This is a basic video for navigating the windows command line. In it I explain how to move around and navigate to different folders or hard drives in Windows. This a pretty basic video for beginners. It works on almost all Windows operating systems including Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 and server 2003 and 2008. [...]

This command line video teaches how to start and stop a service via command line. It shows how to find the names of a service via services in computer management. Services are programs that run the various functionality of a windows machine. the commands I use are… net stop spooler net start spooler net stop [...]

TCP/IP is a set of protocols used to access the Internet and other networks. It is possible for the Windows software that deals with TCP/IP to become corrupt. This video uses Windows 7, but these commands work on Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Windows Server 2003 and 2008. This video resets both the TCP/IP stack [...]

This is a quick tour of the Windows command prompt and it’s properties. The main focus is to show how to copy and paste or modify the color scheme, window size, font size, or full screen the window. I also show where you can modify options in the command prompt.

FOG Project is a free imaging solution. To make a disk image for a computer is to copy it’s hard drive while it is in a working state. Then if the computer should fail, you can always restore the operating system to a previously working version. If the hardware fails, this does not help! This [...]

A Media Access Control (MAC) address is burned into every network card made. With Windows Server 2008, it is possible to allow or deny a computer or client from getting an IP Address based on a list of MAC Addresses. This is controlled by the DHCP server and is a new feature in Windows Server [...]

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol used to transfer files in a client/server model. The most common use for it is to transfer a made webpage into a server for a website. FTP is an old protocol that predates TCP/IP. It runs on TCP ports 20 and 21. 21 is the port that handles [...]

Installing SSH server on Ubuntu. I use a program called Putty to access the Linux machine from my Windows machine. Secure Shell (SSH) runs on port 22 and is a widely accepted protocol. It allows remote access to a computer, but it is command line only. Unlike Remote Desktop (RDP) which is mostly graphical. All [...]

As Microsoft Windows Server has progressed over the years additional functionality has been incorporated into its domain controllers. The level at which a forest operates is its functional level. This means that if a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is at a Server 2000 native functional level, it can only utilize the features that were available [...]

The Directory Service Diagnosis Tool, dcdiag.exe, does a number of functions. It performs tests and reports on the replication and security for Active Directory Domain Services. The command without any switches performs a simple test. There are switches that can be used to perform more complex tests. The output of the command may appear in [...]

The Replication Diagnostics Tool (Repadmin.exe) is command line tool used to check replication between domain controllers. Repadmin.exe produces information that may be used to view information about a possible problem with replication in the forest. Repadmin.exe indicates when a problem change has been made to Active Directory. It can be as specific to report on [...]

This howto video shows off Global Name Zones (GNZ), the replacement for WINS. It was possible for a Server 2003 to be a WINS server and resolve NetBIOS or NetBEUI requests over multiple network segments. (NetBIOS is not routable.) However, while Microsoft Windows Server 2008 can utilize NetBIOS, it can not be a WINS server. [...]