A Drink of Technology for the Thirsty Mind
This will be a basic setup using Windows 2008 Server to allow RADIUS and dot1x authentication. Steps for basic installation include: Rename the server Setting server as Domain Controller Installing Certificate Services Request Certificates (optional) Installing Network Policy Services (previously IAS) Creating Group Policies Rename The Server Something different about Windows 2008 Server is that the server name is auto-generated […]
Read moreUser Groups and Organizational Units are two great ways of keeping your Active Directory organized and controlled. Why would we want to do that? Well, let’s say for example that we have this one shared folder on our network that we want only our Sales Department to have access to. Without groups in your Active Directory, you would have to […]
Read moreThe following article explains how to install MySQL on a Windows Server. The process involves downloading the latest version of MySQL directly to your Windows server and then installing the software. MySQL is a free product. Once installed, you may begin creating and using MySQL databases on your server. To install MySQL, please follow these steps: Log into your server […]
Read moreThe following article provides System Administrators with instructions to help them implement an FTP solution to allow for successful file exchange with their servers from remote locations. Although Windows comes with an FTP server installed by default, we recommend FileZilla FTP Server as an alternative. Benefits of FileZilla: secure file transfer via SSL/TLS (can be required) or even Kerberos takes […]
Read moreYesterday I had an end user call me from one of our branch offices, she said that they store their spreadsheets on a network share; \\server_name\folder_name They have this network share mapped as a network drive, so they open the folder location then open a spreadsheet they want to edit, when they try to save it by clicking on the […]
Read moreAs many of you are probably aware, the Domain Name System (DNS) is now the name resolution system of choice in Windows. Without it, computers would have a very tough time communicating with each other. However, most Windows administrators still rely on the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) for name resolution on local area networks and some have little or no experience with DNS. […]
Read moreDisk Cleanup option on drive’s general properties and cleanmgr.exe is not present in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 by default.So in order to use cleanmgr.exe you’ll need to copy two files that are already present on the server, cleanmgr.exe and cleanmgr.exe.mui. Copy “C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_c9392808773cd7da\cleanmgr.exe” to “%systemroot%\System32″ Copy “C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_b9cb6194b257cc63\cleanmgr.exe.mui” to “%systemroot%\System32\en-US” Now you can launch the Disk cleanup tool […]
Read moreIn Windows Server 2003 you could have multiple Remote Desktop session with the same user. In Windows Server 2008 this is not possible by default. If you login with the same user account the first session will be taken over by second session. But you can allow multiple Remote Desktop sessions per user by changing a registry key. Start regedit […]
Read moreIn this post, we will see how to install a replica read-only domain controller to an existing Active Directory domain. You will see that from an installation perpective, the process does not differ much from a standard domain controller installation. The name of the domain is still SRO-LH.local. I have installed a new server, SRO-LH-03 and run the command dcpromo.exe. […]
Read moreIf you are tired of using the Windows Classic theme on your Server 2008, you can install Desktop Experience so that you can enjoy the eye candy goodness of the Vista theme. Desktop Experience will also install Windows Media Player, Windows Sidebar and photo gallery. Follow these steps to install Desktop Experience and liven up your server: 1. Click Start […]
Read more