A Drink of Technology for the Thirsty Mind
You try to RDP into a Terminal Server and you get this message below. You can run the following comment to view terminal server sessions. Qwinsta /server:computername This will show you which sessions are hung. Then […]
Read moreLog Off (Log Out) of Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete then select Sign Out Log Off of Terminal Session on Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 If you are connected via RDP (Remote Desktop Client) Press Ctrl-Alt-End then select Sign Out You will notice on the screen you can also LOCK the computer or bring up task […]
Read moreIntroduction Every Microsoft Windows server should be monitored for performance issues, but if you have nothing to compare it against, how do you know when its over worked or ticking over? Steps (6 total) 1 Opening the tool Expand First open performance monitor on the server (you can run or setup a schedule from your own machine with domain admin […]
Read moreA Record The majority of DNS records are “A” records. A records allow for you to point different sections of your domain to different IP addresses or servers. For example, this would be useful for having “www.domain.com” point to your web server’s IP address and “mail.domain.com” point to your mail server’s IP address. Each record includes a “Host Name” value […]
Read moreWhat is a VPN? A virtual private network (VPN) is a technology for using the Internet or another intermediate network to connect computers to isolated remote computer networks that would otherwise be inaccessible. A VPN provides security so that traffic sent through the VPN connection stays isolated from other computers on the intermediate network. VPNs can connect individual users to […]
Read moreHow To Install Trusted Root Certification Authority With MMC Requirement: sometimes we need to install a third part Certificate as “Trusted Root Certification Authority”. Solution: You can run windows MMC tool by following: 1) Start MMC Tool Click Start -> Run -> Entry MMC and click ‘OK’ 2) Click File -> Add/Remove SnapIn… 3) Add Certificate Select ‘Certificates’ in left […]
Read moreWhether you’re looking to optimize a server’s performance or to defend against total data loss on a NAS box, you need RAID. But which level is right? Here is a guide for storage newbies. If you’ve ever looked into purchasing a NAS device or server, particularly for a small business, you’ve no doubt come across the term “RAID.” RAID stands […]
Read moreConfiguring a Samba Server The default configuration file (/etc/samba/smb.conf) allows users to view their home directories as a Samba share. It also shares all printers configured for the system as Samba shared printers. In other words, you can attach a printer to the system and print to it from the Windows machines on your network. Graphical Configuration To configure Samba […]
Read more*Note* This article applies to Exchange Server 2010 SP1. Recently I was asked to recover a single e-mail, because he deleted it by accident. In Exchange 2007 I would use the Export-Mailbox cmdlet. In Exchange 2010 SP1 a new cmdlet has been introduced: Search-Mailbox. For general information regarding this cmdlet, check the following TechNet article. I went through the following […]
Read moreI’ll show you how to create a Group Policy Object (GPO) in Active Directory, and link it to a site, domain or Organizational Unit (OU). Group Policy was introduced in Windows 2000 as part of Active Directory, replacing Windows NT System Policies. Group Policy is a powerful tool that can reduce total cost of ownership by helping IT to maintain […]
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