create new service server 2003

To create a new service in server 2003 or xp you use the sc.exe tool.

REMEMBER TO ADD A SPACE AFTER EVERY EQUAL SIGN!!!! THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!

Obviously replace “my service” with whatever you want to call the service and “myfile.exe” with the file you’d like to make a service.

Howto: Back up Server 2003 Users Groups Shares Permissions Program Names Network Settings

I cam across two amazing article the other day detailing how to do some great stuff from the windows command line.

synjunkie knows his shit:

Command-Line-Ninjitsu Command-Line Kung Fu

I stumbled upon it because I was about to format a server but wanted to retain this information:

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poweredge 2950 server 2003 install raid driver and repair windows

Installing Server 2003 x64 on a Poweredge 2950 with Perc 5i / 6i (LSI logic) RAID drivers.

This was a nightmare but i finally figured out how to get windows setup to read my RAID drive (In my case i couldn’t use Dell’s System Build and Update Utility disc because it wants to format the . . . → Read More: poweredge 2950 server 2003 install raid driver and repair windows

Howto: Start Plug and Play service in Server 2003

Need to start the plug and play service in server 2003?

Howto: Migrate IIS Sites to Another Server

First you need to install the  IIS 6.0 Migration Tool

Now let’s create a .bat file:

You will need to replace 127.0.0.1 with the ip of the server you want to copy the config settings to.  The second part using adsutil2.vbs is used to add addtional host headers to site names

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Howto: Change siteid of website in IIS 6.0

The easiest way to change the IIS site id is to create a .bat file like this: (Assuming that 1135282223 was the id of your current site and 5 was the ID you’d like to have)

What is %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Inetpub\AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs ? It is a ulility included in IIS.

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