Windows Server administration and configuration
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How to: Move all Active Directory Roles (FSMO) from one server to another in Windows Server 2016
How to: Move all Active Directory Roles (FSMO) from one server to another in Windows Server 2016 Thankfully over time Microsoft has made it easy to move th
How to: "Change product key" in Windows 8 or in Windows Server 2012
How to: - A technical guide covering Windows Servers configuration and best practices.Change product key in Windows 8 or in Windows Server 2012 I've...
How to: Change your activation product key in Windows 8, Windows 2012 Server and MultiPoint Server 2012
How to: Change your activation product key in Windows 8, Windows 2012 Server and MultiPoint Server 2012 When you try to activate your Windows 8, Windows 20
How to: Resolve error "Computer/Name Domain Changes. The following error occurred attempting to join the domain: The requested resource is in use."
Learn resolve error . How to: Resolve error Computer/Name Domain Changes.Computer/Name Domain Changes. The following error occurred attempting to join the...
How to: Delete a DHCP Failover relationship when the partner server is unreachable
How to: Delete a DHCP Failover relationship when the partner server is unreachable One of the latest issues I've come across is removing a DHCP Failover re
DFSR: How to properly Size the Staging Folder and Conflict and Deleted Folder
DFSR: How to properly Size the Staging Folder and Conflict and Deleted Folder The Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) service is a new multi-master
Microsoft's DHCP Failover
com> Microsoft's DHCP Failover One of the new cool features in Windows Server is DHCP Failover.
How to: Rename an Active Directory Domain Name
How to: Rename an Active Directory Domain Name There are many reasons why you might want to rename an Active Directory Domain Name
Replacing Self Signed Remote Desktop Services Certificate on Windows
Replacing Self Signed Remote Desktop Services Certificate on Windows So one of the reasons why we moved from a. local domain environment to a corp
Error 0x800f0922 while adding DHCP role on Windows Server
Error 0x800f0922 while adding DHCP role on Windows Server If you are installing the DHCP server role on a Windows Server machine you might get the followin
How to: Configure your Domain Server to sync the time over the Internet (Network Time Protocol - NTP)
How to: Configure your Domain Server to sync the time over the Internet (Network Time Protocol - NTP) The Windows Time service provides time synchronizatio
How to force an authoritative and non-authoritative synchronization for DFSR-replicated SYSVOL (like "D4/D2" for FRS)
Learn force an authoritative and non-authoritative synchronization for dfsr-replicated sysvol (like . <D4/D2 for FRS) Fixing Broken SYSVOL Replication Cons
How to: Force Active Directory Replication Between Domain Controllers
How to: Force Active Directory Replication Between Domain Controllers You can use this procedure to force Active Directory replication to occur between two
What is www.msftncsi.com?
If you are running a firewall one of the most common sites you'll run across is www. This is because the url www
How to: Resolve Windows error 0x8004FE33 indicating client activation failure
How to: Resolve Windows error 0x8004FE33 indicating client activation failure I've been having a few issues with my SharePoint 2013 installation which has
What is: fsdmhost.exe
What is: fsdmhost.exe — explained with examples. What is: fsdmhost. exe is the Executable for the <
How to: Manage the Certificate Store on your local machine using the command prompt or PowerShell
How to: Manage the Certificate Store on your local machine using the command prompt or PowerShell It seems that as of late I am playing a lot with certific
DNS error while browsing top level domains like .com.mx or .com.uk
Symptom When name resolution is provided by root hints, Windows Server 2008 DNS and Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS Servers may fail to resolve queries for name
What are Hard Faults per Second?
As anyone who has taken a look at the Task Manager and then into the Performance Monitor, one of the two key metrics Hard Faults per Second is an importa
How to: Uninstall an assembly (dll) from the GAC
So, you probably have already tried going to the GAC and selecting uninstall, if not, below are the instructions: Navigate to the GAC, which is located at
"Communication with the underlying transaction manager has failed."
Why would the following error message occur. : Communication with the underlying transaction manager has failed.Communication with the underlying...
The partner transaction manager has disabled its support for remote/network transactions. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8004D025)
How do you resolve the following error message: The partner transaction manager has disabled its support for remote/network transactions.The partner...