domain
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Windows
How to login locally if you don’t know computer name
You may have run into a situation where you need to login locally to a workstation that may be joined to a domain. The last person that logged into the workstation used the domain credentials so by default, the workstation…
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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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Powershell
Automate joining a workstation to a domain using powershell and a batch file
If you are a network admin looking for an easy way to script the joining of a workstation to a domain perhaps out of an image restore, you can do this easily by using powershell as well as a batch…
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Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 still missing the shared folder icon
One of the misnomers of Windows Server 2008 R2 that gave admins fits is the lack of any type of shared folder designation. If you have a folder with several hundred subfolders in which some are shared and others are not,…