Cleaning up old Name Servers
Dec 2013 - DNS
Have you ever gone to the properties of a zone, and looked at the Name Server tab to find a bunch of...
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How to Find a Network Adapter in the Registry
Dec 2013 - DNS
Many times I have found it needful to be able to find what adapters are loaded on a server, whether they are not...
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The Six FSMO Roles
Dec 2013 - Directory Service
Did you know that there are really six (6) FSMO roles? I didn’t either until I was interviewing a candidate at Microsoft one...
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Predefined Registry Keys
Dec 2013 - Registry
This is intended to be part of a larger series on the registry. I have always loved the registry because there is just...
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Using Runas to Launch Explorer as Administrator (or any Alternate Credentials)
Dec 2013 - Security
When runas was introduced, it took all of us a little bit of time to figure out how to do the things the...
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RDP Logon with Blank Password
Dec 2013 - Remote Desktop
Kinda by accident I came across an interesting behavior in Windows Server 2003 Remote Desktop. By default, on a Windows 2003 workgroup server,...
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Connection Object Schedules
Dec 2013 - Directory Service
There are quite a few schedules for Active Directory replication – some of which we are very aware and some of which are...
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Domain Controllers Register APIPA Address for Disconnected NICs
Dec 2013 - Directory Service
There’s an interesting DNS registration behavior that occurs on domain controllers. I’m not sure that it only occurs on domain controllers but I...
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Numeric AD Sites
Dec 2013 - Directory Service
Dashes for Numbers 1. Let’s start by verifying that everything is okay. 1a. Here’s the original output from netlogon.dns found at %systemroot%system32config. 1b. ...
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