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This post will show how to verify domain trust relationship in one-way and two-way trust cases. Lets say we have testdomain1.com and testdomain2.com domains with one-way trust established. To verify one-way domain trust open command line on your Windows server 2003 and type:

netdom trust /d:testdomain1.com testdomain2.com /verify

If we have two-way trust established to verify it type:

netdom trust /d:testdomain1.com testdomain2.com /verify /twoway

Note that netdom is part of Windows server 2003 support tools. They can be found on your OS CD (Support\Tools directory) .

This post will show you how to remove you server from domain using command line tool netdom. Lets say we want to remove server named “Testserver” from domain testdomain.com.  To do it open command line on your Windows server 2003 and type:

netdom remove /d:testdomain.com testserver /ud:testdomain.com\Admin /pd:Pa$$w0rd

Note that netdom is part of Windows server 2003 support tools. They can be found on your OS CD (Support\Tools directory) .

This post will show you how to use command line to rename your domain controller to alternate name. Note that alternate name must be available for DC we want to operate against.  Lets say you have domain controller named “TestDC1″ with alternate name “TestDC2″ assigned to it. If you want to make “TestDC2″ primary name for your domain controller open command line on your Windows server 2003 and type:

netdom TestDC1 dc /makeprimary:TestDC2.testdomain.com

Note that netdom is part of Windows server 2003 support tools. They can be found on your OS CD (Support\Tools directory) .

This post will show you how to use command line tool netdom and add alternate name to your domain controller running on Windows server 2003. Lets say we have domain controller named “TestDC1.testdomain.com” and we want to add alternate name “TestDC2″. To do it open command line and type:

netdom TestDC1 dc /add:TestDC2.testdomain.com

Note that netdom is part of Windows server 2003 support tools. They can be found on your OS CD (Support\Tools directory) .

This post will show you how to check if remote port is listening for incoming connections. Lets say we want to query server named “testserver” to check if TCP port 3389 (Remote desktop connection) is listening. Open command line and type:

portqry /n testserver /p TCP /e 3389

Note that portqry is part of Windows server 2003 support tools. They can be found on your OS CD (Support\Tools directory) .

In this post you`ll see how to export DNS zone resource records list to a file using command line tool dnscmd. Lets say want to export test.testdomain.com to file named test.testdomain.com.dns. To do it open command line on your Windows server 2003 and type:

dnscmd testdomain.com /zoneexport test.testdomain.com test.testdomain.com.dns

Note that dnscmd is part of Windows server 2003 support tools. They can be found on your OS CD (Support\Tools directory) .

This article will show you how to install new version of powershell. Note that before Powershell v2.0 (CTP) install you have to uninstall Powershell 1.0 from your Windows server 2003 or Windows XP computer. For that go to add and remove programs window, mark “Show updates” option and remove Powershell 1.0.

After that you have to install WS-Management v1.1 package which can be downloaded from here .

And finally download and install Powershell v2.0 .

This how to post presents you with GPInventory.exe tool used for group policy inventory and other tasks. It can be downloaded from this location .  This tool retrieves Group Policy informations and is effective for pulling out detailed system information, such as applications that have been installed, processor name and speed, or the list of installed hotfixes.

You will need Windows server 2003 or Windows 2000/XP to run this tool.

If you want to have visual picture of your active directory topology you can use Microsoft tool named “Active Directory Topology Diagrammer” which scans Active Directory information and creates Visio picture. This tool will work on Windows server 2003 and Windows XP/Vista systems. You can download it from here .

Note that you need Microsoft Office Vision 2003 or 2007 to run this tool.

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If you want to have great tool for synchronizing files and folders over few locations for free grab “Allway Sync” tool from here .

It will work on Windows server 2003/2008 and Windows XP/Vista machines. I never tried but website states that it works on Windows 98/ME/2000 too.

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If you have problems with your website running on IIS 6.0 and you fail to switch ASP.NET version  on your Windows server 2003 you can download free tool “ASP.NET Version Switcher” from here .

This how to is dedicated to Denis Bauer Weblog.