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ActiveDirectory
Active Directory Replication Time Intervals
It seems there are always many questions as to when Active Directory replicates various pieces of the infrastructure. I have put together a quick summary post below of most of the important areas of Active Directory Replication and when these…
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Servers
IIS Edit Bindings error 80 is an invalid IP address
Synopsis of issue: You have a website running in Internet Information Services that is already configured with default bindings such as the hostname, etc. However, you would like to add another host name to the website to match a CNAME…
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Windows
Easy ways to get to Windows Task Manager
Let’s face it, from time to time, we just need to get to task manager and kill an application or get a quick look at system resources. There are many different ways to get to Task manager in Windows. We…
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Software
How to add highlighting in Evernote
Evernote is just an all around great utility for anyone wanting to keep track of thoughts, notes, pictures, or other tidbits that they simply don’t want to forget or lose track of. The interface is very clean and the apps…
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Windows
How to find your DNS settings on your computer
Basic Internet troubleshooting often requires troubleshooting DNS settings on a computer. DNS provides the means for all the user friendly URLS we use to surf the Internet are properly translated into the IP addresses the computers and servers understand in…
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Computers
How to show information about your computer on your Windows Desktop
There is a really great utility that is devloped by Sysinternals that allows you to present a custom Windows background that can show you all kinds of information about your computer in a customizable format. The utility is called BGinfo. BGInfo…
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ActiveDirectory
Option to transfer forest FSMO roles not available in GUI MMC
Transferring roles from one DC to another DC is a common practice, especially if you may have recently provisioned another domain controller in your environment and are shifting roles around to either provide better performance, or perhaps take down another…
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Android
Samsung Galaxy S4 widgets not updating
After recently purchasing Samsung’s new flagship smartphone the Galaxy S4, I have had a weird issue with some of my beloved weather widgets not updating. I had tried several different ones and after a period of time, the widget would…
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Windows
Configure additional bindings in IIS 7.5 so websites answer to different names
One of the main purposes of the “Bindings” setting for a website’s properties is so the webserver knows which website to serve out when a request comes across on port 80. After all if a server is literally serving out…
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Powershell
How to find which user is logged into a remote computer with powershell
As an administrator you may find yourself needing to see which user is logged into a remote workstation if you are trying to troubleshoot an issue or if you need to see for security reasons. In our powershell series, we…
