When you install a downloaded tool, you are prompted to choose an install directory. It is recommended that you install all future tool downloads and versions of the Windows 2000 Resource Kit into the same directory to avoid an overly large system path and to ensure more reliable upgrades. The recommended directory is C:\Program Files\Resource Kit (the default directory for the Resource Kit companion CD).
There are a number of Windows 2000 Resource Kit software tools available for free download from Microsoft. We'll discuss them briefly here. These utilities can help you streamline administrative tasks such as managing Active Directory™, administering security features, working with Group Policy and Terminal Services, automating application deployment, and other important jobs. Nearly 300 such tools are included on the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit companion CD.These tools are designed to be installed and run only on Microsoft Windows 2000. They are neither localized nor supported by Microsoft.This is a continuation from Resource Kit Tools - page 2Dumpel.exe: Dump Event Log - [more info - download (636KB)]Dump Event Log is a command-line tool that dumps an event log for a local or remote system into a tab-separated text file. This tool can also be used to filter for or filter out certain event types.Dumpfsmos.cmd: Dump FSMO Roles - [more info - download (604KB)]This command-line tool dumps the Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) roles for a domain. Using DumpFsmos, you can find the names of the domain controllers that are performing forest-wide operations master roles, including schema master and domain naming master, and domain-wide operations master roles, including RID master, primary domain controller emulator, and infrastucture master.Dureg.exe: Registry Size Estimator - [more info - download (622KB)]DuReg is a command-line tool that enables you to discover how much data is stored in the registry, or in any registry subtree, key, or subkey. The tool also enables you to search for all occurrences of a text string in the registry. This search can be limited to a specific subtree.Getsid.exe: Get Security ID - [more info - download (955KB)]GetSID compares the user security IDs (SIDs) of two accounts.Gpotool.exe: Group Policy Verification Tool - [more info - download (1.1MB)]This command-line tool allows you to check the health of the Group Policy objects on domain controllers.Gpresult.exe: Group Policy Results - [more info - download (1.2MB)]This command-line tool displays information about the result Group Policy has had on the current computer and logged-on user.Guid2obj.exe: GUID to Object - [more info - download (614KB)]This command-line tool maps a GUID to a distinguished name. In Microsoft Windows 2000, each security principal (user, group, or computer) is identified by a unique security identifier (SID) in the form of a GUID. In Active Directory directory service, each object has a distinguished name. This tool enables you to associate the two.Inuse.exe: File-In-Use Replace Utility - [more info - download (1.2MB)]InUse is a command-line tool that performs on-the-fly replacement of files currently in use by the operating system. You must be a member of the Administrators group to use this tool.Perms.exe: File Access Permissions per User - [more info - download (616KB)]Perms displays a user's access permissions for a specified file or set of files.Pstat.exe: Process and Thread Status - [more info - download (1.2MB)]PStat is a character-based tool that lists all running threads and displays their status. This tool is similar to Qslice.exe, but uses a command-line rather than a GUI interface.Rpcdump.exe: RPC Dump - [more info - download (647KB)]This command-line tool queries Remote Procedure Call (RPC) endpoints for status and other information on RPC.RPC Ping: RPC Connectivity Verification Tool - [more info - download (767KB)]This tool confirms Remote Procedure Call (RPC) connectivity between RPC servers and clients on a network. RPC Ping checks to see if RPC services are responding to RPC requests from client computers.Xcacls.exe - [more info - download (642KB)]Using this tool, you can set all file-system security options accessible in Windows Explorer from the command line. XcAcls does this by displaying and modifying the access control lists (ACLs) of files.Last Updated: October 10, 2000
Windows 2000 Resource Kit Download
The Resource Kit tools mainly help administrators streamline management tasks such as troubleshooting operating system issues, configuring networking and security features, managing Active Directory and automating application deployment. The resource kits are also geared towards "power users" and contain other tools such as extra commands for the Windows batch/shell environment, programming aids, database tools, and miscellaneous tools. Interpreters for programming languages such as Perl, Rexx, KiXtart, awk and a version of the Unix Korn shell are available with many of the operating system Resource Kits, including those for both the Windows 95-98 and Windows NT-2000 streams of operating systems.
In the past, Microsoft used to release supplements for some Resource Kits which offered revised and new tools and resources. Microsoft released two supplements for the Windows NT 3.51 Server Resource Kit, four supplements for the Windows NT 4.0 Server Resource Kit and one supplement for the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit. Some of these utilities (such as robocopy and takeown) later shipped as part of Windows XP and Windows Vista. Others were included in later Resource Kits. Older Resource Kits are no longer available from Microsoft but can in most cases be ordered from booksellers.
The Windows 2000 Resource Kit also contains over 300 utilities.[1] For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, over 120 tools and utilities have been updated.[2] The Windows disc for Windows 2000, Windows XP and later operating systems also includes a set of tools known as Windows Support Tools. Many of the support tools are also included in the Resource Kit, some being updated versions of past Resource Kit tools. The Microsoft web site has downloads of Windows 2000/XP era tools which are in addition to those in the standard kits or updated version of the ones shipping in the Resource Kits. Windows XP Professional Resource Kit, Third Edition was released after Windows XP Service Pack 2.[3] All of the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools are available for download free of charge.[4]
As Boyd said, get a newer version of netdom! The one he linked will work fine with Windows XP, however if you are dealing with Win2k clients, you need to use the version that came with the Windows 2000 resource kit found here:
Where can I download the Windows 2000 Resource Kit tools? You can download the Windows 2000 Resource Kit software tools listed on this page for free and install them on your computer. These utilities can help you streamline administrative tasks such...
Placing the newly-downloaded XNET.EXE file in the right directory (where the original file resides) will most likely resolve the issue, but you should test to make sure. You can test the result by running Windows 2000 Professional Resource Kit application and seeing if the issue still appears.
Then, of course, there is the book. With over 1750 pages this is value for money but not armchair reading. It is divided into several parts, covering deployment and installation, system configuration, network configuration, performance monitoring and troubleshooting. There are chapters on inter-operating with Netware, Unix and IBM systems. Each topic is covered in-depth, so for instance you get 60 pages on file systems, mostly devoted to NTFS (NT File System). If the worst comes to the worst and the system crashes, the chapter on Windows 2000 stop messages tells you how to interpret the dreaded blue screens. Another vital topic is security, and here there is full information about user rights and permissions, the Encrypted File System, public key security and how to protect portable computers. There is also a detailed index and glossary. This is a reference book and you are unlikely to read it cover-to-cover. The presentation is dry, and it is emphatically not a book aimed at end-users. Its value is in providing a single comprehensive resource, including information not found in typical third-party guides. --Tim Anderson
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Resource Kit Provides essential print reference plus tools for maximizing a Windows 2000 Professional installation Features software tools and utilities on CD-ROM exclusive from Microsoft Offers exhaustive information on deployment and administration issues; also serves as an excellent resource for pre-deployment planning and decision-making. Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional is the premier desktop operating system for businesses of all sizes and is designed to replace Windows 95 as the standard business desktop. Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, the next release of the best-selling server operating system, is the only multipurpose server operating system designed to connect, run and manage every part of the digital business.When combined, Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server provide a platform that lowers the total cost of ownership, enables a new generation of distributed applications and provides the infrastructure for companies to build their digital nervous systems.
PrefaceSomeone asked me what this book is about, and my response was surprisingly simple, "It is all about making computers go faster, specifically Windows 2000 solutions go faster." When someone feels that their application is running slowly, it doesn't matter why. Is it a network problem? Is it a Windows 2000 Server issue, or perhaps a troublesome desktop? In this book, we focus on making Windows 2000 Server, workstations, and networks operate at their very best, so together they can provide the maximum performance possible. What are the common performance questions that surround Windows 2000 systems today? Can Windows 2000 actually be tuned? Where do I start when sizing a new Windows 2000 system? What size system is required? Will it scale as needed? Why does system performance appear sluggish? How do you determine if Windows 2000 has a bottleneck from a lack of resources? How can we help our solution to scale? Anyone developing Windows 2000 solutions commonly runs into these questions. Performance related issues arise in many enterprises; this book will help you to resolve these questions and more. The concepts and recommendations in this book are experience based, not just regurgitation of available reference material. 2ff7e9595c
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