Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit Supplement One

The updated scripts and tools that you need to deploy and support the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 platform in your organization.

MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® 2000 SERVER RESOURCE KIT provides the definitive technical information and tools you need to deploy, manage, and maintain enterprise server systems. SUPPLEMENT ONE to this must-have multivolume kit provides updated information and more than 35 new tools on CD-ROMmany written in script language to make this the perfect resource for anyone who writes scripts and needs easily modified sample scripts. Finding the right tool for the job is simple because these tools were developed using a common naming nomenclature and conventions and an all-new standard usage/syntax model. SUPPLEMENT ONE includes a wealth of powerful command-line tools:

File-management scripts such as filedaclschange, clear, copy, create, remove, or query Discretionary Access Control Lists (DACLS) on one or more directories or files.
Client configuration-management scripts such as netipconfigchange, create, remove, or query client-side DHCP, IP address/subnet mask, default gateway/metric, or interface metric settings for a network adapter.
Network load-balancing scripts such as nlbadminquery, suspend, start, and stop cluster operations, or import and export entire network load-balancing cluster configurations.
Event-log management scripts such as eventlog and eventqueryview and manage event log settings and query and view all events in an event log.
Disk-management scripts such as diskquotas and diskquotasettingsview and manage disk quota entries and volume settings.
User and user-group management scripts such as:
- groupadminadd and delete users from user groups as well as rename, configure, and query user groups and their memberships
- useradminadd, delete, rename, configure, or query user accounts.
Domain Name Service (DNS) management scripts such as dnsadminstart, stop, clear cache, and change the properties of the DNS server.
Handy tools from the Windows development group and third parties such as:
- Tweak UIadjust the Windows user interface, including menu speed, window animation, and Microsoft Internet Explorer settings.
- User state migration toolmigrate user profiles from Windows 9x clients to Windows 2000.
- FAZAM 2000easily set up, deploy, and administer the Active Directory™ service hierarchy, group policy tool, and group policy security through a single interface.
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 1updates that fix Windows 2000 issues.