Problem: after installing a new Windows Server 2016 machine with the DHCP role enabled, adding a DHCP server used a 169.254.x.x IP address as server name. Instead of the servers hostname… Solution: do you have more than one network adapters on the server, but are not connected? Disabling the not connected network adapters solves this […]
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Wireless: Determine if Computer Has 5GHz Network Band Capability
To Determine 5 GHz Network Band Capability: Check on Windows: 1. Search “cmd” in the Start Menu. 2. Type “netsh wlan show drivers” in the Command Prompt & Press Enter. 3. Look for the “Radio types supported” section. Determining Factor: If the network adapter supports network mode 802.11ac: The computer supports both 2.4 GHz and 5GHz – your […]
Enable Office 365 Auto-discover for Outlook in SBS 2011 Exchange Environments
One of the issues you will run into when migrating from an on premises Exchange 2010 server on SBS 2011 is that Outlook will not autodiscover the correct Office 365 server settings. Fortunately this can be easily solved with a few simple PowerShell commands. Open an Exchange Management Shell as an administrator. (Elevated PowerShell) Use […]
Delete Files Via Command Prompt
When you delete huge folders in Windows, you will notice that the process takes quite a bit of time to complete. When I need to delete them again, it takes a long time if I run the delete operation in Windows Explorer. First thing that happens is that Windows runs calculations which in itself may […]
How to Downgrade Synology DSM
After upgrading my DS112j from DSM 5.2 to 6.1 and spending a weekend with random lockups and blue blinking light I finally managed to downgrade back to 5.2 (and then 6.0.2 where I stay for now). Reading the Synology forum I learned that I wasn’t the only one who had bad experience with DSM 6.1. […]
How to Find a User’s Security Identifier (SID) in Windows
There are many reasons why you might want to find the security identifier (SID) for a particular user’s account in Windows, but in our corner of the world, the common reason for doing so is to determine which key under HKEY_USERS in the Windows Registry to look for user-specific registry data for. Regardless of the reason for your need, matching SIDs to usernames […]
Office 365: Configuring User Passwords to Never Expire
Connect with the Microsoft Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell Commands in the Microsoft Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell have Msol in their cmdlet name. Step 1: Install required software These steps are required once on your computer, not every time you connect. However, you’ll likely need to install newer versions of the software […]
How to Import / Export (Backup / Restore) Tasks Using Task Scheduler in Windows?
Task Scheduler is a very useful components in Windows. It can be used to create a reminder for an important meeting or to schedule any particular task which you perform regularly. I always use Task Scheduler to schedule my important tasks. At the moment I have 24 scheduled tasks in Task Scheduler. Creating a task […]
TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 for Windows 7 Outlook
Please consider that we haven’t tried the following instructions for Outlook 2003/2007/2013, if you are using this version released around 10 years ago you should consider upgrading to a newer version. Follow the instructions below: a) Update Windows 7/8 using Windows Update and download/install all important updates. For windows 7 is important that you install […]