64 bit Editions of Windows Evaluation Guide - Technology and Trends

Getting Familiar with the 64 bit Editions of Windows �
� Eventquery.vbs - Used to specify the type of events to extract from the event log
and to display the selected events on the screen or save to a file.
� Eventcreate.exe - Used to write a user-defined event to any of the event logs.
� GPresult.exe - Used to get the Resulting Set of Policies (RSoP) and list of policies
that are applied to a computer or user.
� IIS scripts - Many new scripts (IISWeb.vbs, IISVdir.vbs, etc.) provide command line
tools to configure, provision, and manage Internet Information Services (IIS) server
and Active Server Page (ASP) applications.
� Ipseccmd.exe - Used to view and modify the policies and properties of Internet
Protocol (IP) security.
� NetDom.exe – Used to get/set the Machine Name, set the computer name and
Domain Name System (DNS) first label of a machine.
� NetSh.exe - Extensive network configuration tool now adds the basic network
diagnostic features provided by older NetDiag.exe tool.
� Openfiles.exe - Used to view the list of connected users and files in use per share
on a computer.
� Pagefileconfig.vbs - Used to get the current pagefile size or set a new pagefile
size.
� Print scripts - Many new scripts (prncnfg.vbs, prnjobs.vbs,etc.) used to manage
printer services, drivers and queues.
� Reg.exe - Used to view, set and edit registry keys.
� SC.exe - Used to start/stop and manage Win32 services.
� SchTasks.exe - Used to get, set or edit a scheduled task using the existing Win32
scheduling service.
� Shutdown.exe - Used to shut down or re-start a computer and allows a re-start
explanation to be written to the event log.
� Systeminfo.exe - Used to view basic properties of a machine (such as CPU and
memory).
� TaskKill.exe - Used to kill or stop a running process.
� TaskList.exe - Used to view or identify all running processes with PIDs.
� Tsecimp.exe - Used to import Telephony Application Programming Interface
(TAPI) user account properties and access rights.
Automated System Recovery
The Automated System Recovery (ASR) feature provides the ability to save and restore
applications. This feature also provides the Plug and Play mechanism required by ASR to
back up Plug and Play portions of the registry and restore that information to the registry.
The benefit of this new feature can be demonstrated with the following example: an IT
administrator finds a server has had a hard disk failure and has lost all configuration
parameters and information. Once ASR is applied, the backup of the server’s data is
restored automatically.
Industry Update Controls
The Industry Update Controls extends coverage of driver updates and retrievals to thirdparty
vendors. It also provides other software updates.
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