Acknowledgments | p. xxxi |
Introduction | p. xxxiii |
Understanding Windows 2000 | |
What's New in Windows 2000 | p. 3 |
Improvements in Installing NT | p. 4 |
User Interface | p. 5 |
Hardware Support | p. 8 |
Networking | p. 12 |
Mobile Computing | p. 20 |
Security | p. 21 |
Improved OS Core | p. 23 |
Management | p. 27 |
Planning for Installation | p. 31 |
Preparing Your Current Infrastructure | p. 32 |
Designing a Windows 2000 Environment | p. 48 |
Implementation | p. 60 |
Installation Scenarios | p. 60 |
Conclusion | p. 69 |
Unattended Installations | p. 71 |
Winnt32-the Setup Command | p. 73 |
Answer Files and UDF files | p. 76 |
Setup Manager | p. 79 |
Distribution Folders | p. 83 |
Bootable CD-ROM | p. 86 |
Sysprep | p. 88 |
Remote Installation Services | p. 91 |
Migrating Windows NT 4 Environments to Windows 2000 | p. 105 |
A View from Afar | p. 106 |
Preparing Windows NT 4 Server | p. 106 |
Choosing a Migration Route to Windows 2000 | p. 110 |
Client Considerations | p. 116 |
Switching to Native Mode | p. 120 |
Learning the Basics | |
Booting | p. 125 |
The Boot Process | p. 126 |
The Advanced Options Menu | p. 137 |
Creating a Bootable Floppy Disk | p. 139 |
Creating Windows 2000 Floppy Disks | p. 142 |
Creating and Using an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) | p. 142 |
The Recovery Console | p. 145 |
The User Interface | p. 149 |
The Desktop | p. 150 |
Locking the Computer | p. 161 |
My Computer and Windows Explorer | p. 163 |
My Network Places | p. 173 |
My Documents | p. 175 |
Start Menu | p. 178 |
The Taskbar | p. 184 |
Active Desktop | p. 187 |
Interface Tips and Tricks | p. 192 |
The Control Panel Applets | p. 197 |
Accessibility Options | p. 198 |
Add/Remove Hardware | p. 201 |
Add/Remove Programs | p. 205 |
Date/Time | p. 208 |
Fax | p. 208 |
Fonts | p. 212 |
Keyboard | p. 213 |
Mouse | p. 214 |
Phone and Modem Options | p. 216 |
Power Options | p. 218 |
Regional Options | p. 223 |
Scanners and Cameras | p. 224 |
Sounds and Multimedia | p. 224 |
System | p. 226 |
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) | p. 239 |
MMC User Interface | p. 241 |
MMC Component Architecture | p. 247 |
Tool Files | p. 258 |
Working with Tools | p. 260 |
Searching for Snap-Ins | p. 269 |
The Command Prompt | p. 277 |
The Command Prompt Window | p. 278 |
Commands | p. 286 |
System Maintenance Tools | p. 305 |
Defragmentation | p. 306 |
Scheduled Tasks | p. 313 |
Disk Cleanup | p. 326 |
Backup | p. 329 |
Restoring from a Backup | p. 340 |
Internet Explorer 5 | p. 347 |
Internet Explorer 5 | p. 348 |
Outlook Express | p. 372 |
Printing | p. 391 |
Printing Basics | p. 392 |
Printing Processes | p. 393 |
Printing Components | p. 394 |
Installing Local Printers | p. 406 |
Sharing Printers | p. 411 |
Installing Remote Printers | p. 418 |
Using Printer Location Tracking | p. 425 |
Deploying Printers | p. 427 |
Configuring the Print Server | p. 430 |
Configuring Printers | p. 434 |
Managing Printing | p. 441 |
Printing to a File | p. 444 |
Printing from DOS | p. 444 |
Connecting with Windows 2000 | |
Networking with TCP/IP | p. 449 |
The Ins and Outs of TCP/IP | p. 450 |
Fitting TCP/IP into the Windows 2000 Networking Model | p. 454 |
Installing and Configuring TCP/IP | p. 468 |
Understanding DHCP | p. 477 |
Understanding Name Registration and Resolution | p. 493 |
Understanding DNS | p. 515 |
DNS Fundamentals | p. 516 |
Installing DNS | p. 531 |
Configuring DNS | p. 534 |
Maintaining and Troubleshooting DNS | p. 551 |
Understanding Active Directory | p. 557 |
Directory Services | p. 558 |
Active Directory Concepts | p. 562 |
Installing Active Directory | p. 591 |
Active Directory Security | p. 595 |
Active Directory Integration with DNS | p. 596 |
Resource Kit Utilities | p. 598 |
RRAS and VPNs | p. 601 |
IP Routing Overview | p. 602 |
Routing and Remote Access Service Fundamentals | p. 610 |
Securing RRAS | p. 624 |
Virtual Private Networking Fundamentals | p. 628 |
Installing RRAS | p. 633 |
Configuring RRAS | p. 634 |
Managing and Troubleshooting RRAS | p. 648 |
Configuring Network Services | p. 655 |
Windows 2000 Client Networking Service | p. 656 |
Network Integration Services | p. 659 |
Managing Users | p. 687 |
Understanding Groups and Accounts | p. 688 |
Managing Accounts | p. 691 |
Managing Groups | p. 699 |
Understanding and Assigning Rights | p. 701 |
Using Group Policies | p. 705 |
Managing Scripts | p. 710 |
Setting Account and Password Policies | p. 714 |
Managing User Profiles | p. 715 |
Other Management Tools | p. 719 |
Mobile Computing | p. 725 |
Mobile Hardware Considerations | p. 726 |
Power Management | p. 729 |
Dial-Up Connections | p. 731 |
Locations | p. 737 |
Using Resources Offline | p. 743 |
Inside Windows 2000 | |
File Systems | p. 755 |
FAT and FAT32 | p. 756 |
NTFS | p. 757 |
Encrypting File System (EFS) | p. 765 |
Distributed File System (Dfs) | p. 770 |
Security | p. 777 |
Security Fundamentals | p. 778 |
Active Directory and Security Integration | p. 781 |
Authentication | p. 792 |
Access Control | p. 803 |
Auditing | p. 811 |
Other Security Concerns | p. 814 |
Systems and Subsystems | p. 821 |
The Architecture of Windows 2000 | p. 822 |
The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) | p. 824 |
The Kernel | p. 824 |
Internet and Intranet Functionality | |
Internet Information Server 5 | p. 839 |
Familiarizing Yourself with IIS | p. 840 |
Installing IIS | p. 843 |
Configuring IIS | p. 844 |
Optional IIS Components | p. 861 |
The Indexing Service | p. 863 |
Publishing | p. 864 |
Managing Networks and Intranets with IIS | p. 867 |
Web-Based Systems Management | p. 868 |
Building Familiarity with Intranets | p. 875 |
Enterprise Components | |
Configuration Management | p. 889 |
Group Policy Management | p. 890 |
Intellimirror | p. 902 |
Security Configuration and Analysis | p. 911 |
Windows Script Host | p. 919 |
Windows Management Instrumentation | p. 923 |
Clustering | p. 935 |
Network Load Balancing Clusters | p. 936 |
Server Clusters | p. 951 |
Advanced Disk Management | p. 963 |
Disk Quotas | p. 964 |
Remote Storage Service | p. 971 |
Removable Storage Management | p. 979 |
Disk Management and Drive Letter Assignments | p. 991 |
Terminal Services | p. 995 |
Remote Administration Mode | p. 996 |
Application Server Mode | p. 1000 |
Licenses | p. 1005 |
Clients | p. 1005 |
Managing Terminal Server | p. 1009 |
Support for Citrix MetaFrame | p. 1017 |
Appendix | |
Windows 2000 Version Differences | p. 1021 |
Windows 2000 Professional | p. 1022 |
Windows 2000 Server | p. 1022 |
Upgrading to Windows 2000 | p. 1024 |
Index | p. 1027 |
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