1. Chapter 1 General Administration

   1. Hacks #1-16

   2. Use Run As to Perform Administrative Tasks

   3. Drag and Drop to the Run Menu

   4. Find and Replace Registry Keys from a Command Line

   5. Automatically Log On After Booting

   6. Wait for and Optionally Terminate a Process

   7. Shut Down a Remote Computer

   8. Rename Mapped Drives

   9. Execute a Command on Each Computer in a Domain

   10. Add, Remove, or Retrieve Environment Variables

   11. Extend Group Policy

   12. Disable EFS

   13. Get Event Log Information

   14. Shortcut to Remote Assistance

   15. Desktop Checker

   16. Top Five Tools

   17. myITforum.com

2. Chapter 2 Active Directory

   1. Hacks #17-24

   2. Retrieve the List of Old Domain Computer Accounts

   3. Automate Creation of OU Structure

   4. Modify All Objects in the OU

   5. Delegate Control of an OU to a User

   6. Send OU Information in Active Directory to an HTML Page

   7. Display Active Directory Information

   8. Store and Display Contact Information in Active Directory

   9. Restore the Active Directory Icon in Windows XP

3. Chapter 3 User Management

   1. Hacks #25-35

   2. Search for Domain Users

   3. Manage User Accounts in Active Directory

   4. Get a List of Disabled Accounts

   5. Get User Account Information

   6. Check for Passwords that Never Expire

   7. Enumerate Group Membership to a CSV File

   8. Modify User Properties for All Users in a Particular OU

   9. Check Group Membership and Map Drives in a Logon Script

   10. Script Creation of a User's Home Directory and Permissions

   11. Prevent Ordinary Users from Creating Local Accounts

   12. Put a Logoff Icon on the Desktop

4. Chapter 4 Networking Services

   1. Hacks #36-47

   2. Manage Services on Remote Machines

   3. Simplify DNS Aging and Scavenging

   4. Troubleshoot DNS

   5. Manually Recreate a Damaged WINS Database

   6. Change WINS for All Enabled Adapters

   7. Ensure DHCP Server Availability

   8. Change a Network Adapter's IP Info

   9. Change from Static IP to DHCP

   10. Release and Renew IP Addresses

   11. Use netsh to Change Configuration Settings

   12. Remove Orphaned Network Cards

   13. Implement Windows 2000 Network Load Balancing

5. Chapter 5 File and Print

   1. Hacks #48-53

   2. Map Network Drives

   3. Determine Who Has A Particular File Open on the Network

   4. Display a Directory Tree

   5. Automate Printer Management

   6. Set the Default Printer Based on Location

   7. Add Printers Based on Name of Computer

6. Chapter 6 IIS

   1. Hacks #54-61

   2. Back Up the Metabase

   3. Restore the Metabase

   4. Map the Metabase

   5. Metabase Hacks

   6. Hide the Metabase

   7. IIS Administration Scripts

   8. Run Other Web Servers

   9. IISFAQ

7. Chapter 7 Deployment

   1. Hacks #62-68

   2. Get Started with RIS

   3. Customize RIS

   4. Tune RIS

   5. Customize SysPrep

   6. Remove Windows Components from the Command Line

   7. Unattended Installation of Windows Components

   8. Easily Create a Network Boot Disk

8. Chapter 8 Security

   1. Hacks #69-78

   2. Fundamentals of a Virus-Free Network

   3. Antivirus FAQ

   4. Rename the Administrator and Guest Accounts

   5. Get a List of Local Administrators

   6. Find All Computers that Are Running a Service

   7. Grant Administrative Access to a Domain Controller

   8. Secure Backups

   9. Find Computers with Automatic logon Enabled

   10. Security FAQ

   11. Microsoft Security Tools

9. Chapter 9 Patch Management

   1. Hacks #79-89

   2. Best Practices for Patch Management

   3. Beginners Guide to Enterprise Patch Management

   4. Patch-Management FAQ

   5. Enumerate Installed Hotfixes

   6. Apply Patches in the Correct Order

   7. Windows Update FAQ

   8. Obtain Updates via the Windows Update Catalog

   9. Use Automatic Updates Effectively

   10. Use Group Policy to Configure Automatic Updates

   11. Automatic Updates FAQ

   12. Software Update Services FAQ

10. Chapter 10 Backup and Recovery

    1. Hacks #90-100

    2. Collect Disaster Recovery Files

    3. Back Up Individual Files from the Command Line

    4. Back Up System State on Remote Machines

    5. Back Up and Restore a Certificate Authority

    6. Back Up EFS

    7. Work with Shadow Copies

    8. Back Up and Clear the Event Logs

    9. Back Up the DFS Namespace

    10. Recover with Automated System Recovery

    11. Recovery Roadmap

    12. Data Recovery of Last Resort

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The tool on the cover of Windows Server Hacks is a squeegee, which dates back to the Middle Ages, when fishermen used a wooden ancestor of this tool called a squilgee to scrape fish entrails off the decks of their boats. In Moby Dick , author Herman Melville writes of the whaler's tool known as a nipper, describing them as "leathern" squilgees cut from the tail of a whale. In Melville's story, not only does this precursor to the squeegee clean whale oil from the deck, but "by nameless blandishments, as of magic, allures along with it all impurities."

The modern squeegee was born at the turn of the 20th century, when window washers began using a "Chicago squeegee." This heavy steel contraption used two rubber blades, held into place by 12 screws. While easier to use than implements made of wood and whale tails, it was far from perfect. One window cleaner, Ettore Steccone, set out to improve the squeegee, and in 1936 he patented a device called the New Deal. This squeegee, now called the Ettore, is still in wide use by professional window cleaners today. Though Steccone eventually lost his patent, the light weight and distinctive single slit-cut rubber blade of his tool served as a blueprint for all squeegees that followed. Philip Dangler was the production editor and proofreader for Windows Server Hacks . Brian Sawyer was the copyeditor. Marlowe Shaeffer, Mary Brady, and Darren Kelly provided quality control. Johnna VanHoose Dinse wrote the index.

Hanna Dyer designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image of a squeegee is an original photgraph by Hanna Dyer. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond and Helvetica Neue fonts.

David Futato designed the interior layout. Andrew Savikas converted this book to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Helvetica Neue Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. This colophon was written by Philip Dangler.