Windows XP and Windows 2000

Hello all.

I have search google for hours looking for this information, and have had no joy what so ever so could someone please help.

I am looking for an indepth tutorial on windows XP and windows 2000 network, i want to set the windows 2000 computer up as a domain and then have 3 or 4 windows xp clients to be able to log in to the domain with different acces rights, home directories and romain profiles.

Thanks all

Dahquim

Hi dahquim,

1.You should goto www.microsoft.com read articles on deploying Windows 2000. You'll find suffcient links there.
2. If you have MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) then you see the Resource Kits included in it.
2. Also you'll find the book "Windows 2000 Complete reference" quite useful

You can also check 'The World of Windows Networking' site
http://www.wown.com/
it has a lot of information on all Windows versions.

You'll find pretty much anything you need in the Windows 2000 Step-by-Step Guides, found here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...hs/default.asp

Also, there isn't much information about Windows XP clients per se, but they use the same networking technologies as Windows 2000 so if you follow the guides for Windows 2000 clients on the XP boxes, it should work fine.

AJ

I wrote a tutorial that might help you get started. It doesn't cover roaming profiles and home directories but that is realy the easy part. I am also starting a part 2 to this tutorial which explains how to secure your domain. Here is the first one if you are interested.
-NeuTron

i have this two little problems! - i cant find out how i can open an own forum!? - and i cant manage to format my xp pro computer! i can get in to the bios and the thingie that looks like DOS! then i write "format c:\" (or)" format c:/" and none of them works!? can anyone help me? is there shomething like a boot disc in witch will delet the hard drive when you run it? pleece help me? just becouse i`m a wiking

i really just would like to format the disk so i can install linux becouse me and my friends need a server machine for our LAN- partyes. and i have dedicatet my machine! so i wanna delete the whole hard drive! what is the working format command?

what is the format command in xp? that is the only thing i would like to know!

You cannot Boot to C:\ and type Format C:\. Doesn't work: you have to Boot to A:\.

If you wish to install Linux....boot the Linux CD and do the install (if the CD is bootable)
Or restart Windows; use Explorer to go the the CD and use the MakeDisk and image sets to create boot diskettes.

Thanks everyone, theres some great links there

Dahquim

Most versions of linux will ask you to either do a manual partition or a automatic partition and ask you if you want to delete all the partitions or create new partitions I recomend letting linux do the partitions unless you know how to partition the drive.
You can download linux from www.linuxiso.org they have different distros the best part they are free :D and they show you how to make a bootable Iso.

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Originally posted here by dahquim
Hello all.

I am looking for an indepth tutorial on windows XP and windows 2000 network, i want to set the windows 2000 computer up as a domain and then have 3 or 4 windows xp clients to be able to log in to the domain with different acces rights, home directories and romain profiles.

Thanks all

Dahquim

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I have always found Mark Minasi's books quite helpful. For example, "Mastering Windows 2000 Server - Fourth Edition" is quite good and covers every aspect of configuration and administration.
As others have indicated, there are many excellent sites on the Net that will help you out, but I would recommend this book to be on your shelf for ongoing reference and in-depth learning.

Best of Luck !

Minasi's books (and courses) are great. The Third & Fourth edition miss one important detail on DNS. And they admit it. Since they don't (or didn't) have DSL in their area; they do not describe how to install DNS behind a Firewall/Router. That information is available at Microsoft. (sorry but I don't remember the page)

You can go to ftp://www.pureescape.net/pub/ebooks to get some great reading material on networking and certifications.


--PuRe