The recycle bin in active directory allows you to recover objects including user, computer and organizational units (OU) that has been deleted unintentionally. Recycle bin is not enabled by default. I will show you how to enable and restore it. Enabling Recycle Bin Step 1: Open server manager dashboard from task bar. Click Tools and ... Read more
Step 1: Right click a computer icon located on a task-bar and scroll to Open Network and Sharing Center and click it. Step 2: Click Ethernet Step 3: Click on Network Properties Step 4: Provide IP address, subnet mask, and preferred DNS server and click OK to finish changing IP settings on your local ... Read more
This tutorial explains how you can turn of the Windows Firewall on Windows Server 2012 R2 Step 1:On a task bar, locate a computer icon and right click it. Scroll to Open Network and Sharing Center and click it. Step 2: Click Windows Firewall Step 3: Click Turn Windows Firewall on or off ... Read more
Step 1: Click the Start icon. Scroll to Computer and right-click it, then click on Properties Step 2: Now click on the button: Change settings Step 3: Click Change, as shown in the screenshot. Step 4: Provide Computer name and click OK. You will be asked to restart your machine so that changes can take effect
Windows 7 professional is installed with its default time, date and time zone. Before you use it you must change them based on your geographical location. I have written the tutorial for this purpose. Changing Date and Time in Windows 7 Professional Step 1: Right click date and time located on bottom right corner of task ... Read more
Step 1:Right click on date and time located on a task bar and then click Change date and time settings Step 2: Choose the desired date and set the correct time and click OK Step 3: Choose your desired time zone from a drop down and click OK
This article is dedicated to the Domain Name System or DNS server which is the heart of any enterprise network. DNS is mostly used to resolve host names to IP addresses and IP addresses to host names. This tutorial focuses on: Installing DNS server role Configuring forward lookup zone Configuring reverse lookup zone Adding a ... Read more
This tutorial explains how to install an additional domain controller in an existing active directory domain. Additional AD domain controller is used to balance the load among existing domain controllers. It also provides fault-tolerance that in case primary AD DC is down, additional AD DC can be used for authentications without any business discontinuity. The ... Read more
DHCP (dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is used to dynamically assign IP addresses to client machines. We are going to demonstrate how to configure this DHCP server on Windows Server 2012 R2. This tutorial is divided into following two parts: Part 1. Installing DHCP Server role on Windows Server 2012 R2 Part 2. Configuring and creating ... Read more
This step by step tutorial will guide you to set up active directory on your Windows Server 2012 R2 machine. The article has been divided into following two parts: 1. Installing active directory on a machine 2. Promoting that machine to act as a domain controller Prerequisites To follow this tutorial, you need to ensure ... Read more