A cache domain name system (DNS) is a DNS server that builds and stores a local cache of names learned while doing recursive queries on behalf of their clients. Moreover, a cache DNS server is not an authoritative for any domain and does not host any zones.
To setup a cache-only DNS server, you need to install DNS service on a computer that is running a server operating system, for example Windows Server 2003.
You can either install DNS service by using Manage Your Server in Administrator Tools on the program menu or by using Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.
Installing a cache-only DNS server on Windows Server 2003:
You have now completed installing a cache-only DNS server on Windows Server 2003. A cache-only DNS server does not contain any zones. It’s only a DNS server that remembers a local cached names of client queries. So, for the server to cache names, you need to configure your clients to use the cache server as a DNS resolver.
Related resource:
Microsoft Support: How to Create a Caching-Only Name Server with Microsoft DNS
Book: DNS on Windows Server 2003 by Cricket Liu (Author), et al.
When installing Microsoft Office 2007 on Windows XP Professional SP3, I get an error – the windows installer service cannot update one or more protected windows files.
It looks like the windows installer service looks for a dynamic link library file named fp4autl.dll in the folder “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extension\Bin\40.” The error occurs when the file is missing from the folder, and when the windows installer service attempts to update web services that associates with the Microsoft Office 2007.
The solution to this error is to place fp4autl.dll file back into “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extension\Bin\40.” There are two ways to get fp4autl.dll file – extract it from Windows XP setup CD or copy it from another Windows XP machine.
Extracting Fp4autl.dll from Windows XP setup CD-ROM:
Copy Fp4autl.dll from another Windows XP machine:
Fp4autl.dll is a Microsoft FrontPage Utility Dynamic Link Library file. During the installation of Microsoft Office 2007, Windows installer service needs this fp4autl.dll file to update shared services that associates with Microsoft Office 2007.
Other Fp4autl.dll errors:
Microsoft Support:
You can hide a Screen Saver tab in Windows XP by adding a new DWORD registry entry in [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\System].
After you drill down to this key, right click, choose DWORD, and type NoDispScrSavPage. Then, set the value for this entry as follows:
This is the whole string after you create the entry, and if you export it out.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\System]
"NoDispScrSavPage"=dword:00000001
Also, this entry applies to a current user, meaning it applies to each user who logs on to the machine; so you have to find a way that each user gets this setting when he/she logs on.
Resources:
Book
Microsoft Support
You use netsh dhcp server command to move DHCP database from one server to another server – for example moving DHCP database from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008.
Please note that you must install DHCP server service on a target server before moving the database.
On a source DHCP server (Windows Server 2003):
On a target DHCP server (Windows Server 2008):
That’s it!
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Local Group Policy settings apply to all user accounts who log on to the computers and who have READ permission to %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicy folder. However, policies are not applied to users who do not have READ permission. Therefore, by denying READ permission to Administrators or other users whom you don’t want to restrict, you free those users from control by group policies.
Note: After you give DENY access to Administrators and if you want to change or modify the policy setting, you will not be able to run MMC or Group Policy Editor when you log in to the computer as Administrator unless you give back Administrators full rights to the GroupPolicy folder. To give Administrators FULL ACCESS, in Windows Explorer, right-click %SystemRoot%\System32\GroupPolicy folder > choose Properties > choose Security tab > select FULL CONTROL check box.
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Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) uses a default TCP port 3389. When you enable a remote desktop connection on your computer, you turn on this port automatically and allow a remote connection to your computer. Everyone in Administrators and Remote Desktop Users groups can connect to your computer remotely.
You can change the default port for Remote Desktop by editing the registry entry. Configuring and setting a new port for Remote Desktop provides a secure remote connection to your computer because only you and people with permission know the new port assignment.
You may need to restart the computer to effect the new change.
When Remote Desktop is enabled, the default port 3389 is added to the exception list of the Windows firewall. Since the new port is configured, a new exception must be created.
In the exception list of the Windows Firewall, you should have “Remote Desktop Connection” checked.
When you remotely connect to your computer with an assigned port, you must enter the new port along with the IP address or computer name. For example, if your computer IP is 192.168.12.3, and you configured a new port 3391 for your Remote Desktop; then you must enter 192.168.2.3:3391 in the Remote Desktop connection client.
If you try to establish a virtual private network (VPN) connection to a corporate network by using a Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) client, the connection to the Microsoft Windows Server-based remote access server may not succeed.
You may receive the following error message:
This issue may occur if the network firewall does not permit Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) protocol traffic. GRE is IP Protocol 47. PPTP uses GRE for tunneled data.
To resolve this issue, configure the network firewall to permit GRE protocol 47. Also, make sure that the network firewall permits TCP traffic on port 1723. Both of these conditions must be met to establish VPN connectivity by using PPTP.
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