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Rename & join a computer into a domain within a single powershell command
This command renames the local computer to and then restarts automatically. In my Test environment the command would be alike: Rename-Computer -NewName “w2016DC2” -DomainCredential test.test\administrator -Restart which translates into: Rename-Computer -NewName “desired_name” -DomainCredential “domain\username”-Restart Modify the following parameters: “w2016DC2” (your desired computer name) test.test\administrator ( AD account needed ) Domain admin credentials or either an…
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How to extend an expired password on AD
An Active directory account passwords expiring is set by default on 90 Days & no companies barely change that value. Configuring an AD account with Password Never Expires is not recommended due to security. However, there is a workaround to reset this value. To do it so, we will need to fetch the attribute editor. This is…
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Windows Server 2016 Hyper-v Checkpoints
Differences between Hyper-v checkpoints Production Checkpoints Point in time images, using backup technology inside the guest ( Volume shadow copy / File System Freeze ). Reliable for production environments. It doesn’t save the memory state This now default config on all Windows Server 2016 VM’s on Hyper-v Standard Checkpoint Saves the memory state of…
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Activating enhaced mode on your VMS
In Windows 2016 server enhanced mode is disabled by default. Also, there are some previous requirements to be accomplished in order to enable it on your VMs. This will allow you to utilize resources on the computer where VMConnect is running. For example, with enhanced session mode enabled, a VM can send print jobs to…
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Missing outlook folder Macro finder
Have you lost the location of one of your folders in outlook? You are not sure where did you place at? Easy solution Today we are going to create a macro in order to find our lost folder. Pre-requisite Ensure macros are activated! First of all, we are going to open the macro menu (ALT…
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