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RequiredSystemModules ......................................................... 23
Patches .......................................................................... 23
VerifySystemTuning ............................................................. 26
FileDescriptors................................................................... 26
TCPTuning ...................................................................... 26
WindowsNT4.0Server .............................................................. 27
ConfiguringaMachinetoRunDirectoryServer....................................... 27
RequiredSystemModules ......................................................... 28
Installing Windows NT Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing Third-Party Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing Microsoft Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
EnsureThattheSystemClockisCorrectandKeptAccurate ............................ 30
InstallWindowsServicePacksandHotfixes.......................................... 30
InstallWindowsNT4.0ServicePack6aorLater ...................................... 30
InstallHotfixes ................................................................... 30
InstallTCPISNPatch.............................................................. 31
AdditionalPost-InstallationSystemConfiguration .................................... 31
RestrictNetworkServices.......................................................... 31
RemoveNETBIOS ................................................................ 32
EnablePortFiltering .............................................................. 32
DisableIPRouting ................................................................ 33
DisableWINSClient .............................................................. 33
RemovetheOS/2andPOSIXSubsystemKeysFromtheRegistry ....................... 33
RemovetheOS/2DLLs............................................................ 34
StopUnneededServices ........................................................... 34
EnsureSystemWillAutomaticallyRebootonError.................................... 34
ConfigureUserAccounts .......................................................... 34
EncryptAccountDatabase ......................................................... 36
EventLogConfiguration........................................................... 36
SetTuningParameters............................................................. 37
Windows2000ServerandAdvancedServer ............................................ 38
ConfiguringaMachinetoRunDirectoryServer....................................... 38
RequiredSystemModules ......................................................... 38
Installing Windows 2000 Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing Third-Party Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
EnsureThattheSystemClockisCorrectandKeptAccurate ............................ 40
InstallWindowsServicePacksandHotfixes.......................................... 40
AdditionalPost-InstallationSystemConfiguration .................................... 40
DNSandNISRequirements(UNIXonly) ............................................... 40
Chapter 3 UsingExpressandTypicalInstallation ................................. 41
UsingExpressInstallation ............................................................... 41
UsingTypicalInstallation ............................................................... 43
