When you clone a virtual machine from any existing snapshot in VMware and you get the following error in VMWare, the reason is VM was powered on or suspended when you took that snapshot. So you only have an option to clone the VM from its current state. You cannot make a clone of a virtual machine or snapshot ... Read more
When you are enabling PowerShell remoting using the command Enable-PSRemoting, you may get the following error because your system is connected to the network trough a Wi-Fi connection. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> winrm quickconfig The following changes must be made: Start the WinRM service. Set the WinRM service type to delayed auto start. Make these changes [y/n]? y ... Read more
Gmail is no doubt one of the most popular web-based email services available today. For people like me, who use Gmail for their official work, having the Gmail app on phone is a must. Whether you want to check for any new incoming email or compose a new one, the first step is, obviously, to ... Read more
There are two methods for configuring DNS on Windows Server 2016. One is using PowerShell and the other method is using GUI which is slightly longer, but easier and doesn't require commands to be typed. I will show you the GUI method here. Prerequisites Static IP is configured Firewall is turned off Latest updates from ... Read more
If you are an Ubuntu user, you might have observed the dialog box that gets displayed when you quickly press and leave the power button. The dialog box contains icons to Lock, Suspend, Restart, and Shutdown the system. Have you ever found yourself wondering how this box can be launched from the command line? Well, ... Read more
If you don't have an internet connection on a Windows system, then you can download the Docker file from another (Internet enabled) machine and then copy it to target. Install Docker without Internet Connection Afterward, follow these steps: Execute the following commands to install docker packages: Install-PackageProvider -Name DockerMsftProvider Import-PackageProvider -Name DockerMsftProvider -Force List all Docker ... Read more
If you are coming from Linux to Windows and you are used to working on the shell, then the following PowerShell commands might be the right ones for you. Get an IP Address Configuration You can use the following command to check the IP address configuration of your computer. It works the same way as ipconfig ... Read more
In this tutorial, I will explain how to install an active directory on Windows Core Server 2016 using a few PowerShell commands. If you have already configured an AD Domain Service before, you may be aware that there are the following two high-level steps: Installing Active Domain itself. Promoting the server as domain controller. Install ... Read more
If you want to check the existence of any user or group in Windows Active Directory, use the following PowerShell script. PowerShell: Check if AD User or Group Exists Step 1. Open PowerShell with elevated privileges. Step 2. Execute the following script: $userobj = Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter "(SAMAccountName=$username)" $vlanobj = Get-ADGroup -LDAPFilter "(SAMAccountName=$vlangroupname)" if ($userobj -eq ... Read more
When you are done with configuring windows deployment services on your server, the next step is to add images to your WDS for the client machines. There are two types of images that you need to add: one is install.wim (the actual Windows installation files) and the other one is boot.wim (used to boot the ... Read more