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NW Admin Lab Exercise 3-2-2

This document provides instructions for setting up internet printing on a server and client. It describes configuring the internet information server and selecting the internet printing component on the server. It also explains how to set the client security to low and access the printer by entering the server's IP address. The document also describes how to transfer documents from a failed printer's queue to another print server by configuring a local port with the additional server's UNC path.

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NW Admin Lab Exercise 3-2-2

This document provides instructions for setting up internet printing on a server and client. It describes configuring the internet information server and selecting the internet printing component on the server. It also explains how to set the client security to low and access the printer by entering the server's IP address. The document also describes how to transfer documents from a failed printer's queue to another print server by configuring a local port with the additional server's UNC path.

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Unity University

Department of Computer Science


Dessie Campus

To Enable internet printing


1) In the server log in as Administrator and open “add/remove programs” -> add/remove
windows components.
2) Double click on ”Application server” and then double click on "internet information server".
3) Select "internet printing" and press ok and next to complete the setup.

Client Setup for Internet Printing


1) In the client open “Internet explorer” and choose “tools” ->” internet options”, click on
“security”.
2) Select “internet” and set the security to "low" press ok.
3) In the address bar type the servers ipaddress followed by the alias name.
Ex:- 192.168.100.3/printers
4) Click on the displayed printer name and press the connect link to install the printer.

Transferring downtime documents to an additional print server


If the printer connected to the main print server fails while its handling print queues, the
documents in the print queue can be transferred to an additional print server in the network. In
order to setup this a local port has to configured to transfer the documents to the additional print
server.
1) In the main print server right click on the failed printer and choose properties.
Note:- Make sure there is another print server configured in the network to which the
document will be transferred.
2) Click on ports and press Add port and double click on local port.
3) Type the UNC path of the additional print server
ex:- \\server2\hp
4) All the documents from the failed printers queue will be transferred to the additional printer.

Note:- Print spooler :- This is a service which controls or manages print queues. If this service
is disabled or stopped the printer cannot be installed or cannot function.
If the printer experiences any problems make sure the print spooler service is started, Open
computer management and under the services list find print spooler double click to check its

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status. if it is not started start it by pressing the start button. The spooler service temporarily
stores the queued documents in the server's harddisk inside the following folder
%windir%\system32\spool\printers

Computer Management
The tool is used to manage different elements of a system. These include system tools, storage
and services.
The system tools container includes event viewer, shared folders, Performance logs and device
manager and the Storage container has tools to configure secondary storage devices, it contains
disk defragmenter and disk management tools. The services container includes tools to start or
stop different services related to the system.

The most commonly used tools are:


Event viewer, Shared folders, disk defragmenter, disk management, and services.

Event viewer :- The event viewer records events related to actions in the system, It includes 3
logs in a client system whereas 6 logs in a domain controller.
The logs in a client system are Application, System, and Security.
Where as in a DC directory service, DNS Server, and File Replication service are included.
The system log contains events related to the system events such as device failure, driver failure,
service failure or status etc.
The Application log records events related to different services running in the system. for
example oracle server service, Norton security service etc.
The Security log records security events, which includes object access, log on events etc.
The directory service records events related to the active directory, for example deleting or
modifying a user account, group or OU (organizational unit) etc are recorded.
The DNS server log records events related to the DNS service.
And The File Replication service records events related to Replication process, and status.

Shared folders:-
The shared folders container contains three sub items;
a) Shares
b) Sessions

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c) Open files

The shares folder contains all the shared objects in the local system. where as the sessions folder
displays the user and the computer currently using the local resources. And the open files
container displays folders currently in use.

Services:-
The services container lists different services running in the system. To Start or stop a service
double click on it and press either the start or stop button.
For example to send messages from one computer to the other the messenger service on both the
systems should be running.
To start the messenger service double click on the messenger service choose manual if it is
disabled and press apply and then start to start the service.

Computer management for a remote computer or managing a remote computer


To manage a remote computer you have to be an administrator of the domain.
1) Right click on the computer management (local) item choose "connect to another
computer".
2) Type the name of the network computer, which you want to manage and press ok
3) This allows you to see all the manageable items of a remote computer, you can start or stop
services on a remote computer, you can view the event of a remote computer and you can even
send console message to the remote computer
4) To send message, right click on computer management choose all tasks -> send console
message type the message and press send to send.
5) You can also logoff, restart or shutdown a remote computer by right clicking on computer
management-> properties. Click the advanced tab and press the settings button under startup and
recovery. Press the shutdown button and choose either to logoff, shutdown or restart.

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