Migrate Active Directory Domain Controller from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

Want to upgrade your domain controller Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

Important Steps to Follow:-

1. Raise Domain Functional Level
2. Prepare your current Windows 2003 Active Directory for Windows Server 2008 domain controllers.
3. Then, we will need to setup the server as an additional domain controller With Windows Server 2008.
4. Transfer FSMO roles to the Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Lets start the Migration

1. Raise Domain Functional Level We need to configure the domain to run in native mode.

• On the Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller, run Active Directory User and Computers snap-in by clicking on Start > Administrative Tools > Active Directory User and Computers
• Right Click the Domain Name node, then click on Raise Domain Functional Level

If you have Windows 2000 Active Directory domain controllers then choose Windows 2000 native, if you do not have any Windows 2000 Active Directory domain controllers and all of your domain controllers are Windows Server 2003, then choose Windows Server 20003. I will select Windows Server 2003 and then click the Raisebutton.

• A warning message will be displayed, informing you that the changes cannot be reversed. Click OK

• Functional level was raised successfully. Click OK

• Now Close the Active Directory User and Computers snap-in

2.  Prepare current Windows 2003 Active Directory

• Before you can have a 2008 server domain controller in your existing 2003 domain, we will need to prepare both the Forest Level and the Domain level, this is done by running the following commands on the Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller.
• Insert the Windows Server 2008 DVD inside the Windows Server 2003 DVD Drive
• Open Command Prompt, this is done by Clicking on Start > Run > type CMD >             click OK

• Type D:\sources\adprep\adprep /forestprep (Where D: is the drive of your Windows 2008 DVD)

Click Enter.

Read the warning message, I don't have any Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain                  Controllers, so I can simply skip this by typing Cand then press Enter, else quite the                Forest Preparation step and upgrade Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain Controller(s)          to SP4, then run forestperp again.

• After Forest preparation is completed successfully, run the Domain preparation command

Inside CMD, type D:\sources\adprep\adprep /domainprep (Where D: is the drive of               your Windows 2008 DVD)

If you have not Raised the Domain Functional Level from Windows 2000 Mixed to                       Windows 2000 Native or Windows 2003 as was illustrated earlier in step # 1, then you               will receive the following error message after you run domainprep command:

• If you did raise the domain functional level, adprep will successfully update the domain-wide information

• Although adprep /domainprep will update the domain-wide information, you can still run the last command adprep /domainprep /gpprep

Inside CMD, type D:\sources\adprep\adprep /domainprep /gpprep (Where D: is the            drive of your Windows 2008 DVD)

As you can see, Domain-wide information has already been updated when we ran the domainprep command, as no Group Policy Object (GPO) updates needed, or GPO information has already been updated.

3. Setting Up an Additional Domain Controller with Windows Server 2008

Now that Windows Server 2003 Active Directory has been prepared for Windows Server 2008 Domain Controllers, its time to Set Up an Additional Domain Controller With Windows server 2008 and set it as a Global Catalog. If you already have an additional Windows Server 2008 domain controller and you want to check if it is a Global Catalog

Steps to install ADC windows 2008 = http://www.getcomputersolution.com/solution/setting-up-a-additional-domain-controller-in-windows-server-2008

Steps to install Global Catalog server = http://www.getcomputersolution.com/solution/steps-to-configure-a-windows-server-2008-domain-controller-as-a-global-catalog

4. Transfer FSMO roles to the Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

The last step in migrating a domain controller, is transferring the FSMO roles to the new domain controller.

Steps to transfer FSMO Roles = http://www.getcomputersolution.com/solution/step-to-transfer-fsmo-roles-in-windows-server-2008

Now you will successfully be able to migrate your old Windows Server 2003 Domain                   controller to Windows Server 2008.

How to configure a Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller as a Global Catalog

Steps to set an additional Domain Controller as a Global Catalog Server

Define Global catalog Server :- Every forest requires at least one Global Catalog server, that's why by default When you create a Windows Server Active Directory Forest, the first domain controller in the forest is automatically configured to be a Global Catalog server. The global catalog is a distributed data repository that contains a searchable, partial representation of every object in every domain in a multi-domain Active Directory forest. A global catalog server is a domain controller that, in addition to its full, writable domain directory partition replica, also stores a partial, read-only replica of all other domain directory partitions in the forest. In this article, I will show you how to set your additional Domain Controller as a Global Catalog Server as well.

Steps to configure ADC a Global Catalog Server :-

1.Open Active Directory Sites and Services, click Start > Administrative Tools > then            click Active Directory Sites and Services.

2.From the left side pane, expand Sites > Default-First-Site-Name> Servers > Domain             Controllers .

3. Now expand the Windows Server 2008 that you want to set as a Global Catalog and right Click its NTDS Settings then click on Properties

4. Under the General Tab, there is a check box beside Global Catalog, if it is unselected then this means that this Domain Controller is not a Global Catalog, if you do want to set it as a Global Catalog server, then select this checkbox and click on Apply then OK. The process it takes the Global Catalog to replicate itself throughout the forest takes time depending on your Active Directory infrastructure.

5. Close Active Directory Sites and Services and then restart the Domain Controller.

How to Reset Nokia phone

Factory reset on the Nokia N8

Before Resetting your Phone take the Backup if possible.

Follow these steps for factory reset on the Nokia N8:

1. Go into the Nokia N8’s Main Menu
2. Select, Settings
3. Then go into Phone
4. Scroll down to Phone mgmt.
5. Select Factory Settings
6. Now you’ll be presented with two options: restore and delete data and restore.
7. Select Delete Data and Restore

The phone will now reset and all the data will be wiped

To hard reset the Nokia N8:

Step 1: Turn your Nokia N8 OFF

Step 2: Hold Volume Down + Camera Key + Menu Key at the same time and press power button until your phone vibrates.

Step 3: Wait until the screen comes back on.

After this you should successfully reset your Nokia N8 mobile Phone if not try these steps again

Note: – The only issue you will face after formatting Nokia N8 that you will lose the OVI Maps, so you can download these from the link below.

http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/ovi-maps-306

Get Alerts when Cisco router configuration has changed.

Using SNMP to alert your NMS of Cisco IOS configuration changes

To get alerted whenever someone changes your Cisco IOS router configuration. These commands alert your network management system (NMS)  and your NMS Server must alert you, by sending you a (email, SMS,Alert).

First, your Cisco router will need to be configured to point to your NMS. To do this, enter this command:

Router(config)# snmp-server host x.x.x.x {community string}

The x.x.x.x is the IP address of your NMS. The community string, configured for this device, on your NMS, and the router must match.

Next, you need to tell the router what you want it to alert you about. In our case, we want to be alerted to router configuration changes so we use the “trap config” option, like this:

Router(config)# snmp-server enable traps config

Configuring your SNMP Network Management Station (NMS)

So now that your Cisco router is sending your NMS an alert that the configuration has changed, the NMS needs to alert you. The point of the NMS is to be the “middle man” and be the place where you dispatch all these alert through various methods like email, SMS,or cell.

As there are so many different NMS options available. Use either Whatsup or OpenNMS. Whatsup is relatively inexpensive compared to a large enterprise NMS like HP Openview , SolarWind and  VMware Application.

Find More SNMP Traps :-http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk648/tk362/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094a05.shtml

Configure a Cisco Router or Switch through HyperTerminal

Step to configure a Cisco Router through HyperTerminal

HyperTerminal is a program that runs in Microsoft Windows. It offers you a text-based command prompt of a remote device. That device could be either a serial device, like a Cisco router or Switch, connected directly to your Computer serial port.  HyperTerminal can either use the local serial interface for communications or the network.  In the case of the network, HyperTerminal is simply using the telnet protocol.
Connecting to your Cisco device with HyperTerminal

• Leave the router off; and power up the Windows PC.
• Connect the console cable serial port into the PC’s top serial port (COM1).
• Connect the other end of the serial cable(RJ-45 connector) into the COM port of your router or Switch.

Run HyperTerminal in Windows by going to Start > Programs > Accessories >                         Communications > HyperTerminal.

After clicking on the HyperTerminal icon.

• Hyper-terminal prompts you to create a new connection.
• Type the name of the connection (eg:- Cisco) and click ok.

On the next window, change the Bits rate to 9600 and click OK.

Your PC is physically connected to the Cisco Device now so Turn on your Cisco device. In the HyperTerminal window, you should see the boot up process for your device,

You may have to hit <Enter> a couple of times to connect to your router.

Answer all of your router’s “yes/no” questions with a NO first read each and every thing carefully

You have successfully configured HyperTerminal and connected to your Cisco device.

Some of the Basic Command to configure the Cisco Router:-

1)      If you do not have a # prompt, bring the router to privileged (EXEC) mode.

Router>enable

2)      Go to global configuration level, which allows you to change the configuration of the router.

Router# configure terminal

3)      Switch to configure the fastethernet0/0 interface — Command : interface <interface type>

Router(config)# interface fastethernet0/0

4)      Configure an IP address 192.168.0.1 and Subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 — Command : ip           address <ip address> <subnet mask>

Router(config-if)# IP address 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0

5)      Activate fastethernet0/0 interface — Command : no shutdown

Router(config-if)# no shutdown

6)      Exit back to global configuration level.

Router(config-if)# exit

7)      Configure the fastethernet0/1 interface — Command : interface <interface type>

Router(config)# interface fastethernet0/1

8)      Configure IP address 192.168.1.1 with subnetmask of 255.255.255.0 on fastethernet0/1               interface — Command : ip address <ip address> <subnet mask>

Router(config-if)# ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0

9)      Activate fastethernet0/1 interface — Command : no shutdown

Router(config-if)# no shutdown

10)  Exit back to global configuration level

Router(config-if)# exit

11)  Exit out of global configuration level

Router(config)# ^z

12)  Save Configuration into NVRAM

Router# write

13)  See the current configuration of the Router.

Router# show configuration

14)  Router> – indicates user is back to user EXEC level

Router# disable

15)  Router> – indicates user is back to user EXEC level

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DHCP server Backup and Restore steps

STEPS TO TAKE BACKUP DHCP SERVER 2008

Step to Backup DHCP Server in Windows Server 2008.Open the DHCP Manager, from the server’s Administrative Tools menu. When the console opens, right click on the server name, and then choose the Backup command from the shortcut menu.

After choose the Backup command from the shortcut menu.Windows will prompt you to enter a location for the backup file that you are creating. After entering a location, click OK, and the backup file will be created.

Restoring a DHCP Backup in Windows Server 2008

Step to Restoring a DHCP backup just open the DHCP management console, right click on the server that you want to restore the backup to, and choose the Restore command from the resulting shortcut menu. You can see the Restore option.Specify the location of the backup that you want to restore, and click OK. Windows will now ask you if it is OK to stop and restart the DHCP Server service. Click Yes, and the restore will begin. When the process completes, the DHCP Server service should automatically restart with the new settings.
You must restart the DHCP Server service to work correctly.

Note:Fore Detalis visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962355

Microsoft is to buy Skype

Microsoft the software Giant is in talks for acquiring or partnering with skype the Internet,VoIP based telephony company Skype. Last Week the same story was with the world’s largest social networking company Facebook for acquiring and partnering with Skype and Google was also in the same run.

If Microsoft deal is final then Microsoft will get a big boost by using Skype’s voice, video and sharing capabilities to fight against various Google services.

Twitter Has Acquired TweetDeck

TweetDeck, the leading third party Twitter client, has been acquired by Twitter for around $40 to $50 million. TweetDeck is the most popular Twitter client not made by Twitter itself TweetDeck is an application that allows users to organize all their social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. It has a desktop client as well as apps for iOS and Android.

http://www.getcomputersolution.com/solution/twitter-has-acquired-tweetdeck

Google home page Doodles

Hi, today Google has put up at least 16 different doodles (Google home page image) on its home page to celebrate the 76th birth anniversary of English author and illustrator Charles Roger Hargreaves. Each time you refresh the Google homepage, you will find a new Doodle representing a story, novel or something related to the author. Try it now!

All New in Microsoft Office 2010

Some New feature in Microsoft Office 2010

1. Save Office Documents to the Cloud

With Microsoft Office 2010, you can directly upload documents to your Windows Live Sky Drive Account and access them from any other computer.

SkyDrive provides 25 GB of free online storage and, since the service is integrated with Office Web Apps, you can view and edit these documents anywhere in the web browser without requiring Microsoft Office (even on a Mac system).

2. Embed Web Videos in your PresentationsWith Office 2010, you can easily embed video clips from the Internet into your PowerPoint presentations. Just copy the embed code from YouTube (or any other video sharing site) and paste it anywhere on the slide.

3. Quick Steps in OutlookGmail includes a useful feature called Send and Archive that performs multiple tasks. When you click this button, it will first send the reply and then archives the thread with one click.With the new Quick Steps feature in Outlook, you can create a sequence of commands (Send & Archive is just one example) and apply them to any Outlook item with a click. For instance, here’s a quick step for “Send and Delete” which would delete the email from your inbox after you’ve replied.

Outlook 2010 now has a ribbon user interface, like Word, PowerPoint and Excel. The UI of email conversations has been upgraded to look almost like a message tree, allowing users a more visual view of sent and incoming emails. Search functionality has been improved as well, making it much easier to find content. Also, you can preview calendars in emails and choose to ignore selective email conversations.

When you open an email message inside Outlook 2010, it will show you related information such as email attachments, pictures, meeting requests and all previous email messages that you may have exchanged with that person.There’s a green add button that lets you “add that person to your online social networks from Outlook” but the service isn’t live yet. Until then, you can use these add-ons to make your Outlook more social.

4. Built-in PDF WriterAll Office 2010 programs include a built-in PDF writer to help you save documents into thePDF format with a click. 5.Document printing made simple.With Office 2010, Microsoft has completely revamped the print dialog and it’s a tremendous improvement. For instance, you can pull printer settings and changes side-by-side.

6. Broadcast Slideshows within PowerPointThis is probably my favorite new feature of PowerPoint 2010. You can deliver live presentations over the web from within PowerPoint and anyone in the world can view your presentation using a web browser. It just works.

7. Video Editing meets PowerPointDo you want to edit some parts of a video clip before using it in your presentation that’s easy because PowerPoint 2010 now includes some very powerful video editing features.

PowerPoint has been upgraded not only with a new browser version,Users now have the capability of editing video and images within PowerPoint with a basic video editing tool and an image editing tool, which is like a basic, simple version of Adobe Photoshop. Microsoft has also added the ability for users to launch a WebEx-like live sharing feature with other users. So if you create a slideshow in PowerPoint, you can share it with other people in real-time (which can be run on top of Sharepoint).
To share a link with other users, you send an email to individuals with a link. Once they click the link, they will see the slideshow within the browser. This feature can also be used on a mobile phone’s browser. You can also create a slideshow in the desktop version and then publish it to the web version to access it via the browser. The browser version of PowerPoint doesn’t include the video editing featurer.

8. Built-in Screen CaptureAll Office 2010 programs now include a screen clipping utility to help you quickly capture any area of the desktop screen. The tool will automatically take screenshots of all open applications on your desktop and you can insert them directly into your document or presentation.

9.Excel spreadsheets can now run in the browser, and similar to PowerPoint, spreadsheets can be published to the browser via the desktop version. The browser version of Excel has limited features, but offers more in-depth functionality than Google Spreadsheets. Microsoft has added a particularly innovative feature called Sparklines, which gives a visual snapshot image of a data trend over time within a cell. You can also share Excel via the browser with other users and set special permissions on who can access the document.

The most notable additions to Excel 2010 are two new features called sparklines and slicers. Sparklines are tiny charts that fit into a cell,The sparklines shown in the figure use the line format, but you can also create column or win/loss sparklines. You can edit the design of the sparklines, too, Slicers are objects you can use to filter the data in pivot tables, which you can move around or resize on the screen. When data in the pivot table changes, the slicer is automatically updated. Both sparklines and slicers are created via the Insert tab on the Ribbon.

10.Word 2010 on Microsoft Word is that they want to preserve the look and feel of a document created in the desktop version in the browser. Microsoft calls this “document fidelity” and created the browser version of MS Word accordingly. In the browser, documents retain the same look and feel as in the desktop. The browser version still has the “ribbon user interface,” where you can change fonts, size, formatting, styles etc.

Microsoft has also updated the desktop version to have collaborative features so that multiple users can be editing a document at once. This collaboration is not available in the web version, unfortunately. Microsoft says that users don’t want this feature but this might be a move to protect the Office revenue model.When two people are editing the same document (in the desktop version) at the same time, Word will notify each user when there are changes that need to be synced with their document. The copy/paste function of the desktop version has also received an upgrade, where you can see a live preview for the paste function. The paste function also has an advanced option to create and insert screenshots. To make moving around a long document easier, Word now has a visual navigation pane and section header breakdown which makes it easy to jump around different sections of a document.

When you open an existing document for the first time in Word 2010, if you try to start editing it, you may be surprised to find that nothing happens. If you look more closely, you’ll see that the Ribbon is hidden. What’s up with that? The document has opened in Protected View,a red box across the top of the document notifies you that you’re in Protected View and tells you that the file originated from an Internet location. This gives you the opportunity to determine whether it’s safe to open. If you click the Enable Editing button, the document downloads, the Ribbon appears, and you can make changes to the document as usual.

11.Drag-and-drop navigation pane
Word 2010 is the new drag-and-drop navigation pane. It’s a little like the Word 2007 document map — on steroids. Whereas the document map only gives you a view of your headers and document sections, graphics, etc., the navigation pane lets you rearrange your document easily by dragging and dropping within the pane. To turn on this feature, click the View tab on the Ribbon and in the Show section, check the box labeled Navigation Pane, as shown in Figure below

Want to move that third first-level heading (and all the text under it) up above the second one, without having to copy and paste it?Just drag the heading where you want it in the navigation pane.

Fore More Details Visit :- www.Microsoft.com

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