FAQ - Windows Server 2003 – 02

1. What file system supports file and folder permissions?
NTFS is the only file system that supports permissions.

2. What file system is compatible with Windows Server 2003 and Windows 98?
Both FAT16 and FAT32 are compatible.

3. How can you make the files on a Windows Server 2003 computer available to users on the network?
Share the folder containing the files.

4. How can you control access to files that are located on a FAT32 volume?
Share the folder containing the files and then apply share permissions, or convert the volume to NTFS and use file and folder permissions.

5. What is the minimum number of hard disks required for a RAID 5array?
Three.

6. What are the two components of a UNC?
The server name and the share name: \\Server\Share.

7. What does DFS stand for?
Distributed File System.

8. How do you add new UNCs to DFS?
Use the DFS Administrator to add a new link to an existing DFS tree.

9. How does DFS enable you to load-balance access to shared files?
By adding multiple replicas to a single DFS link. Each replica must point to a UNC containing identical files and folders.

10. How can you compress an encrypted file?
You cannot. Files can be compressed, or encrypted, but not both.

11. Who can access an encrypted file?
The owner of the file, anyone the owner places on the access list, and any designated Recovery Agents.

12. How can you prevent users from using too much disk space on a server?
Implement disk quotas and create a quota for the users that limits that amount of space they can utilize.

13. If a user compresses a file, how does it count against his disk quota?
The original, uncompressed file size counts against their quota.

14. How does a printer relate to a print device?
A printer is a software queue that sends print jobs, one at a time, to a physical print device, such as a laser or inkjet printer.

15. How can you control the hours that users can print documents?
Modify the properties of the printer so that the printer is active only during the desired hours.

16. How does Terminal Services send screen images to a client?
By intercepting the Graphical Device Interface (GDI) commands and transmitting them to the client.

17. Who is allowed to log on to Terminal Services in Remote Administration mode? Members of the server’s local Administrators user group.

18. How long will Terminal Services operate in App Server mode without a Licensing server?
90 days.

19. What map-back capabilities are provided by the Terminal Services client software?
Sound, communication ports, printers, and storage devices.

20. How can users send faxes using a centralized Windows Server 2003 computer?
Install a fax device, install Fax Services, and share the fax printer that Windows creates.