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What is Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)?
The Windows Internet Service (WINS) works the same as DNS to resolve computer NetBIOS name into IP addresses. While DNS is a universally accepted methodology, WINS is designed for Windows server to add some extra functionality with DNS. WINS is designed to provide NetBIOS name resolution information in a TCP/IP network. All Windows OS flavor support DNS names in addition to NetBIOS names and WINS support clients that use NetBIOS. How WINS works?- Client computer sends a request for a name resolution to the WINS server. If the WINS server has its information stored in... Read more
Disk Management in Windows 7
Microsoft has brought Windows 7 is the latest operating systems for home and professional use and it comes with new and advanced features. Some of the main features that Windows 7 has facilitated its users are the mixed environment of Server and Client where the advanced users can apply permission settings to folders and basic users can enjoy the user friendly GUI and multimedia options. Disk Management utility has been one of many important features offered by Microsoft in its operating systems. Microsoft Windows 7 Disk Management has an improved GUI with more advanced features... Read moreLearning SQL 2005 with SQL management studio Introduction: SQL server 2005 is a very flexible and handy tool for DB administrator and developers. Nowadays it is not just that you can create databases with SQL server but there are several other programming tasks, administrative tasks and maintenance tasks that you can perform with SQL server 2005. The most common tasks related to databases include database creation, DB backups, Restoration and replication. In this article we will be covering the following topics related to SQL server 2005:
- Creating a new Database along with tables.
- Taking backup of an existing Database. ... Read more
Hard Disk Properties in Windows 7
Microsoft operating systems allow its users to manage both hardware and software using the built-in features in the Operating system. Further to this, Microsoft has been improving its tools and features to help the users in a user friendly and efficient way while making use of resources in appropriate manner. Microsoft Windows 7 is the latest operating system launched by Microsoft and it has brought the users with convenience in managing the system. Windows 7 Hard Disk Properties allow the user to manage the hard drive and apply required settings.Drive Properties
Hard drive properties in... Read moreExplaining Send/Receive Menu for Microsoft Outlook 2003
Microsoft Outlook 2003 offers very innovative and user friendly options to manage Emails, Journals, Calendars, Tasks, Contacts to assist the user as much as possible. The Send/Receive menu allows the user to manage headers and emails in regards to sending and/or receiving the emails. Each menu item is elaborated below. Send/Receive All This menu item refers to send and/or receive all the emails from the configured email account(s). F9 can also be used as a short key for triggering the same process and it can save a lot of time.Read more