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Did you know you could be connected to facebook.com – and see facebook.com in your web browser’s address bar – while not actually being connected to Facebook’s real website? To…
June 2013
How to Set Up Your Own Terminal Server Using Remote Desktop Services On Server 2008 R2
In today’s article, we are going to take a look at installing Terminal Services, otherwise known as Remote Desktop Services, on a Server 2008 R2 machine. What is Terminal Services…
How to Set Up DHCP in Windows Server 2008 R2
Today we’re going to show you how to setup DHCP on Windows Server 2008 instead of using it on a router. This guide assumes that you have Server 2008 up…
How to Create a Virtual Machine in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008
Once you have Hyper-V installed the first thing you are going to want to do is start creating virtual machines. The process is mostly a next, next, finish matter, but…
How to Install Hyper-V Virtualization on Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 and later releases of the product ship with a virtualization platform called Hyper-V, which works quite well since it’s built into Windows. Today we’re going to…
How to Reset Your Forgotten Domain Admin Password on Server 2008 R2
Forgetting your password is always a pain, but luckily there’s an easy way to reset your Domain Administrator password. All you need is a copy of the Windows Server 2008…
How to Set a Custom Logon Screen Background on Windows 7
Windows 7 makes it possible to change the welcome screen that appears when you start your computer without any third-party software, but this setting is well hidden. You can set…
8 Deadly Commands You Should Never Run on Linux
Linux’s terminal commands are powerful, and Linux won’t ask you for confirmation if you run a command that won’t break your system. It’s not uncommon to see trolls online recommending…
How to Map Network Drives Using PowerShell
In years past, automating network drive creation required the use of primitive batch files, luckily for us you can now do it through PowerShell. How to Map Network Drives Using…
How to Kill a Process From the CLI in Windows
Sure, anybody can end a process from the Task Manager, but did you know you can also do it from the command line? How to Kill a Process From the…