Windows Configuration

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By default, not all files are indexed in the new Vista Indexing System. To add a new file type to be indexed, follow these steps.

Click Start and type index and hit enter.

In the Indexing Options window, click on the Advanced button:

Then type in the new extension and click "Add new extension"

If you want the file contents to be indexed as well, find the file type in the list and make sure you select the "Index Properties and File Contents" radio button.

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To install the FTP Service on Windows Vista

1. Click Start, the Control Panel.

2. Click Programs, then "Turn on or off Windows features".

3. In the Windows features dialog box, expand the Internet Information Services node.

4. Expand the FTP Publishing Service node and select the FTP Publishing Service check box.

5. Click the FTP Management Console check box and the FTP Server check box, then click OK.


To install the FTP service on Windows Server 2008

1. On the Start menu, click Administrative Tools, then click Server Manager.

2. In the Server Manager Pane, in the Roles Summary section, click Web Server (IIS).

3. In the Web Server (IIS) section, click Add role services.

4. Under Role services, select FTP Publishing Service. This will install the FTP service and the FTP management console.

5. Click Next, and then click Install.

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To use the Windows Task Switcher, press ALT + TAB.

If you have Aero enabled, this will also show the live thumbnail preview of applications that are open and is updated in real time.

To use Flip 3D press the Windows Key+TAB.

This requires Aero to be enabled and running. This will also show the live thumbnail preview of applications that are open and is updated in real time, however Flip 3D gives you the cascading 3 Dimensional preview of your open windows.

You can scroll through these windows with the Up and Down arrow keys, the Tab key, or the Scroll wheel on your mouse. To bring a window to the front, hit enter on the current window or click it with your mouse.

The next version of Windows Server, fomally named as Codename: Windows Longhorn has now been announced as Windows Server 2008.

You can download beta 3 of this Operating System here.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx

One of the biggest complaints that I have with Vista, is that compared to Windows XP, browsing File Shares is often painfully slow. Here's how to speed it up.

Open up a command prompt in administrator mode. To do this, click Start, type "cmd" and hold down Control and Shift on your keyboard and hit Enter. If you have User Account Control running you'll need to click continue. Now you should see a command window open with the word "Administrator" in the title bar.

Now enter in this command.

netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled

You'll need to reboot your system, but you should now find that browsing remote file shares is much, much quicker.

• SID: S-1-0
Name: Null Authority
Description: An identifier authority.

• SID: S-1-0-0
Name: Nobody
Description: No security principal.

• SID: S-1-1
Name: World Authority
Description: An identifier authority.

• SID: S-1-1-0
Name: Everyone
Description: A group that includes all users, even anonymous users and guests. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

Note By default, the Everyone group no longer includes anonymous users on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).

• SID: S-1-2
Name: Local Authority
Description: An identifier authority.

• SID: S-1-3
Name: Creator Authority
Description: An identifier authority.

• SID: S-1-3-0
Name: Creator Owner
Description: A placeholder in an inheritable access control entry (ACE). When the ACE is inherited, the system replaces this SID with the SID for the object's creator.

• SID: S-1-3-1
Name: Creator Group
Description: A placeholder in an inheritable ACE. When the ACE is inherited, the system replaces this SID with the SID for the primary group of the object's creator. The primary group is used only by the POSIX subsystem.

• SID: S-1-3-2
Name: Creator Owner Server
Description: This SID is not used in Windows 2000.

• SID: S-1-3-3
Name: Creator Group Server
Description: This SID is not used in Windows 2000.

• SID: S-1-4
Name: Non-unique Authority
Description: An identifier authority.

• SID: S-1-5
Name: NT Authority
Description: An identifier authority.

• SID: S-1-5-1
Name: Dialup
Description: A group that includes all users who have logged on through a dial-up connection. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

• SID: S-1-5-2
Name: Network
Description: A group that includes all users that have logged on through a network connection. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

• SID: S-1-5-3
Name: Batch
Description: A group that includes all users that have logged on through a batch queue facility. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

• SID: S-1-5-4
Name: Interactive
Description: A group that includes all users that have logged on interactively. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

• SID: S-1-5-5-X-Y
Name: Logon Session
Description: A logon session. The X and Y values for these SIDs are different for each session.

• SID: S-1-5-6
Name: Service
Description: A group that includes all security principals that have logged on as a service. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

• SID: S-1-5-7
Name: Anonymous
Description: A group that includes all users that have logged on anonymously. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

• SID: S-1-5-8
Name: Proxy
Description: This SID is not used in Windows 2000.

• SID: S-1-5-9
Name: Enterprise Domain Controllers
Description: A group that includes all domain controllers in a forest that uses an Active Directory directory service. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

• SID: S-1-5-10
Name: Principal Self
Description: A placeholder in an inheritable ACE on an account object or group object in Active Directory. When the ACE is inherited, the system replaces this SID with the SID for the security principal who holds the account.

• SID: S-1-5-11
Name: Authenticated Users
Description: A group that includes all users whose identities were authenticated when they logged on. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

• SID: S-1-5-12
Name: Restricted Code
Description: This SID is reserved for future use.

• SID: S-1-5-13
Name: Terminal Server Users
Description: A group that includes all users that have logged on to a Terminal Services server. Membership is controlled by the operating system.

• SID: S-1-5-18
Name: Local System
Description: A service account that is used by the operating system.

• SID: S-1-5-19
Name: NT Authority
Description: Local Service

• SID: S-1-5-20
Name: NT Authority
Description: Network Service

• SID: S-1-5-domain-500
Name: Administrator
Description: A user account for the system administrator. By default, it is the only user account that is given full control over the system.

• SID: S-1-5-domain-501
Name: Guest
Description: A user account for people who do not have individual accounts. This user account does not require a password. By default, the Guest account is disabled.

• SID: S-1-5-domain-502
Name: KRBTGT
Description: A service account that is used by the Key Distribution Center (KDC) service.

• SID: S-1-5-domain-512
Name: Domain Admins
Description: A global group whose members are authorized to administer the domain. By default, the Domain Admins group is a member of the Administrators group on all computers that have joined a domain, including the domain controllers. Domain Admins is the default owner of any object that is created by any member of the group.

• SID: S-1-5-domain-513
Name: Domain Users
Description: A global group that, by default, includes all user accounts in a domain. When you create a user account in a domain, it is added to this group by default.

• SID: S-1-5-domain-514
Name: Domain Guests
Description: A global group that, by default, has only one member, the domain's built-in Guest account.

• SID: S-1-5-domain-515
Name: Domain Computers
Description: A global group that includes all clients and servers that have joined the domain.

• SID: S-1-5-domain-516
Name: Domain Controllers
Description: A global group that includes all domain controllers in the domain. New domain controllers are added to this group by default.

• SID: S-1-5-domain-517
Name: Cert Publishers
Description: A global group that includes all computers that are running an enterprise certification authority. Cert Publishers are authorized to publish certificates for User objects in Active Directory.

• SID: S-1-5-root domain-518
Name: Schema Admins
Description: A universal group in a native-mode domain; a global group in a mixed-mode domain. The group is authorized to make schema changes in Active Directory. By default, the only member of the group is the Administrator account for the forest root domain.

• SID: S-1-5-root domain-519
Name: Enterprise Admins
Description: A universal group in a native-mode domain; a global group in a mixed-mode domain. The group is authorized to make forest-wide changes in Active Directory, such as adding child domains. By default, the only member of the group is the Administrator account for the forest root domain.

• SID: S-1-5-domain-520
Name: Group Policy Creator Owners
Description: A global group that is authorized to create new Group Policy objects in Active Directory. By default, the only member of the group is Administrator.

• SID: S-1-5-domain-533
Name: RAS and IAS Servers
Description: A domain local group. By default, this group has no members. Servers in this group have Read Account Restrictions and Read Logon Information access to User objects in the Active Directory domain local group. By default, this group has no members. Servers in this group have Read Account Restrictions and Read Logon Information access to User objects in Active Directory.

• SID: S-1-5-32-544
Name: Administrators
Description: A built-in group. After the initial installation of the operating system, the only member of the group is the Administrator account. When a computer joins a domain, the Domain Admins group is added to the Administrators group. When a server becomes a domain controller, the Enterprise Admins group also is added to the Administrators group.

• SID: S-1-5-32-545
Name: Users
Description: A built-in group. After the initial installation of the operating system, the only member is the Authenticated Users group. When a computer joins a domain, the Domain Users group is added to the Users group on the computer.

• SID: S-1-5-32-546
Name: Guests
Description: A built-in group. By default, the only member is the Guest account. The Guests group allows occasional or one-time users to log on with limited privileges to a computer's built-in Guest account.

• SID: S-1-5-32-547
Name: Power Users
Description: A built-in group. By default, the group has no members. Power users can create local users and groups; modify and delete accounts that they have created; and remove users from the Power Users, Users, and Guests groups. Power users also can install programs; create, manage, and delete local printers; and create and delete file shares.

• SID: S-1-5-32-548
Name: Account Operators
Description: A built-in group that exists only on domain controllers. By default, the group has no members. By default, Account Operators have permission to create, modify, and delete accounts for users, groups, and computers in all containers and organizational units of Active Directory except the Builtin container and the Domain Controllers OU. Account Operators do not have permission to modify the Administrators and Domain Admins groups, nor do they have permission to modify the accounts for members of those groups.

• SID: S-1-5-32-549
Name: Server Operators
Description: A built-in group that exists only on domain controllers. By default, the group has no members. Server Operators can log on to a server interactively; create and delete network shares; start and stop services; back up and restore files; format the hard disk of the computer; and shut down the computer.

• SID: S-1-5-32-550
Name: Print Operators
Description: A built-in group that exists only on domain controllers. By default, the only member is the Domain Users group. Print Operators can manage printers and document queues.

• SID: S-1-5-32-551
Name: Backup Operators
Description: A built-in group. By default, the group has no members. Backup Operators can back up and restore all files on a computer, regardless of the permissions that protect those files. Backup Operators also can log on to the computer and shut it down.

• SID: S-1-5-32-552
Name: Replicators
Description: A built-in group that is used by the File Replication service on domain controllers. By default, the group has no members. Do not add users to this group.

The following groups will show as SIDs until a Windows Server 2003 domain controller is made the primary domain controller (PDC) operations master role holder. (The "operations master" is also known as flexible single master operations or FSMO.) Additional new built-in groups that are created when a Windows Server 2003 domain controller is added to the domain are:

• SID: S-1-5-32-554
Name: BUILTIN\Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access
Description: An alias added by Windows 2000. A backward compatibility group which allows read access on all users and groups in the domain.

• SID: S-1-5-32-555
Name: BUILTIN\Remote Desktop Users
Description: An alias. Members in this group are granted the right to logon remotely.

• SID: S-1-5-32-556
Name: BUILTIN\Network Configuration Operators
Description: An alias. Members in this group can have some administrative privileges to manage configuration of networking features.

• SID: S-1-5-32-557
Name: BUILTIN\Incoming Forest Trust Builders
Description: An alias. Members of this group can create incoming, one-way trusts to this forest.

• SID: S-1-5-32-557
Name: BUILTIN\Incoming Forest Trust Builders
Description: An alias. Members of this group can create incoming, one-way trusts to this forest.

• SID: S-1-5-32-558
Name: BUILTIN\Performance Monitor Users
Description: An alias. Members of this group have remote access to monitor this computer.

• SID: S-1-5-32-559
Name: BUILTIN\Performance Log Users
Description: An alias. Members of this group have remote access to schedule logging of performance counters on this computer.

• SID: S-1-5-32-560
Name: BUILTIN\Windows Authorization Access Group
Description: An alias. Members of this group have access to the computed tokenGroupsGlobalAndUniversal attribute on User objects.

• SID: S-1-5-32-561
Name: BUILTIN\Terminal Server License Servers
Description: An alias. A group for Terminal Server License Servers.