The active directory database is stored in a single NTDS.dit file which is logically separated into the following partitions: Schema Partition Configuration Partition Domain Partition Application Partition Schema Partition There is only one schema partition per forest and it is stored in all DCs of the forest. It contains the definition of objects and rules for their ... Read more
Have you recently upgraded your Ubuntu machine from version 16.10 to 17.04? Are you missing the "Open New Terminal" option that used to be there in the right-click menu of the terminal icon in the launcher? If your answer to both these questions is yes, then you'll be glad to know that there exists a ... Read more
So you are a WhatsApp user. You know the meaning of those ticks that appear next to messages you send - single tick means message has been sent, double tick means message has been delivered, and when the double tick turns blue, it indicates the message has been read. But - assuming you weren't continuously ... Read more
You can send an email from your Gmail account using only a single command in PowerShell. There are several ways to achieve that, however, this tutorial uses the Send-MailMessage cmdlet. Send-MailMessage cmdlet has following commonly used paramters: –Attachments string The full path and filenames to be attached with an email. –Bcc string Email addresses that you would like to ... Read more
PDC emulator is one of the five FSMO roles in an active directory domain controller. It is a domain-wide role and it has following major responsibilities: 1. It synchronizes the time across DCs in a domain. All DC member clocks are synched with the clock of the DC having the PDC emulator role. If there are multiple domains in the ... Read more
Downgrade the Forest Functional Level Step 1. Open PowerShell with elevated privileges. Step 2. Execute the following command, replace the identity with your domain name and the forestmode with the level you want to downgrade to. Set-ADForestMode –Identity “CANITPRO.com” –ForestMode Windows2008Forest In the above example, I have downgraded the forest functional level to Windows Server 2008. ... Read more
You can use the import and export feature to create a new virtual machine with the exact same configuration of an existing VM in Hyper-V. You can import the VM files on a new server and create as many VMs as you like. Export Hyper-V Virtual Machine Step 1. Open Hyper-V Manager. Step 2. Right-click ... Read more
There are three types of virtual hard disks in Hyper-V. Those three types are: Fixed size Dynamically expanding Differencing I will explain each type with pros and cons in the article below. Fixed size Disk When you create a fixed-size virtual hard disk, space is reserved beforehand. Suppose you created a VHDX of 200 GB, ... Read more
When you are executing a PowerShell script for the first time you may encounter the following error: .... cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. Why did this happen: PowerShell Execution Policies PowerShell has four execution policies for executing the script. Those four policies are described below: Restricted This is a default policy. ... Read more
Launching a Web browser isn't a big deal - all you have to do is to click its icon. Alternatively, you can also easily launch a Web browser from the command line. But what about a new tab? While it's a cake walk to open a new tab from within the Web browser window, do ... Read more