This article is dedicated to the Domain Name System or DNS server which is the heart of any enterprise network. DNS is mostly used to resolve host names to IP addresses and IP addresses to host names. This tutorial focuses on: Installing DNS server role Configuring forward lookup zone Configuring reverse lookup zone Adding a ... Read more
This tutorial explains how to install an additional domain controller in an existing active directory domain. Additional AD domain controller is used to balance the load among existing domain controllers. It also provides fault-tolerance that in case primary AD DC is down, additional AD DC can be used for authentications without any business discontinuity. The ... Read more
DHCP (dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is used to dynamically assign IP addresses to client machines. We are going to demonstrate how to configure this DHCP server on Windows Server 2012 R2. This tutorial is divided into following two parts: Part 1. Installing DHCP Server role on Windows Server 2012 R2 Part 2. Configuring and creating ... Read more
This step by step tutorial will guide you to set up active directory on your Windows Server 2012 R2 machine. The article has been divided into following two parts: 1. Installing active directory on a machine 2. Promoting that machine to act as a domain controller Prerequisites To follow this tutorial, you need to ensure ... Read more
Visual Basic Script is a simple scripting language you can use in Windows to compile executable .vbs files. They can be created with a notepad document, save the script by choosing All files in the Save as type drop-down menu and give it a name ending with .vbs (if you leave the first drop-down menu ... Read more
Successfully using the EnableStatic method for example in powershell always gives the Returnvalue 0. If that is not the case, something will most likely have gone wrong. If you are returned the value 2147786788, this is a sign for a write lock of some sort, meaning you have to look for running processes that are ... Read more
To install Windows Powershell 2.0 on an XP machine, you must have Windows XP Service Pack 3 installed. Powershell is included in the Windows Management Framework which you can download at support.microsoft.com/kb/968929: Now scroll down until you find some links listed in the More Information section: Pick the appropriate one for your Windows system and ... Read more
By default Windows computers participate in file-sharing of local networks - it recognizes other devices in that network such as other computers and printers and shares all data in the folders set to do so. If you want to turn this feature off at all or partly you can do so through the Control Panel. ... Read more
Error 0x80070052 is one that appears upon copying stuff onto removable drives - at some point, no new files and folders can be created on the drive as well as be copied onto it. That problem is due to restrictions of the format the drive is using - different formats have a different number of ... Read more
Every service you install is usually run on system startup. Sometimes these services do so without asking you before and sometimes they might even be malicious or just too heavy in resources. To select specific services that shall not be started by boot, open msconfig by calling a Run prompt through the main menu and ... Read more