25. Name some OU design considerations.

Windows admin interview questions (includes Vista) OU design requires balancing requirements for delegating administrative rights - independent of Group Policy needs - and the need to scope the application of Group Policy. The following OU design recommendations address delegation and scope issues:Applying Group Policy An OU is the lowest-level Active Directory container...

24. What tool would I use to try to grab security related packets from the wire?

Windows admin interview questions (includes Vista) you must use sniffer-detecting tools to help stop the snoops. ... A good packet sniffer would be "ethereal"...

23. Can I get user passwords from the AD database?

Windows admin interview questions (includes Vista) The passwords in AD are not stored encrypted by default, so they cannot be decrypted. They are hashed. The only way to recover the data from a hash is with some sort of a hacking algorithm that attempts to crack the hash (such tools exis...

22. How can you forcibly remove AD from a server, and what do you do later?

Windows admin interview questions (includes Vista) Demote the server using dcpromo /forceremoval, then remove the metadata from Active directory using ndtsutil. There is no way to get user passwords from AD that I am aware of, but you should still be able to change them.Another way out tooRestart the DC is DSRM modea. Locate the following registry subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptionsb....

21. What can you do to promote a server to DC if you’re in a remote location with slow WAN link?

Windows admin interview questions (includes Vista) First available in Windows 2003, you will create a copy of the system state from an existing DC and copy it to the new remote server. Run "Dcpromo /adv". You will be prompted for the location of the system state fi...

20. What are the requirements for installing AD on a new server?

Windows admin interview questions (includes Vista) An NTFS partition with enough free space (250MB minimum) · An Administrator's username and password· The correct operating system version· A NIC· Properly configured TCP/IP (IP address, subnet mask and - optional - default gateway)· A network connection (to a hub or to another computer via...

19. What is the ISTG? Who has that role by default?

Windows admin interview questions (includes Vista) Intersite Topology Generator (ISTG), which is responsible for the connections among the sites. By default Windows 2003 Forest level functionality has this role.  By Default the first Server has this role. If that server can no longer preform this role then the next server with the highest GUID then takes...

18. What is the KCC?

Windows admin interview questions (includes Vista) With in a Site, a Windows server 2003 service known as the KCC automatically generates a topology for replication among the domain controllers in the domain using a ring structure.Th Kcc is a built in process that runs on all domain controllers. The KCC analyzes the replication topology within a site every 15 minute...

17. What’s the difference between a site link’s schedule and interval?

Windows admin interview questions (includes Vista) Any time two networks are separated by links that are heavily used during parts of the day and are idle during other parts of the day, put those networks into separate sites. You can use the ability to schedule replication between sites to prevent replication traffic from competing with other traffic during high usage hours. In...