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  • Issue Domain controllers fail to enroll for certificates. Following errors are logged in server application logs: Source: CertificateServicesClient-CertEnrollEvent ID: 13Level: ErrorDescription:Certificate enrollment for Local system failed to enroll for a DomainController certificate with request ID N/A from <Server FQDN>\<CA FQDN>…

  • Changing Windows Server Domain Controller static IP address is a simple operation. You can do this using Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties GUI, as you would for any other Server or Client PC. After changing the IP address, run ipconfig /registerdns and…

  • There are 2 ways to rename Windows Server 2008 domain controllers: Using command line tool Netdom Using System Properties GUI Both methods are supported, but Microsoft recommends using Netdom command line tool because it reduces delay before clients can use…

  • Firefox by default checks spelling in multiple line text-area fields. But it does not do that in single line text-boxes. To enable automatic spell-check in text-boxes follow these simple steps: In Firefox address bar type about:config, and click on “I’ll be…

  • Deleting an orphaned Active Directory Domain Controller fails with error: Windows cannot delete object LDAP:// ……………………Access is denied. First obvious step is to make sure that your user account has permissions to delete objects in the OU in question.

  • When deleting an object (computer, user, etc) using Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in you may get the following warning: Confirm Subtree DeletionObject <objectname> contains other objects. Are you sure you want to delete <objectname> and all the objects…

  • Here are 5 FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) roles and GUI tools that can be used to move these roles between Domain Controllers. Schema Master – controls all updates and modifications to the Active Directory schema.This role can transferred using…

  • Acer W510 tablet comes with Windows 8 Home and Premium pre-installed. You can upgrade this version to Windows 8.1 for free via Windows App Store. However, if you want to install clean version of Windows 8.1, there are couple of…

  • Issue Adobe Flash 11 .msi deployment via group policy fails. Windows Application logs record following error: Source: MsiInstalerEvent ID: 11722Level: ErrorDescription:Product: Adobe Flash Player 11 ActiveX — Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as…

  • Issue Windows 7 system logs started recording event ID 55 (NTFS) – The system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the volume \Device\HarddiskVolume2.

  • It’s a bit unusual to come across software released in 1996, but there you go – I was given a decent Windows 7 PC with working version of Microsoft Office 97 Professional. And Office 97 decided not to give up…

  • This is quite common scenario –  a user forgets the password for his email account, but still have some application or a device collecting mail from the account is question. Here are few options to recover the password in such…