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Windows Server restart / shutdown history
Turning @user10082 comment into an answer. The proposed solution is a one-liner, as Powershell script:
Get-EventLog -LogName System |? {$_.EventID -in (6005,6006,6008,6009,1074,1076)} | ft ...
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Is it OK to use local. in an active directory domain name
No, that's fine.
The warning is against using domain.local as your AD domain name.
local.domain.tld is perfectly acceptable.
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Windows Server Downgrade
This is not something that's built in to the OS installation.
Your two options are:
Use snapshotting at the hypervisor or storage layer if this server is a virtual machine. Roll back the snapshot on ...
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Auto login a user at boot on Windows Server 2016?
Use Sysinternals Autologon. It stores the credentials in the registry more securely than other methods.
Autologon for Windows v3.10
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/autologon
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Nginx reverse proxy without SSL termination
today, nginx Supports ssl pass thru:
https://serversforhackers.com/tcp-load-balancing-with-nginx-ssl-pass-thru
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How to change color scheme in Windows Server 2012
In case you don't want to install "Desktop Experience", you can change the color scheme with registry entries in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
You cannot modify specific colors ...
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Windows Server Downgrade
There is no Windows built-in way to downgrade an installed OS version, except for uninstalling service packs. This is not your case, as you are asking for a significant major version rollback.
You ...
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Is it OK to use local. in an active directory domain name
I'm not an expert on windows but in this case it does not matter. the .local domain is reserved for MDNS:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6762
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS
On linux ...
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Auto login a user at boot on Windows Server 2016?
I also struggled to get this to work on a (non-Domain connected) Windows Server 2016.
I noticed that there was CTRL-ALT-DELETE requirement on login so thought I would try to disable this...and ...
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Where does Credential Manager store credentials on the file system?
Have a look at vaultcmd.exe:
There are my credential vaults on the file system.
But I am not sure whether it's supported to just delete the vault from the file system, or if it'll leave the user's ...
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Auto login a user at boot on Windows Server 2016?
While it really is an extremely bad idea it is still possible. However, the user must have a password AND the password is revealed to anyone that has access to HKLM. Most likely your desired user is ...
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Data Channel Port Range box in IIS Manager is disabled
As you can see on the first screenshot:
And as is mentioned also in the page you link to:
Go to IIS 7 Manager. In the Connections pane, click the server-level node in the tree.
I.e. the option can ...
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On windows server core, how can I copy file located in my local computer to the windows server?
If you're able to RDP to your server, you should be able to open notepad and from there use the file open dialog to copy/paste files from your local machine directly to the server. If you have local ...
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How to add another address range to DHCP server
Of course it doesn't conflict; it's just being stubborn.
It does conflict with your existing scope. Your proposed new scopes are encompassed by your existing scope. In order to do what you want you ...
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How to add extended key usage string when generating a self-signed certificate using openssl
With newer OpenSSL versions this all can be done on a single command line without the need to create a configuration file. The option -addext was also added to the req command
For a full list of ...
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Capture who all have accessed shared folders in last week?
Not unless auditing was enabled before you wanted to run the report. If auditing is not turned on, then there's not much you can do.
If auditing was enabled, then you would need to parse the Windows ...
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Old ssl cert still showing up in browser after installing new
You need to select the new certificate under the Default website for https 443 port. (bindings)
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How to install RDP Client Access License trial or use its grace period?
The CALs are not what is limiting you to 2 sessions. You need to go through the Remote Desktop Services installation process through Server Manager.
Here is an article from Microsoft about the ...
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Robocopy - Overwrite all files unless file in destination is newer
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
/xo Excludes older files.
That’s what you need.
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How to disable all the admins accounts except built-in administrator on a domain?
Maybe you're asking the wrong question. Instead of trying to disable a bunch of local user accounts on a bunch of different computers, perhaps instead you should use Restricted Groups in Group Policy ...
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HyperV Failover Cluster (with/without CSV)
Michael Brown already answered it, just wanted to add:
CSV is currently the best practice storage configuration for both Hyper-V, SQL FCI, and SoFS. 99% of the clustered systems I configure for the ...
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Get Start Button Back in Win Server 2012
There's no Windows Start button in Windows Server 2012. You can "get" one by using a third party utility, like Classic Shell.
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Access server using URL locally without going through Internet
Sounds like it could be a couple problems, DNS mainly
However if you want a quick solution use your local hosts file.
In you local hosts file:
192.168.10.111 MyMachine
If you are running a DNS ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 prevent automatic logoff due to inactivity
I know this is an old question, but this information might be useful to others:
If you are running in a domain environment, create this setting accordingly in a GPO, otherwise configure the local GPO ...
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Backup Client Computers using Windows Server or a NAS?
We are using Veeam generally over the whole company's infrastructure and it works great for a years. AFAIR you can even use free version.
https://www.veeam.com/free-virtualization-software-vmware-...
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Get Start Button Back in Win Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 never had a start button, R2 and 8.1 brought it back. Your only options are using the charms menu or using the keyboard.
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Create multiple triggers in scheduled task
The -Trigger parameter can take an array of ScheduledJobTrigger objects so for your example you can do.
$trigger = @(
$(New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -At 1PM -Once),
$(New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -At ...
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Managing Windows Powershell from Linux terminal
Microsoft is officially releasing Powershell on Linux and OSX. See the August 2016 announcement: PowerShell is open sourced and is available on Linux
It's currently in alpha. Ubuntu and Centos are ...
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Solidworks: activation license mode is not supported in this virtual environment (Qemu-KVM)
I just wanted to share my experience here as well, in case others are in a similar situation (trying to install solidworks on a virtualbox VM)
My attempted setup:
xubuntu 16.04 host OS, VirtualBox, ...
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PowerShell: export GPO to a text file
You can use Powershell Get-GPOReport command to export all your GPO settings either to HTML or to XML file.
Import-Module GroupPolicy
# Export a specific GPO
Get-GPOReport -Name "Default Domain ...
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