Demoting a DC

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Admin Credentials Move all FSMO roles the logged-on user should be a member of the Enterprise Administrators group.  This is required to transfer Schema master or Domain naming master roles. The rest of the operations can be done with a user who is a member of the Domain Administrators group. The most important things to look out for are the following components that are either running or registered against the system: Global Catalog FSMO Roles Bridgehead server General server checks You have enterprise admin credentials Global Catalog To check what servers are functioning as a Domain Controller in your domain, type the following command: dsquery server -domain #DomainName# | dsget server -isgc -dnsname replace #DomainName# with the domain of the DC that you are demoting If you have more than just the DC that you are preparing the demote, then you have nothing else to do as the DCPROMO steps will remove it automatically. If you don’t have any more, follow MS article 296882 to make another DC a...
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Install MS Security Essentials on Server 2012 R2

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Microsoft does not fully support this as if you try to install it normally it gives the below error: Your version of the Windows operating system is not supported by this program. Error code 0x8004FF04   Download a copy of MSE from Microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-all-versions Right Click on the mseinstall.exe Click on Properties. Click on the Compatibility tab. Check Run this program in compatibility mode for Select From the drop down menu Windows 7. Open a Command Prompt as Administrator. Navigate to your Downloads folder or where the installer is located example: cd C:\temp mseinstall /disableoslimit and follow the installer prompts ...
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Windows Right-Click ‘Edit’ to Launch Paint.NET Instead of MS Paint

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launch the Windows Registry Editor by searching for “regedit” from the Start Menu or Start Screen Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit\command Right click on the (Default) key and choose Modify Change “%systemroot%\system32\mspaint.exe” to "C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.exe" No need to reboot or log off and back in....
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System administrator does not allow the use of saved credentials to log on the remote computer

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1. Go to the Local Group Policy Editor as: Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc 2. From Local Computer Policy , go to the following location: Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Credentials Delegation. 3. Enable the following settings and add server as” TERMSRV/*” without a quotation  by clicking the option “Show..” from add servers to the list as shown in the below screenshots: Allow delegating default credentials with NTLM-only server authentication. Allow delegating default credentials. Allow delegating saved credentials. Allow delegating saved credentials with NTLM-only server authentication. 4. Now all you need to update/refresh the policy, which you can do by type “gpupdate/force” from command prompt (open in administrator mode) as:...
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Permanent Custom Folder Icon

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Make a new folder on the desktop Open notepad and copy and paste this: [.ShellClassInfo] ConfirmFileOp=0 IconFile=Folder.ico IconIndex=0 Save as desktop.ini inside the folder you are changing Put a icon in the folder and name it: Folder.ico Then open Command Prompt and type: attrib +s C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\Desktop\FOLDER YOU ARE CHANGING Press enter Close Command Prompt This only works if you move and paste the folder not if you copy and paste.  ...
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Windows 7 Update error 80240016

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Typically means that another installation is in progress Close any open Windows Update or Microsoft Update windows. Click the Start button , and then type Command Prompt. In the list of results, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.  If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. In the Command prompt window, type the following commands. Press the Enter key after each command: net stop wuauserv net start wuauserv To close the Command prompt window, type Exit, and then press Enter. Run Windows Update again. ...
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Resolve the “This app has been blocked for your protection” prompt

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I had this occur after I reinstalled windows 10 and went to install my video editing software, these are the steps I have done to resolve the prompt. Start Command Prompt as admin type “net user administrator /active:yes” Now Sign Out. Then find the “Administrator” account on the bottom left. And click sign in Install the software you were trying to install  sign out from the Administrator account Disable Hidden Administrator Account net user administrator /active:no ...
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