In this tutorial, I am going to explain how a Windows 10 Professional desktop can join a Windows Active Directory in 5 easy steps. Prerequisites These are the prerequisites of this tutorial: Firewall is turned off. Computer has a user-friendly name. Date, time and timezone are correct. Check your TCP/IP configuration and make sure IP addresses ... Read more
In some cases, you may require hiding the C drive from ordinary users like students from a university campus. This tutorial is specifically written for this purpose. It has following the two parts and it assumes you are familiar with creating OU's (Organisational Units). Creating a Group Policy Object or GPO and then. Link a ... Read more
This tutorial on how to disable the Control Panel in Active Directory on Windows Server 2012 R2 has the following two parts. It assumes you have already created an Organizational Unit (OU) for the users. Creating a GPO or Group Policy Object. Linking that GPO to an OU or Organizational Unit. Creating a Group Policy Object ... Read more
The following five FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation) roles exist. Schema master - Forest wide role. Domain naming master - Forest wide role. RID master - Domain wide role. PDC emulator master - Domain wide role. Infrastructure master - Domain wide role. There are two ways to transfer FSMO roles, using the graphical console or the command line ... Read more
This article has been written to help you to setup correct permissions for the home folder in active directory domain services in Windows Server 2012 R2. Below are the user(s) with following permissions: Domain Users - Traverse folder, List Folder, Create Folders in 'This Folder Only'. Creator Owner - Full Control in Subfolders and file only. System - ... Read more
VMware is a virtualization software which allows you to install multiple operating systems on top of your existing operating system on a desktop or laptop. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to install VMware workstation version 9 on your Windows 7 Professional machine. System Requirements An Intel CPU that has VT-x support or an ... Read more
DHCP high availability or failover on Windows Server can be configured in two ways. Load balancing Hot standby Load balancing allows you to share the load between two DHCP servers while hot standby provides DHCP redundancy. In hot stand by mode, if a primary DHCP is down, secondary will keep on working and providing IP ... Read more
Creating an ISO image file from DVD is straight forward when you have chosen the right tool. In this tutorial, I'll help you to create an ISO image file from Windows 10 DVD using the BurnAware free tool. Prerequisites An ISO image creation tool (BurnAware Free) A required DVD (Windows 10/8/7) Steps Involved Step 1: Download ... Read more
In this article, I will demonstrate you how to configure a DNS forwarder in Windows Server 2012 R2. I assume you have already configured DNS on both servers. If you haven't, read my other article on configuring DNS on Windows Server 2012 R2. Prerequisites Following five are prerequisites: Ensure that the Administrator account has a ... Read more
In my previous tutorial, I have discussed how to install Windows 7 using a DVD. This tutorial focuses on installing Windows 7 using Windows Deployment Server. Prerequisites Ensure the following requirements for this tutorial are met: Your machine should be network bootable Installing Windows 7 Using Windows Deployment Services Step 1: Boot your system and when you ... Read more