Avinash C. Pillai

Useful commands for Windows Administrators Notes: (1) Commands that use external, or third party, or non-native utilities contain hyperlinks to these utilities' download sites. (2) Replace command arguments displayed in italics with your own values. (3) Commands or utilities that require Windows Server 2003 are marked bright blue. How many users are logged on/connected to a server? Sometimes we may need to know how many users are logged on to a (file) server, like maybe when there is a performance degradation.At the server's console itself, with native commands only: NET SESSION FIND /C "\\" Remotely, with the help of SysInternals ' PSTools : PSEXEC \\servername NET SESSION FIND /C "\\" By replacing FIND /C "\\" by FIND "\\" (removing the /C switch) you'll get a list of logged on users instead of just the number of users. Who is logged on to a computer? We often need to know who is currently logged on to a remote computer.With n

Dear All, Microsoft has released SQL 2008 and it supports a direct upgrade from SQL 2000/2005. Attaching the details FYI... SQL 2008 Features: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/whats-new.aspx SQL 2000 can be upgraded to SQL 2008 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb677622.aspx Reference URL: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/overview.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb418491.aspx SQL 2008 Versions: SQL Server Enterprise Edition 2008 SQL Server Standard Edition 2008 SQL Server Developer Edition 2008 SQL Server Workgroup Edition 2008 SQL Server Web Edition 2008 SQL Server for Small Business 2008 Regards Avinash Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com/ Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com