Upgrade Windows Server from Evaluation to Full
Hello and welcome to another article on Windows Server. This time we’ll upgrade from the evaluation license to the full license so we won’t be limited after 180 days of […]
Download Microsoft Software using HeiDoc ISO Download Tool
HeiDoc.net has a free tool called HeiDoc.net Windows ISO Downloader that, as the name suggests, lets you download ISO files of Windows software. Specifically, it gives you download links to […]
How to Fix “Trust relationship has failed” Error
Hello and welcome to a new article on fixing stuff that’s not supposed to break in the first place! This time we are looking at a very old issue, since […]
Defending Against Remote Desktop Protocol Attacks
As of Feb 5, 2019, shodan.io shows a total of 2,430,941 computers connected to the internet by way of remote desktop. Out of these, 507,957 belong to computers in the […]
Repair Windows Installer Errors
I ran into a problem recently where I tried to install a program on my Windows XP machine and I got an error related to the Windows Installer service, namely […]
Change Default Log Off Button in Windows 7 Start Menu
By default, the Start Menu in Windows 7 is configured to with a small button at the bottom right to Log off, Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, etc. However, if you […]
Find Windows System Uptime from the Command Line
Here’s a quick and easy way of checking how long a Windows server or workstation has been up, via the command line. It pipes the results of Net Statistics Workstation […]
Fix: “The IP address you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter…”
I brought up a snapshot of a Windows Server 2003 R2 guest today and could not login to the domain. After further review I found the server had lost its static […]
Howto: Delegate the Enable/Disable Accounts Permission in Active Directory
To delegate the ability to enable and disable user accounts in Active Directory: Launch Active Directory Users and Computers with administrative credentials Right click on the OU where you want […]
HowTo: Export a List of All Computers in an AD OU
To export a list of all computers and non domain controller servers in an Active Directory OU, use dsquery.exe. For example, to export all computers in mydomain.com’s servers OU to […]
Fix: Blank Screen When using Windows XP Telnet Client
Today when I established a telnet session to a host on port 80 from my Windows XP machine, I was unable to see any commands I typed echoed on the […]
Fix: Userenv event 1521 and Userenv 1511 errors in Windows Server 2003 Application log
The following events were listed in the Windows 2003 event log when one of our second level help desk staff connected to the server console via RDP: Event 1521 Source […]
Fix: 0×80070005: Access is denied when running scheduled task as a non-administrator
I was running a scheduled task on a Windows 2003 server that called a script that ran as a non-administrator on the server. The service account that the script ran […]
Windows Server 2008 Schtasks error: User credentials are not allowed on the local machine
Last week I attempted to add a scheduled task to my Windows 2008 server using schtasks.exe. The syntax I used was: schtasks /create /S server /U DOMAIN\ACCOUNT /P password /SC […]
Using Winsat.exe in Windows as a Performance Benchmarking Tool
Microsoft has the Windows System Assessment Tool (Winsat) available for download that can assess a computer’s ability to run Windows. This tool provides a wealth of information on your hardware’s […]
How to completely disable DEP in Windows Server 2003
To completely disable DEP in Windows Server 2003, perform the following with administrative credentials: 1. Open Windows Explorer 2. Tools > Folder Options > View 3. Uncheck Hide Protected operating […]
Howto: Edit Network Card Bindings in Windows Server 2008
Figuring out how to edit the order of NIC bindings on a Windows 2008 Server took quite a bit of Googling. It seems that you need to know a secret […]