In my previous tutorial, I have discussed how to install Windows 7 using a DVD. This tutorial focuses on installing Windows 7 using Windows Deployment Server. Prerequisites Ensure the following requirements for this tutorial are met: Your machine should be network bootable Installing Windows 7 Using Windows Deployment Services Step 1: Boot your system and when you ... Read more
Create Roaming Profiles in Windows Active Directory Roaming profile allows user to logon to any computer in their organization and have all their personal files and setting apply to that computer. It is a powerful feature and it is easy to setup. Let's get started!! Step 1: Create a folder on your local hard drive Step ... Read more
Home folder which is also called netwok folder allows users to back up their files. Those files can roam around on any computer within the domain where user login. Step 1: Create a folder in one of your hard disk drives Step 2: Right-click the folder you created in above step and scroll the menu. ... Read more
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: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