The expiration date of an AD user’s password determines when and how often a user is required to change their domain password. Group Policy is used to configure password expiration …
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On Windows, when you ping a remote computer on your LAN by its hostname or a localhost, the command returns an IPv6 device address instead of an IPv4 address. Windows …
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When Windows is installed on a computer, the user is prompted to create their own account with administrative privileges. At the same time, a built-in Administrator account is automatically created …
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The AppData system folder in Windows is the default location for application data, settings, and caches. Over time, it can become bloated with unnecessary files, which can lead to slower …
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The nslookup (name server lookup) command line tool allows you to query the DNS server from the CLI. Nslookup is used to diagnose and check DNS servers and records, and …
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RPC Server Unavailable (RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE) error code 1722 indicates that your Windows computer is having a problem communicating with other remote computers or devices over the network. There are a number …
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Changing the name of an Active Directory domain is something few AD administrators have ever done. The domain renaming process itself is fairly straightforward, but needs to be carefully planned …
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When attempting to connect to an SSH server, the client may face the following warning: $ ssh sysadm@192.168.158.129 WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS …
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Key Management Service (KMS) can be used to activate volume-licensed Office versions on your internal host without connecting to Microsoft’s Internet activation services. In this post, we’ll look at how …
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Windows Server hosts that have been promoted to domain controller can store DNS zone data in the Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) rather than in a zone text file. This …
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