system administration
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Powershell
How to start and stop services remotely using Powershell
Powershell is one of the coolest new things that has happened to Windows in recent iterations. It provides a wealth of scripting power to administrators and even to home users who may want to do some things quickly and efficiently…
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ActiveDirectory
Finding Global Catalog Servers in Domain
Have you ever been in need of identifying all the global catalog servers in a Windows domain? What are the ways we can determine which domain controllers house the global catalog? Most are familiar with the common method of launching…
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ActiveDirectory
How to Compact Active Directory Database
In order to compact the size of the Active Directory Database you need to stop Active Directory Domain services. If you are running Windows 2008 and above you can simply stop the ADDS service and proceed with the steps. However,…
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Remote Desktop Connection Manager – Great tool for Administrators
As IT Admins, we are always looking for ways that we can save time and effort in completing our tasks and making the most efficient use of our time and resources. Connecting to servers using remote desktop is just one…
