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| View network connection status in Windows 2000 |
| With the exception of dial-up connections, by default, Windows 2000 doesn't show the status of each |
| network connection in the system tray. A status indicator in the system tray can provide you with a |
| visual indicator of when network traffic is occurring on a computer. It also gives you quick access |
| to the connection's Status dialog box. The little tray icon indicates both outgoing and incoming |
| traffic by lighting the screens of the two computers in the icon. |
| When you double-click the icon, it displays the Status dialog box for the connection. This shows |
| connection status, connection duration, speed, and packets sent and received. Or you can right-click |
| the icon to quickly open the Network And Dial-Up Connections folder. This is particularly handy |
| if you're testing or troubleshooting the connection and want quick access to the folder. |
| To add the status icon to the system tray, open the Network And Dial-Up Connections folder and |
| open the Properties for the connection. On the General tab, select the Show Icon In Taskbar When |
| Connected option and click OK. |
| Shutdown method for the Terminal Services server |
| The method for shutting down a normal server--which is Start | Shut Down and click Shut Down |
| from the drop-down menu--isn't recommended for servers running Terminal Services (TS). |
| Microsoft recommends using the command-line utility tsshutdn to shut down TS servers. The |
| tsshutdn utility allows you to shut down TS in a controlled manner. When you initiate a shutdown, |
| it notifies all of the connected sessions. If you have sessions with open files, the server will prompt |
| To shut down a TS server, type tsshutdn in the command prompt. This will initiate a 30-second |
| countdown for the shutdown. If you need to cancel the shutdown, simply press [Ctrl]C. |
| If you want to restart the computer, add the /reboot parameter (i.e., type tsshutdn /reboot). You can |
| also restart and shut down a remote computer by adding the /server:name parameter (i.e., type |
| tsshutdn /server:myserver). |
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