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		<title>Scavenging &#8211; Automatic purge outdated DNS Resource Records added dynamically</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Windows DHCP can register host records (A) and Reverse lookup or Pointer (PTR) resource records automatically whenever you add a new device to the network. This enables simplified and easy network administration. However, these records are not automatically purged when they are stale or outdated (say when the host gets a new IP address) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to enable Dynamic DNS Updates in Windows 2000/2003 DNS Server</title>
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Windows 2000 &#38; Windows 2003 DNS Server Dynamic DNS update functionality enables DNS client computers to register and to dynamically update their resource records with a DNS server whenever changes occur. This reduces the requirement for manual administration of zone records, especially for clients that frequently move and use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NTDSUTIL to run Offline Defragmentation in Windows 2003,2000 Active Directory</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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By default Windows runs an online Defragmentation of the Windows Active Directory database every 12 hours. However, Online defragmentation doesn&#8217;t recover the disk space or compact the database. It simply moves data around.
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		<title>How to Disable a service or Device Drivers using Group Policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Group Policies are used to apply system and security policies for the client PCs in a Windows Active Directory based Domains. While Group Policies is vast in itself to explain, here is a simple procedure on how to enable/disable a service or a Device driver using Group Policies.
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		<title>How to make a Non Domain Aministrator an admin on the Domain Controller server</title>
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For an administrator to admin a server which is Active Directoty domain controller like install/unistall software or stop/restart services, as on any other member server, the admin should be a Domain Administrator. However, this can be worked around.
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