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About each folder under the SYSVOL share in Domain Controller SYSVOL folder used to store a copy of the domain’s public files like system policies, Group Policy settings and logon/logoff scripts, which are replicated to all other domain controllers in the Active Directory domain through File Replication Services (FRS), You can find many folders inside the SYSVOL share, I would like to explore and explain each folder by how it’s used in the process of SYSVOL replication. SYSVOL Folder Structure \Sysvol |____ | |____Policies | |____Scripts | |____ DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory | |____ NtFrs_PreExisting___See EventLog | |____Enterprise | |____Policies | |____Scripts | |____Staging | |____Domain | |____Enterprise | |____Staging Areas | |____Enterprise (junction> = Sysvol\Staging\Enterprise) | |____Your Domain Name (junction> = Sysvol\Staging\Domain) | |____Sysvol | |____Enterprise (junctio...

1. What is DHCP? DHCP stands for "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol". 2.What is DHCP's purpose? DHCP's purpose is to enable individual computers on an IP network to extract their configurations from a server (the 'DHCP server') or servers, in particular, servers that have no exact information about the individual computers until they request the information. The overall purpose of this is to reduce the work necessary to administer a large IP network. The most significant piece of information distributed in this manner is the IP address. 3. Can DHCP work with AppleTalk or IPX? No, it is too tied to IP. Furthermore, they don't need it since they have always had automated mechanisms for assigning their own network addresses. 4. Who Created It? How Was It Created? DHCP was created by the Dynamic Host Configuration Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF; a volunteer organization which defines protocols for use on the Internet). As su...

How To Become A Desktop Engineer - Interview Questions A) Tell me something about yourself. Tell about your eductaion, place you belong to, some struggle in life which shows that you have positive attitude and will to fight the odds. B) Technical Questions: 1) What is Active Directory? A central component of the Windows platform, Active Directory directory service provides the means to manage the identities and relationships that make up network environments. For example we can create, manage and administor users, computers and printers in the network from active directory. 2) What is DNS? Why it is used? What is "forward lookup" and "reverse lookup" in DNS? What are A records and mx records? DNS is domain naming service and is used for resolving names to IP address and IP addresses to names. The computer understands only numbers while we can easily remember names. So to make it easier for us what we do is we assign names to computers and websites. When we u...