Windows Services are what make the operating system work. Services perform specific functions on each Windows computer. They update the system time, fetch and update the computer’s IP address, let…
An Organizational Unit (OU) is a special container in the Active Directory domain that can contain different AD objects: other containers, groups, users, and computer accounts. In this guide, we’ll…
In this article, we’ll look at how to troubleshoot and fix Group Policy processing errors on Windows computers in an Active Directory domain. If one of the domain computers fails…
In some cases, you may receive a “Sysprep was unable to validate your Windows installation” error when you try to generalize your Windows 10 or 11 image using command sysprep.exe…
The reason why the Administrator can start to look for a solution on disk conversion from Thick to Thin on VMware ESXi is that thick virtual disks are taking up…
Let’s look at how to log on to Windows with a local account instead of a domain account. When you enter a user name on a sign-in screen of a…
An Organizational Unit (OU) is a special container in the Active Directory domain that can contain different AD objects: other containers, groups, users, and computer accounts. In this guide, we’ll…
The functional level of the Active Directory domain and forest determines the available features that can be used in the domain, and the version of Windows that can be used…
By default, non-admin users do not have permission to install the printer drivers on their computers. To install a driver, the user should have local admin privileges (must be a…
You may receive the error “5.7.3 STARTTLS is required to send email” from some apps or scripts when you try to send an e-mail message via an SMTP/IMAP host. In…
In an environment where different versions of the hypervisor are used, it is often necessary to convert virtual machine files from one format to another. In this article, we will…
So you’ve deployed a new server, but your staff is complaining that they cannot access it remotely because of the following errors: To sign in remotely, you need the right…
Time Zones are not an easy topic. With many people working from home and not traveling, keeping track of different time zones might become tedious and puzzling, especially when creating…
A user can be a member of different Active Directory groups that grant permissions to access different domain services and resources. With the right permissions assignment strategy in AD, you…
You can use Group Policies (GPOs) to configure proxy server settings on Windows devices in an Active Directory domain. These proxy server settings are used by all modern browsers, including…
LDAP queries used to search for objects (computers, users, groups) in the Active Directory database according to specific criteria. You can use several tools to perform an LDAP query against…
