Windows articles - church1e's blog

A collection of system administration hints and tips, tricks and articles on Microsoft Windows in all its variants.

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DiskShadow examples

11 Apr 2012 1 minute read 347 visits.

A DiskShadow example is provided for reference when using a VSS hardware provider.

Files to review when troubleshooting VSS snapshot errors

11 Apr 2012 1 minute read 2727 visits.

Failed to create a VSS snapshot and it is required in order to run a system state backup.

Verifying the blocksize of an NTFS volume

11 Aug 2011 1 minute read 2554 visits.

This simple post provides details on how to verify the block size of an NFS volume, using the fsutil command.

How to Restart or Shutdown a remote Windows Server

2 Aug 2011 2 minute read 3550 visits.

When you attempt to restart a remote server remember that the default ComputerName is the local machine, therefore you need to append -m ComputerName.

Installing a package using CYGWINs apt-cyg utility

21 Jul 2011 1 minute read 3506 visits.

Installing a package using CYGWINs apt-cyg utility

Opening Local Firewall Ports on Windows 2008 Server

10 Mar 2010 1 minute read 725 visits.

This article explains with illustrations on how to configure a firewall (open local ports) on a Windows 2008 Server.

WMIC Cheat Sheet

26 Jul 2011 1 minute read 547 visits.

A quick and useful cheat sheet for the Microsoft Windows WMIC command.

Useful Windows RUN Commands

2 Mar 2015 3 minute read 3148 visits.

There are several ways to efficiently access the files, folders, and programs in Windows operating system.

Adding Users and Computers to a new Active Directory domain

13 Mar 2007 2 minute read 575 visits.

Add Users and Computers to the Active Directory domain

Creating a Windows 2003 Active Directory server

8 Oct 2006 1 minute read 901 visits.

This article describes how to install and configure a new Active Directory installation in Windows Server 2003