If you would like to avoid using the AD Sites and Services GUI to force replication across your domain controllers, consider the script below. Save this as a .bat file to a machine on the same domain as your domain controllers and run as a...
When remote-connecting to a Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 computer, I have noticed that the mouse movement on the screen is often jerky and frustrating! There is a very easy fix for this. Simply edit the Mouse Properties to disable pointer shadow. Go to: Control Panel...
So, you finally decided to virtualize your desktops. Plus, you want to reuse your old desktops as Thin clients. You’re not alone. This kind of thing happens all the time, and there are options for you. My favorite so far is the use of Windows...
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With many IT administrators upgrading their internal infrastructures to begin capitalizing on some of the newer features available in Active Directory by raising the functional level, it has become more of a necessity to remove older domain controllers. This article provides a step-by-step guide on how...
Once a Windows 2012 or Windows 2012R2 has had the Active Directory Domain Services role installed, the domain controller must be promoted to a domain controller. This article outlines the steps needed to add a domain controller to an existing environment. This article is the second...
With Windows 2003 nearing end-of-life, it is becoming more imperative to upgrade to a newer operating system. For many IT admins, this is a great opportunity to start upgrading infrastructures to Windows 2012 or Windows 2012R2. Since DCPromo was depreciated in Windows Server 2012, the...
After updating the driver on a Dell TL2000 tape drive, the devices appeared in Device Manager with a bang, indicating the driver was corrupt. Error message: "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)" To fix this...
A common way to share files in a network is to use a file server, however when two users try to access the same file, that file will be locked to the second user. If that user was not available to request that the file be...
Usually it is best to configure your terminal service policy to log out disconnected sessions, however there may be cases where you only want to kill specific applications when the user disconnects. This is easy to do with a PowerShell script that you run periodically as...
Overview As a server administrator, I frequently use Active Directory for both Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. However, for many of the servers I administer, I don't always use the administrative account to log on to a server, but instead I use an alternative...
Today I worked on an issue with a client who has a Small Business Server providing AD/DNS, Exchange, and RRAS services among others. They also have a member server that does web content filtering. The problem was that after a patching session and reboots, the...
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