Every now and then, you run across applications that won't launch without admin privileges, but you can't give the user admin privileges (like on an RDS Server). Here's a quick and easy way around this- For my example, I'll be modifying my Watchguard SSL VPN client application to run as user appadmin. Then, create a … Continue reading Run an application as admin or another user
Here are the top 5 missteps I see poor problem solvers make when tackling IT problems (in no particular order): The assumption is made that the problem reported is the problem they have. It is essential to see and validate the problem, but again and again...situations happen where this does not occur. When a request … Continue reading Top 5 missteps poor problem solvers make when tackling IT problems
Thanks to a recently added feature, the process of increasing disk size on a Windows Server in AWS has been greatly simplified. From the EC2 Console, go to Volumes. In Actions select Modify Volume. From there, you can modify Volume type or size. It should be noted that you can't decrease a volume. After proceeding with … Continue reading Stretching a disk in AWS EC2…
By default, a domain user can add 10 computers to a domain. If you want to increase it (for everyone), it's necessary to change the setting in ADSI edit. Open ADSIedit and connect to the default naming context Expand the default naming context, and right-click DC= for your domain and select Properties... Then, locate the … Continue reading Increasing the number of workstations a domain user can add to a domain
This has come in useful a few times for customizing RDS profiles from behind the scenes... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Or for another user, after locating sid HKEY_USERS\[SID]\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows It is listed as Device
Here's the scenario: A SBS 2011 server had a dirty shutdown (or a series of them). There are no other DCs in the domain. When the server came back up, most services appeared to be started (including DNS server). Problems were discovered when users weren't able to access network shares. It was determined that DNS … Continue reading DNS Access Denied message on a SBS 2011 server after a dirty shutdown
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