After you install Active Directory on Windows Server 2008 R2, you may start seeing the following error message after the server boots: The DFS Namespace service could not initialize cross forest trust information on this domain controller, but it will periodically retry the operation. The return code is in the record data. This occurs because […]
Continue ReadingI noticed the DNS broke on my servers after Windows Update. The problem was KB3145126. Read more about it here. After a quick removal and reboot, DNS was operational again. To remove/uninstall KB3145126, open powershell and run the following: wusa.exe /uninstall /KB:3145126 Hope this helps.
Continue ReadingTo check the proxy settings like ProxyOveride or if it is enabled or not: Get-ItemProperty -Path “Registry::HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings” To disable proxy from PowerShell: Set-ItemProperty -Path “Registry::HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings” ProxyEnable -value 0 To enable proxy from PowerShell: Set-ItemProperty -Path “Registry::HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings” ProxyEnable -value 1
Continue ReadingWhatever the reason may be to enable or disable proxy, here is a simple registry hack to turn it on or off. Open powershell in admin mode. Enable: Set-ItemProperty -Path “Registry::HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings” ProxyEnable -value 1 Disable: Set-ItemProperty -Path “Registry::HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings” ProxyEnable -value 0 The above method require an IE restart, alternatively if you don’t want […]
Continue ReadingGUI Version: Open Control Panel > Network & Internet > Network & Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Choose the Adapter Right Click – Select Properties Networking Tab DeSelect IPv6 Close No GUI… No problem (Core): After doing the above procedure you might have to use the registry editor aswell to completely disable the […]
Continue ReadingRan into an interesting situation where pretty much all domain accounts did not follow the default password policy and had the option of ‘password never expires’ checked. I needed to fix this immediately without impacting the users and expiring any accounts that may affect the business. I needed to adjust the password age for all […]
Continue ReadingWARNING: This is for education/informational testing/development purposes only, and should not be used on a production server. WARNING: This trick will only work with an ESX(i) stand alone server. It will not work if the ESX(i) server is connected to a vCenter Server, as the vCenter Server knows better than to let you do this. […]
Continue ReadingWindows automatically hides devices that are not presently connected to the system, but they still exist in Windows’ configuration. This is especially problematic when changing virtual network adapters and not being able to remove IP configurations from old adapters. To resolve: Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe, and then press ENTER. Type “set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1“, and […]
Continue ReadingApplies to: Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016 From the command prompt on the source DHCP server run the following command: netsh dhcp server export c:\dhcp.dat all 2. Copy the “dhcp.dat†file to the new, or destination, DHCP server and run the following command: netsh dhcp server import c:\dhcp.dat all While […]
Continue ReadingCentOS guest instances in VMware sometimes come up with the boot error message: piix4_smbus 0000:00:007.3: Host SMBus controller not enabled! This error is being caused because VMware doesn’t actually provide that level interface for CPU access, but Ubuntu try to load the kernel module anyway. How to fix it: sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf add the line: blacklist […]
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