A Drink of Technology for the Thirsty Mind
Read this tutorial to configure roaming profiles for user accounts in Windows Server 2008 in an Active Directory environment. Roaming profiles have the advantage of users have their personal settings and files available on all computers they login to. But the only problem is increased network activity during logon and logoff. Roaming profiles work by copying the user’s profile to […]
Read moreThis article will explain the procedure for setting up a VPN server in Windows Server 2008. The VPN protocol used will be PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol). The method outlined here uses an environment consisting of an active directory server, a DHCP server, few workstation PCs and a VPN server. Configuration of the VPN server alone is explained in […]
Read moreOpen Server Manager, go to Roles and click “Add Roles” In the Add Role Wizard, select Web Server (IIS) role to install Click Next until you reach Select Role Services page, leave the default and check FTP Server, FTP Service and FTP Extensibility at the bottom. Click Next, follow the wizard and finish the role installation. Now open IIS Manager from Start […]
Read moreIt’s happened to all of us. You try to logon to an administrative remote desktop on a server, but you can’t because both administrative RDP sessions are in use. Oftentimes this is because other admins have simply disconnected their remote desktop session, rather than logoff as they should. Here’s a simple way to determine which sessions are logged on and […]
Read moreWhen you try to star the MSSQL service using a Managed Service Account and it does not start, you get MSSQLServer Event ID 26014. After some Google searching (a lot, actually) I came across this procedure which seems to […]
Read moreFilescreening is a method used to control what files can be placed in a directory. You might want to prevent storage of MP3 files or executables. I wil use an example to explain how to create filescreen rules by using the commandline. Example I have created the folder E:\Users to store the users’ homeshares, but I want to prevent them […]
Read moreI like the tree view for scheduled task as you can categorize the tasks, but the GUI offers no way of an overview of all tasks. The command line helps again: Schtasks.exe Are you thinking:”I have no scheduled tasks defined, so this post is not for me”, I suggest to try it anyway. Microsoft added some tasks for you.
Read moreSoftware distribution using GPO’s can be a good way to install msi packages, but can delay the startup process, especially if the package is large and the network is slow. By using a simple trick, we can speed up this process significantly. The concept is to copy the installation files in the background to a local drive without bothering the […]
Read moreYears ago I learned to accept the fact that you sometimes just need to have service accounts with never-expiring passwords. Until Microsoft launched Windows 2008 R2 that is. Managed Service Accounts (MSA) allow you to eliminate those never-expire-service-accounts. An MSA is a special domain account that can be managed by the computer that uses it. That computer will change its […]
Read moreCreating a Cluster with Windows Server 2003 was a little bit confusing for administrators. Now with Windows Server 2008, its much easier. In this article I will be showing you how to setup a cluster with two nodes using Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering feature. Creating a failover clustering means you have at least two servers connected to a […]
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