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Windows Troubleshooting
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Reading logs from Event Viewer

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Eventvwr.exe Always try to search for errors Once you have found an error, try to look for other event generated by the source Compare time stamps when comparing other logs EventID.net is a useful web site to identify the cause.

Services snap-in
Gives you status of all registered sevices States Started, Stopped, Running, Stopping, Starting etc.. Identify service in registry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services You can change start value from registry Service account can be different
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Msinfo32
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Gives you complete listing of all hardware & software resources on system

MSConfig.exe
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Allows you to change boot configuration Temporarily disable any services or startup items

Performance Monitor
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Used to monitor performance of windows over time Perfmon.exe Need to add required data collector sets Disk- Avg Disk Queue Length, % disk time CPU - % processor time

Resource Monitor
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Gives you a real time view of resource usage

Reliability Monitor
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Open Action Center in Windows 2008 R2 Click Maintenance View Reliability History under check for solutions to problems reports Gives you an assessment of stability of server on the scale of 1 (least stable) to 10 (Most stable) Need to be local admin & RACTask scheduled task should be enabled

Telnet
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Use telnet to check if a port is open telnet hostname/ip port number Install telnet using add/remove windows features

Netstat
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Display active TCP connections & ports

dcdiag
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Runs diagnostics on domain controller and verify active directory & DNS structure http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731968.aspx

nltest
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You can use nltest to: Get a list of domain controllers Force a remote shutdown Query the status of trust Test trust relationships and the state of domain controller replication in a Windows domain Force a user-account database to synchronize on Windows NT version 4.0 or earlier domain controllers nltest [/server:<servername>] [<operation>[<parameter>] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731935.aspx

nslookup
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Use nslookup to troubleshoot DNS issues

Chkdsk
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Use chkdsk to check and repair file system errors Use the chkdsk /r and /f to repair

Network Shell (Netsh)

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Use netsh to remotely administer & troubleshoot network parameters http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490939.aspx

Netmon
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Use Network Monitor use capture network traffic and analyse protocol communication Need to download MS Network Monitor 3.4 http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=4865

Driver verifier tool

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Displays information about current installed drivers on system Verifier.exe