterprise edition) may unexpectedly quit. There is no workaround at this time.
* Internet Information Services: If a Web application or service attempts to access Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) remotely using an Internet Information Services 7.0 process that runs under the application pool identity, the access will fail. To avoid this, run the process under a different identity, such as Network Service.
* SQL Server 2008: This issue affects Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter. If you attempt to install SQL Server 2008 on a failover cluster, the installation will fail. If you are affected by this, have a look at the details and workaround.
SP2's main requirement that SP1 is already installed. Some have said that this is because SP2 is not yet finalized, but it has been confirmed that the final version of SP2 will still have SP1 as a prerequisite. The reason for this is size. Microsoft wants the size of SP2 to be smaller Server 2008 shipped with SP1 already installed, including the contents of the SP1 client code, which would make the Server deployments even bigger. SP2 applies to both the client and server versions of Windows because Microsoft adopted a single serviceability model to minimize deployment. Also, by releasing one single service pack, Microsoft has less testing to do, since Vista and Server 2008 have the same binaries for all common files, making for a quicker release.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/sp2-rc-for-vista-and-server-2008-goes-public.ars
The public release follows the release of the build to Microsoft Connect testers two weeks ago. The full list of the 691 hotfixes included in the service pack was made available then, and Microsoft detailed the various improvements the service pack contains. That information later appeared on the official Windows Blog, so if you're interested in the exact breakdown of application compatibility improvements, hardware ecosystem support and enhancements, operating system experience updates, enterprise improvements, as well as setup and deployment improvements, head over there for the official details.
As with previous service packs, SP2 will include all previous updates and patches for the operating system (for example, SP2 marks the inclusion of Hyper-V into Windows Server 2008 natively) as well as significant performance improvements (on top of those in SP1).
It's also worth noting that there are known issues with this build:
* Application compatibility:
o The operating system security settings will incorrectly show some versions of certain antivirus applications as inactive when they are not. Two applications known to be affected are all versions of Avira AntiVir prior to and including 8.2.0.611 and all versions of Trend Micro Internet Security prior to version 17. There is no workaround at this time for those application versions. More recent versions of these applications are not affected.
o Security Innovation Holodeck 2.8.0 (enterprise edition) may unexpectedly quit. There is no workaround at this time.
* Internet Information Services: If a Web application or service attempts to access Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) remotely using an Internet Information Services 7.0 process that runs under the application pool identity, the access will fail. To avoid this, run the process under a different identity, such as Network Service.
* SQL Server 2008: This issue affects Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter. If you attempt to install SQL Server 2008 on a failover cluster, the installation will fail. If you are affected by this, have a look at the details and workaround.
SP2's main requirement that SP1 is already installed. Some have said that this is because SP2 is not yet finalized, but it has been confirmed that the final version of SP2 will still have SP1 as a prerequisite. The reason for this is size. Microsoft wants the size of SP2 to be smaller Server 2008 shipped with SP1 already installed, including the contents of the SP1 client code, which would make the Server deployments even bigger. SP2 applies to both the client and server versions of Windows because Microsoft adopted a single serviceability model to minimize deployment. Also, by releasing one single service pack, Microsoft has less testing to do, since Vista and Server 2008 have the same binaries for all common files, making for a quicker release.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/sp2-rc-for-vista-and-server-2008-goes-public.ars
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
CyberPower Launches compact Windows Home Server
The hardware specs aren’t bad either featuring a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom processor, 2GB of DDR2 Memory, 7200 RPM SATA-II HDD, Gigabit Ethernet, and S-Video & Audio output support via its Intel GMA 950 mainboard. Full press release below.
CyberPower Inc., a manufacturer of custom gaming machines, notebook systems, and high performance workstations, today announced its Windows Home Server 100 – a small form factor home-based server that allows users to easily access their files, photos, videos and music in their home or remotely. With CyberPower’s Windows Home Server 100 users can protect, connect to, and organize their digital data, and also expand their storage needs with very little effort.
Windows Home Server 100 was designed for households and home-based businesses that have more than one personal computer. This energy-saving server can automatically complete the daily backup of your computers on a home network, which allows users to restore a single file or an entire PC. Users can now access files at home, in the office, or even on the road. The CyberPower Windows Home Server 100 also features a secure and personalized website address, which allows users to organize their digital media in a central location to make it easier to share photos, music, and home videos.
CyberPower Windows Home Server 100 features include Intel’s energy-saving ATOM 330 Dual Core CPU (45nm, FSB 533MHz, 1.6GHz, 1 MB L2) on the Intel’s Mini-ITX mainboard with Intel GMA 950 & S-video output support, 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet, ALC662 High Definition Audio, a 500GB SATA-II hard drive, 2GBs of PC2-4200 DDR2-533 memory and Microsoft Windows 2003 Server OEM version. List price of this configuration is $399.
The CyberPower Windows Home Server 100 is available direct from CyberPower and can be customized from the company web site with numerous component options. All CyberPower computer systems come with a 3-year limited warranty and free lifetime labor and phone support.
Source: http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/02/cyberpower-launches-compact-windows-home-server-100/
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Antivirus Beta for Windows 7
Kaspersky releases Antivirus beta for Windows 7. The prototype is based on a new antivirus engine which provides complete antivirus protection from all types of Internet threats.
The new version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus is designed to secure computers running under Windows 7. The beta test version of Microsoft Windows 7 operating system was released at the beginning of January 2009.
"We knew the release of the new version of Windows would be a huge event for the IT community, which is why we were prepared for it," said Alexey Kalgin, Director Product Marketing, Corporate Business Division, Kaspersky Lab. "Our company has always made support for Microsoft's new operating systems a top priority. For example Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Vista was released simultaneously with the operating system's official launch. When Windows Server 2008 was released, Kaspersky Anti-Virus was the only antivirus product on the market certified by Microsoft. Users can now see for themselves how our antivirus protection technologies perform on the new platform."
This new version includes real-time scanner, firewall and anti-spam protection. The product is optimised for multi-core systems and will be available for both 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows 7.
Download: Kaspersky Antivirus Beta for Windows 7
The new version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus is designed to secure computers running under Windows 7. The beta test version of Microsoft Windows 7 operating system was released at the beginning of January 2009.
"We knew the release of the new version of Windows would be a huge event for the IT community, which is why we were prepared for it," said Alexey Kalgin, Director Product Marketing, Corporate Business Division, Kaspersky Lab. "Our company has always made support for Microsoft's new operating systems a top priority. For example Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Vista was released simultaneously with the operating system's official launch. When Windows Server 2008 was released, Kaspersky Anti-Virus was the only antivirus product on the market certified by Microsoft. Users can now see for themselves how our antivirus protection technologies perform on the new platform."
This new version includes real-time scanner, firewall and anti-spam protection. The product is optimised for multi-core systems and will be available for both 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows 7.
Download: Kaspersky Antivirus Beta for Windows 7
Thursday, December 4, 2008
some important features in Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft plans to release an R2 edition of Windows Server 2008 in 2009 or 2010. Here are the key features of the R2 release that you need to know.
The most prominent is that Windows Server 2008 will solely be an x64 platform with the R2 release. This will make the upgrade to x64 platforms not really a surprise, as all current server class hardware is capable of 64-bit computing.
There is one last window of time to get a 2008 release of Windows still on a 32-bit platform before R2 is released, so do it now for those difficult applications that don’t seem to play well on x64 platforms.
Beyond the processor changes, here are the other important features Windows Server 2008 R2:
Hyper-V improvements: The Hyper-V is planned to offer Live Migration as an improvement to the initial release of Quick Migration; Hyper-V will measure the migration time in milliseconds. This will be a solid point in the case for Hyper-V compared to VMware's ESX or other hypervisor platforms. Hyper-V will also include support for additional processors and Second Level Translation (SLAT).
PowerShell 2.0: PowerShell 2.0 has been out in a beta release and Customer Technology Preview capacity, but it will be fully baked into Windows Server 2008 R2 upon its release. PowerShell 2.0 includes over 240 new commands, as well as a graphical user interface. Further, PowerShell will be able to be installed on Windows Server Core.
Core parking: This feature of Windows Server 2008 will constantly assess the amount of processing across systems with multiple cores, and under certain configurations, suspend new work being sent to the cores. Then with the core idle, it can be sent to a sleep mode and reduce the overall power consumption of the system.
All of these new features will be welcome and add great functionality to the Windows Server admin. The removal of x86 support is not entirely a surprise, but the process needs to be set in motion now for how to address any legacy applications.
Source:zdnetasia.com/techguide/windows/0,39044904,62048917,00.htm
Monday, November 24, 2008
Windows Server 2008 Evaluation Enterprise Edition and Server Core Virtual Hard Drive Images
The Microsoft VHD format is the common virtualization file format for Virtual PC, Virtual Server 2005 and Hyper-V that provides a uniform product support system, and provides more seamless manageability, security, reliability and cost-efficiency for customers.
This VHD release is available in English only and is for evaluation and testing purposes. Evaluating Windows Server2008 software does not require product activation or entering a product key. Any edition of Windows Server 2008 may be installed without activation and evaluated for an initial 60 days.
If you need more time to evaluate Windows Server 2008, the 60 day evaluation period may be reset (or re-armed) three times, extending the original 60 day evaluation period by up to 180 days for a total possible evaluation time of 240 days. After this time, you will need to uninstall the software or upgrade to a fully-licensed version of Windows Server 2008.
As this installation requires Hyper-V, you will need to have a base install of Windows Server 2008 (64bit edition), running Hyper-V.
Both virtual machines available here are running Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Evaluation. One is the default full installation, and the other has been configured as a default Core installation. For more information on the difference between full and core installation please see the Windows Server 2008 Editions Overview pages. For download options please see the IMAGE SELECTION section in the instructions below.
As both virtual machines do not have anti-virus installed, they should not be connected to any network until it has anti-virus installed. In addition, the operating system and programs installed were patched with all updates as of May 8, 2008.
The following download is for Hyper-V deployments. If you are looking to evaluate Windows Server 2008 on Virtual Server 2005 then please visit: Windows Server 2008 Evaluation VHD Images (for VS2005).
Via:dabcc.com/downloadfile.aspx?id=650
This VHD release is available in English only and is for evaluation and testing purposes. Evaluating Windows Server2008 software does not require product activation or entering a product key. Any edition of Windows Server 2008 may be installed without activation and evaluated for an initial 60 days.
If you need more time to evaluate Windows Server 2008, the 60 day evaluation period may be reset (or re-armed) three times, extending the original 60 day evaluation period by up to 180 days for a total possible evaluation time of 240 days. After this time, you will need to uninstall the software or upgrade to a fully-licensed version of Windows Server 2008.
As this installation requires Hyper-V, you will need to have a base install of Windows Server 2008 (64bit edition), running Hyper-V.
Both virtual machines available here are running Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Evaluation. One is the default full installation, and the other has been configured as a default Core installation. For more information on the difference between full and core installation please see the Windows Server 2008 Editions Overview pages. For download options please see the IMAGE SELECTION section in the instructions below.
As both virtual machines do not have anti-virus installed, they should not be connected to any network until it has anti-virus installed. In addition, the operating system and programs installed were patched with all updates as of May 8, 2008.
The following download is for Hyper-V deployments. If you are looking to evaluate Windows Server 2008 on Virtual Server 2005 then please visit: Windows Server 2008 Evaluation VHD Images (for VS2005).
Via:dabcc.com/downloadfile.aspx?id=650
Monday, November 10, 2008
Microsoft Demos Windows Server 2008 R2
Bill Laing, vice president of Windows Server and Solutions, and Rob Williams, Microsoft's senior program manager, presented and demonstrated Windows Server 2008 from the small business to the enterprise. Specifically, they presented Windows Server 2008 R2, which will tentatively be released in 2010.
The keynote started with a presentation of 24 categories of Windows Server 2008, from home server up to enterprise class server flavors.
The first product presented was the upcoming Small Business Server and Essential Business server updates to Windows Server 2008. These will be presented on November 12 on the Microsoft Web site, hedreamserver.com. Essential Business Server is aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses that need server functionality but don't already have a server.
The meat of the presentation was several demos of the upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2. R2 is currently in pre-beta, and the full beta is expected next year. As previously announced, R2 will be 64-bit only, with support for x64 and Itanium. R2's features include streamlined management tools, integration with Windows 7, an enterprise class foundation, and enhancements for virtualization and consolidation.
Windows 7 support will include the seamless integration of Windows 7 PCs with the corporate environment, whether that PC is on the corporate LAN or on the Internet.
Laing and Williams demoed a Windows 7 PC that was connected to the Internet and the Microsoft corporate network, even though the PC is physically in Los Angeles and the corporate LAN is in Redmond, Wash. The PC connected seamlessly without the need for extra VPN software. The Windows 7 PC was also subject to corporate group policy updates, in this case a mandate that external USB drives be encrypted with BitLocker.
They also demoed enterprise-class scaling with a SQL server running 192 logical cores (combination of "real" silicon and HyperThreading). R2 will be scalable up to 256 logical cores, up from the current 64 core support in Windows Server 2008.
Last but not least, there was a demo of Hyper-V, the latest in Windows Server virtualization. Hyper-V was shown running instances of Vista, Windows Server 2003 with multi-core and 64-bit support, and Linux. The last demo was when Williams moved a running VM from one physical node to another, without any hiccups or having to reboot the VM. To the end user, this would've seemed like nothing had happened.
Source:pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2334055,00.asp
The keynote started with a presentation of 24 categories of Windows Server 2008, from home server up to enterprise class server flavors.
The first product presented was the upcoming Small Business Server and Essential Business server updates to Windows Server 2008. These will be presented on November 12 on the Microsoft Web site, hedreamserver.com. Essential Business Server is aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses that need server functionality but don't already have a server.
The meat of the presentation was several demos of the upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2. R2 is currently in pre-beta, and the full beta is expected next year. As previously announced, R2 will be 64-bit only, with support for x64 and Itanium. R2's features include streamlined management tools, integration with Windows 7, an enterprise class foundation, and enhancements for virtualization and consolidation.
Windows 7 support will include the seamless integration of Windows 7 PCs with the corporate environment, whether that PC is on the corporate LAN or on the Internet.
Laing and Williams demoed a Windows 7 PC that was connected to the Internet and the Microsoft corporate network, even though the PC is physically in Los Angeles and the corporate LAN is in Redmond, Wash. The PC connected seamlessly without the need for extra VPN software. The Windows 7 PC was also subject to corporate group policy updates, in this case a mandate that external USB drives be encrypted with BitLocker.
They also demoed enterprise-class scaling with a SQL server running 192 logical cores (combination of "real" silicon and HyperThreading). R2 will be scalable up to 256 logical cores, up from the current 64 core support in Windows Server 2008.
Last but not least, there was a demo of Hyper-V, the latest in Windows Server virtualization. Hyper-V was shown running instances of Vista, Windows Server 2003 with multi-core and 64-bit support, and Linux. The last demo was when Williams moved a running VM from one physical node to another, without any hiccups or having to reboot the VM. To the end user, this would've seemed like nothing had happened.
Source:pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2334055,00.asp
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Configure Server 2008 with these handy shortcuts
Windows Server 2008’s interface is quite a change from the familiar interfaces of Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server. Find out how you can get the most important configurations via a command line.
You may see blank stares when administrators try to accomplish tasks in the new Windows Server 2008 environment. When a simple MMC (Microsoft Management Console) snap-in won't do the trick, try my most frequently used command lines for Windows Server 2008.
You may see blank stares when administrators try to accomplish tasks in the new Windows Server 2008 environment. When a simple MMC (Microsoft Management Console) snap-in won't do the trick, try my most frequently used command lines for Windows Server 2008.
- ncpa.cpl: The additional clicks to get to the Manage Network Connections configuration are among the bigger learning curves for new installations. Simply running ncpa.cpl will take you right to the interface's configuration.
- desk.cpl: The display and resolution configuration are also buried in different areas, but you can quickly access the resolution by running desk.cpl.
- appwiz.cpl: Skip the visit to the Control Panel and simply run appwiz.cpl to jump into the Programs And Features applet.
- sysdm.cpl: It is not as easy as right-clicking My Computer anymore, but running sysdm.cpl can take you to the system properties screen to perform server renames, domain joins and device manager access and enable remote desktop.
- CompMgmtLauncher.exe: You can quickly access this server manager (which is much different than in Windows NT 4 version) by running CompMgmtLauncher.exe.
Monday, June 2, 2008
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