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Windows 10 | WiFi connected but No Internet Access | DNS server isn’t responding If your Windows 10 is losing WiFi signal strength and says “No Internet Connection” while other devices are connected just fine, chances are, DHCP Server didn’t hand your Windows Device a valid IP address. The solution resides in the following steps:   Go to Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi Click on your network’s SSID (the name of your Wi-Fi network e.g. Home Wifi) Set the Network Profile to Private Scroll…

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Best 14 ways to fix audio services not responding windows 10 We all know that Microsoft Windows is most popular computer OS in the world. After the release of Windows 10, there are tons of new features added to it in comparison to previous versions of Windows. Nevertheless, from time to time many users experience bugs and errors like Audio services not responding. This error message is generated by Windows sound troubleshooter. It means there is a problem with your…

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Generate a CSR from Windows Server using the certificate MMC Certificate MMC access Run the MMC either from the start menu or via the run tool accessible fom the WIN+R shortcut. Click on File – Add/Remove Snap-in. Select Certificats in the left panel and click on Add. In the new window, click on Computer Account. Select Local Computer then click on Finish. Complete the adding dialog by clicking OK. Request generation In the certificate management console, select in the folder…

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Kill Processes from Command Prompt I’m sure you are familiar with the traditional way to kill or end a process in Windows using Task Manager.  This method is effective but not nearly as fun as killing a process in Command Prompt.  Additionally, killing processes in Command Prompt provides much more control and the ability to end multiple processes at once. All of this is possible with the TaskKill command. First, let’s cover the basics.  You can kill a process by…

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Adding Domain Users To The Local Administrators Group Using Group Policy Adding AD users to the local administrators group on multiple computers is simple using Group Policy.  In this post I’ll describe the process. Create a fresh group policy object (GPO) and link it to a test Organization Unit (OU).  Add a test server to the OU. Open the GPO and navigate to Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings   -> Security Settings -> Restricted Groups.   Right click and choose…

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How to use Group Policy Preference enable auto-logon Posted by Alan Burchill on 6 October 2010, 12:30 am The below article shows you how to use Group Policy Preference to setup the registry keys on a computer so that it automatically logs onto when its turned on. While doing this is potentially huge security issue and not something I would generally recommend IT staff might want to implement on computers that are highly locked down and used for only a…

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KMS Client Setup Keys (including Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.1) Appendix A: KMS Client Setup Keys 402 out of 624 rated this helpful – Rate this topic Published: August 24, 2012 Updated: July 16, 2014 Applies To: Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 Computers that are running volume licensing editions of Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 are, by default, KMS clients with…

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Troubleshooting Microsoft Office KMS Activation from the Client Computer Troubleshooting Microsoft Office KMS Activation from the Client Computer This document explains how to troubleshoot problems with Microsoft Volume Activation for Microsoft Office 2010. Checking Microsoft Office 2010 Activaton Status Determining Which Activation Method Office is Using – KMS or MAK Changing the Activation Method for Microsoft Office 2010 Checking if a DNS Domain is Configured for KMS Auto-Discovery Verifying that a Windows Computer can Communicate with the KMS Activation Server…

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Clean Up (Domain Controller) Server Metadata Clean Up Server Metadata 31 out of 48 rated this helpful – Rate this topic Updated: November 1, 2012 Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 Metadata cleanup is a required procedure after a forced removal of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). You perform metadata cleanup on a domain controller in the domain of the domain controller that you forcibly removed. Metadata cleanup removes data from AD DS that identifies a…

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Seize the Operations Master Role (FSMO Roles) Seize the Operations Master Role 46 out of 49 rated this helpful – Rate this topic Updated: March 4, 2010 Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 You can use the Ntdsutil.exe command-line tool to transfer and seize any operations master (also known as flexible single master operations or FSMO) role. You must use Ntdsutil.exe to seize the schema operations master, domain naming operations master, and relative ID (RID) operations master…

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PowerShell Files Counts and Compare Two Folders $folder1 = “\\fs01\scans” $folder2 = “\\fs02\scans” $firstFolder = Get-ChildItem -Recurse $folder1 $firstFolder.Count $secondFolder = Get-ChildItem -Recurse $folder2 $secondFolder.Count Compare-Object -ReferenceObject $firstFolder -DifferenceObject $secondFolder

Schedule Weekly Job to Print To InkJet to Save the Print Head Generic Syntax NET USE LPT1 \\server\printer copy C:\YourDirectory\FileYouCreatedWhenPrinting LPT1   Actual Example NET USE LPT1 \\Ricky-HP\HP7610 Echo Print Weekly to InkJet on %date% at %time% >>C:\Data\PrintWeekly\PrintTestPattern1.txt copy /b C:\Data\PrintWeekly\PrintTestPattern1.jpg LPT1

Windows Group Policy History Stored in Registry SOURCE: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/201453       4/15/2015 As Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are read and applied when the computer starts or when a user logs on, information about each of the GPOs applied is written to the registry. This information includes which Group Policy Extensions applied policy, the order in which the GPOs were applied, version data, and options defined for each GPO. This data is also used to determine changes that have been made to the…

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