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I am trying to hide an active user account from sight in:: Desktop> Right-click This PC> Manage> Local Users and Groups> Users> Q. Is there a way to make one of these user accounts hidden from sight without the account itself being disabled? (Tried to add an image but this site apparently...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (March 14, 2017): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if an attacker sends a specially crafted request to an...

In my virtual setup I have 3 servers on the same domain. My domain controller (ServerA) has DNS and ADDS roles, one of my other servers (ServerC) I'm trying to make where it can manage DNS on ServerA using DNS console.. Yes they all can see one another. Do I need to add the DNS role to ServerC...

Hi guys, Today I tried to test backup/restore of single domain controller. The test was performed on virtual machine Windows Server 2012 with the following roles: AD DS, DNS, DHCP and Certificate Authority. Below are the steps I did: 1. Created backup of System state. 2. Deleted disk with OS...

In this guest post, Andrew Cox, Director of Technology at Aiken County Public School District, shares his story of the positive impact upgrading to Windows 10 has had on the South Carolina school district. Aiken Count Public School District first began working with Microsoft when we adopted...

I am having a problem recovering an HP ML110 G6 which is being replaced by a dell T20. I was thinking I could just use a VSS backup in the Windoes server recovery during the server 2008R2 install. The ML110 G6 has 4 drives in it. C: E: F: and :G. The new server only has a single RAID 1 Volume...

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I started my computer in safe mode with active directory repair to see if it would help mr with a seperate problem, which isnt important to this right now, and now I am stuck at the windows login screen. It does not have a text box or anything where I would actually log in, and nothing works...

Would it be possible to put any type of log / audit in place to see who is using the Active Directory? I'd just like to run it for a week before we shut down the Active Directory. Please explain how to setup the audit?

Microsoft are to include a 'changelog' with each new released update: Windows 10 update history - Windows Help As some of may be aware Windows 10 non insider versions were recently updated to 10586.104: Updates for Windows 10 Version 1511 February 9, 2016 — KB3135173 (brings system to...

First and foremost, hello all! I'm new to the forum and it looks like there is a great wealth of knowledge here! Thanks in advance for all your help! Now.. onto the vexing issue I'm having.. I work for a large corporation and we maintain quite a large number of machines across the country. As...

Only W10 box on my LAN which is very well secured. OrganizationWHAT!? See attached image. What does this, to my mind, Active Directory, looking message mean and what is it trying to tell me? Wonder if it could be related to my "One Drive-ing me crazy" issues (my other thread below). Thanks.

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Volume license editions of Office 2016 client products require activation. This download enables IT administrators to set up a Key Management Service (KMS) or configure a domain for Active Directory-Based activation. Either of these volume activation methods can locally activate all Office 2016...

Hope someone can help me I have Windows 2003 server and domain control at home. Which has been working fine for years? All of my laptops/pc has been able to connect to it in the most part as they are joined to my AD. I however I got a new laptop a month ok which had windows 8.1 home installed...

Till now I keept many pc with the same Active directory username. Now I need to give any user it's proper profile... But I would keep all the pc local profile, like email, desktop configuration etc.. I ve been trying an googling without answer. Any help? Inviato dal mio LG-D802 utilizzando...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (September 8, 2015): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Active Directory. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an authenticated attacker creates multiple machine accounts. To exploit the...

Hi everyone, I've been looking everywhere for a specific guide to block or disable default games (Minesweeper, Solitaire, etc) in windows XP Pro, but I want to know if I can do it from the Active Directory server which runs Windows Server 2003. I want to know if there is a way to do it from...

Hi, there right now i am in the middle of server management. I am using server 2003 right now and I have two OU's in the server (student and staff) and i have created a group policy for both OU's for sharing files. I have created two folders(student and staff) which is shared for each one. The...