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Authorizing DHCP Server by a non-enterprise administrator By default, only a administrator which is member of "Enterprise Admins" group can authorize the DHCP which is installed in domain environment. If the other accounts would like to authorize the DHCP server which is a member server in child domain, you may get "Access is denied". To... Continue Reading →
How to move a List from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 http://absolute-sharepoint.com/2013/08/how-to-move-a-list-from-sharepoint-2010-to-sharepoint-2013.html?goback=%2Egde_43166_member_268128109%2Egmp_43166#%21
How to Set a Custom Logon Screen Background on Windows 7 http://www.howtogeek.com/112110/how-to-set-a-custom-logon-screen-background-on-windows-7/ Enabling Custom Backgrounds This feature is disabled by default, so you'll have to enable it from the Registry Editor. You can also use the Group Policy Editor if you have a Professional version of Windows – scroll down a bit for the Group... Continue Reading →
Previous articles in this series contained an introduction to the SYSVOL migration procedure and explained how the Dfsrmig.exe tool can be used for SYSVOL migration. Keeping this background information in mind, we're now ready to start the actual SYSVOL migration process. This article explains how to migrate replication of the SYSVOL share to the 'PREPARED'... Continue Reading →
he File Replication Service (FRS) is used for replicating the contents of the SYSVOL share between Windows domain controllers. However, Windows Server 2008 domain controllers, which are operating in the Windows Server 2008 domain functional level, can use the DFS Replication service for replicating the contents of the SYSVOL share. A new Windows Server 2008... Continue Reading →
ou can install the DFS components by using the following procedures. Installing Windows Server 2008 and DFS During Setup, follow the on-screen prompts to install Windows Server 2008. Refer to the section "Lab Requirements" earlier in this guide for details about which servers must run Windows Server 2008 and which servers can run Windows Server 2003 R2 or Windows Server 2003 SP1. After... Continue Reading →
have two domain controllers both server 2008, and the domain function level has been raised to 2008. We migrated from a single dc running server 2008 previously. If I run : dcdiag /v /c /d /e /s:win2k8dc1 >c:dcdiag.txt I receive the following error: Starting test: VerifyEnterpriseReferences The following problems were found while verifying various important... Continue Reading →
When you try to remove a domain controller from your Active Directory domain by using Dcpromo.exe and fail, or when you began to promote a member server to be a Domain Controller and failed (the reasons for your failure are not important for the scope of this article), you will be left with remains of... Continue Reading →
Upgrade Domain Controllers From 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012April 10 2013 This topic provides background information about Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2012 and explains the process for upgrading domain controllers from Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2.UPGRADE FROM SERVER 2008 R2 TO Windows server 2012 Table of Contents1.1.1 1 2. Prerequisites... Continue Reading →
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2 DHCP provides context-specific icons to dynamically represent the state of console objects. Objects include the DHCP servers, clients, scopes, and option types that are used and managed in the console. General usage of console icons Some of the icons used in DHCP have specific meanings, but most are used... Continue Reading →
dsquery -o {dn | rdn} Specifies output format Finding a Computer Account Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type cmd. At the command prompt, type the following command: dsquery computer -name name To find all groups in the current domain whose name starts with "PC" dsquery group domainroot -name PC* "dsquery... Continue Reading →
- Finding out on which Domain Controller a user is logged in Open the CMD and run the following command echo %logonserver%
To query FSMO Roles netdom query fsmo Seize the domain naming master role Open the CMD To seize the RID master role Open Command Prompt. Type: ntdsutil At the ntdsutil command prompt, type: roles At the fsmo maintenance command prompt, type: connections At the server connections command prompt, type: connect to serverDomainController At the server... Continue Reading →
What is FSMO ROLES? The FSMO (flexible single master operations) roles assigned in our environment to Domain-Controllers and provide us the ability to manage our environment without Conflicts , The FSMO roles can be transfer between Domain-Controllers and that's provide us the ability to manage our environment in much more flexibility . There are 5... Continue Reading →
http://download.sysinternals.com/files/Hex2Dec.zip Introduction Tired of running Calc everytime you want to convert a hexadecimal number to decimal Now you can convert hex to decimal and vice versa with this simple command-line utility. Usage: hex2dec [hex|decimal] Include x or 0x as the prefix of the number to specify a hexadecimal value. e.g. To translate 1233 decimal to... Continue Reading →
http://download.sysinternals.com/files/BGInfo.zip Introduction How many times have you walked up to a system in your office and needed to click through several diagnostic windows to remind yourself of important aspects of its configuration, such as its name, IP address, or operating system version? If you manage multiple computers you probably need BGInfo. It automatically displays relevant information... Continue Reading →
Active Directory Explorer v1.4 Snapshots of an AD database for off-line viewing and comparisons Introduction Active Directory Explorer (AD Explorer) is an advanced Active Directory (AD) viewer and editor. You can use AD Explorer to easily navigate an AD database, define favorite locations, view object properties and attributes without having to open dialog boxes, edit... Continue Reading →
AccessEnum v1.32 Introduction While the flexible security model employed by Windows NT-based systems allows full control over security and file permissions, managing permissions so that users have appropriate access to files, directories and Registry keys can be difficult. There's no built-in way to quickly view user accesses to a tree of directories or keys. AccessEnum gives you... Continue Reading →
Disk2vhd v1.63 How to convert Physical Disk to Virtual Disk Introduction Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). The difference between Disk2vhd and other physical-to-virtual tools is that you can... Continue Reading →
Whois v1.11 Tool for checking for a domain Introduction Whois performs the registration record for the domain name or IP address that you specify. Usage: whois domainname [whois.server] Domainname can be either a DNS name (e.g. http://www.sysinternals.com) or IP address (e.g. 66.193.254.46). Whois performs the registration record for the domain name or IP address... Continue Reading →
