Take the following steps to create a baseline report:
Remote Desktop for Administration is a component of Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services, which is designed for server management. It is a convenient and efficient service for remote management, as it can be used on an already busy server without noticeably affecting CPU performance. Administrators can fully administer computers running Windows Server 2003 family operating systems from computers running earlier versions of Windows by installing the Remote Desktop Connection.
Automated System Recovery (ASR) is a feature of Windows Server 2003. It is used to perform a restore of the system state data and services in the event of a major system failure. An ASR restore includes the configuration information for devices. ASR backs up the system data and local system partition. It does not back up folders and files.
What is a Site?
A site is a collection of one or more well-connected (usually a local area network) TCP/IP subnets. The network between the subnets must be highly reliable and fast (512 Kbps and higher). Although the sites are generally defined on the basis of location, they can be spanned over more than one location. A site structure corresponds to the physical environment, whereas a domain is the logical environment of the network. A site can contain single or multiple domains, and a domain can contain single or multiple sites.
The Windows Server 2003 operating system is designed to work on a network. It receives traffic from other computers over the network. Based on the request made, it takes a decision to route packets to use its services, and processes the request sent by the client. Any computer, when accessible for communication, is also a security risk, if it is accessible from the Internet too. A server accessible from the Internet is open to all clients that can connect to it. An unauthorized user can attempt to access the system for many destructive purposes. The most common of them are listed below:
The 802.11g standard, defined by IEEE, is an extension to the 802.11b standard of wireless network. It operates in 2.4-GHz band and brings data rates up to 54Mbps using Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology. Since the 802.11g standard is backward compatible with 802.11b, an 802.11b device can interface directly with an 802.11g access point.
Take the following steps to configure a Remote Access Server (RAS) connection:
The Last Known Good Configuration is an advanced boot option. It starts a Windows operating system by using the Registry information that was saved at the last successful logon. The configuration is stored in the HKLMSystemCurrentControlSet registry key. Although the Last Known Good Configuration option does not solve problems caused by corrupted or missing drivers or files, it enables a user to revert to the previous working state in case there are problems with the drivers. When a user opts for this boot option, he loses any modifications made since the last successful logon. A user can view this boot option by pressing the F8 key during the Windows XP boot process.
Roll Back Driver is a feature of Device Manager that restores the previous device driver that was installed on a computer before the driver was updated. Windows supports driver rollback for all devices except printers. Rolling back a driver is available only on devices that have new drivers installed. When a driver is updated, the previous version is stored in the %system_root%system32
einstallbackups folder. Rolling back a driver uses this folder to revert to a previous version. A user should roll back a driver when he does not want to affect other system configurations or drivers and is assured that the current driver is causing problems.
StickyKeys is a feature of Windows XP that is found on the Keyboard tab page of the Accessibility Options dialog box, which can be accessed from the Control Panel. It is a keyboard feature that can be enabled or disabled by a user to change the behavior of the keyboard of a computer. Enabling this feature allows a user to press multiple key combinations, one key at a time. This proves to be very useful for such users who are not ambidextrous or find difficulties in pressing multiple keys simultaneously. By default, StickyKeys can be enabled by pressing the SHIFT key five times. A user can also configure the default shortcut key for StickyKeys.
