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How to configure.NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 8

If  an  utility  requires the .NET framework 3.5, however would not in finding that  version enabled  in your computer, it shows the following message box in Windows 8, both all the way through set up, or while you open the applying for the first time. In the message box, choose Install this feature to enable the .NET Framework 3.5. This option requires an Internet connection. If in case you have ever tried to update the . net   frame work  3.5 from windows features you will get 0x800F0906 or 0x800F081F error . In this article I am showing How to fix . net  framework 3.5 installation in windows 8 or 8.1 error code 0x800f0906  or 0x800F081F.      . NET Framework 4.5 is enabled by default in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Windows 8 & Windows 8.1 does not include .NET 3.5 by default, but the files for .NET 3.5 are available on the Wind...

How to Fix: the virtual machine could not be started because the hypervisor is not running

Recently I have prepared a windows server 2008 Operating System in Dell machine and configured the hyper-v role. When I am trying to start a virtual machine from a physical host it prompted “the virtual machine could not be started because the hypervisor is not running” error. So I’ve completed a little research and following are the steps to get to the bottom of the Hyper – v problem. Open command prompt with run as administrator and run below command . This should put the Hyper-V driver back into the launch procedure                                                                                                                  bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto Reboo...

How to configure Group policy to lock the servers after fixed interval

Windows servers repeatedly starts a screen saver after a server  has been idle for a specified amount of time. This screen saver can be password protected. You can use Group Policy to enforce this setting for all servers in a  domain. Users won’t be able to disable the automatic locking once after configured via group policy. We can specify for how much time server should lock automatically.Below procedure is for domain computers.If you want to implement for any windows xp ,windows 7,windows 8 machines you need to do same settings in your local group policy.You can open group policy with “gpedit.msc” command without quotes. Click “Start”. Open “Group Policy Management” from administrative tools. Right Click on Domain and click “Create and link a GPO Here”. Give name of the policy. Right click on Policy name (In my case it was “Auto Lock”) and click edit. We can see “Group Policy Object editor”. Select  “User configuration” “administrative template” “control...

How to uninstall Trendmicro forcefully

You aren’t ready to reinstall Trendmicro in case your antivirus is corrupted. As soon as after achieving uninstallation additionally you aren’t ready to put in and can get the error “The OfficeScan client is already installed on this computer”. In this case we want to take away entries from System, Registry and from device manager as well as effortlessly. Below is the straightforward process to ready to reinstall pattern micro. 1. Stop the following services from services . msc  console Officescan NT Realtimescan Officescan NT Listener  Officescan NT Firewall (if enabled) Officescan NT Proxy Service 2. Run regedit.exe from start menu and then find the below keys and delete HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services • Ntrtscan •  Tmcfw •  TmFilter •  Tmlisten •  TmPfw •  TmPrefi...

LDAP authentication in Active Directory

LDAP or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is a type of application protocol used for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an IP network. Being a directory service, LDAP is used in organizations to store set of records in a hierarchical manner representing the physical structure of organization in a logical manner. LDAP directory service has an advantage over other type of files is that information about users and groups can be stored on a single server which can be centrally administered. This principle eliminates the need of replicating the user information. Furthermore, LDAP can be used to other information apart from user data and is compatible with multiple platforms. Active Directory is based on the LDAP protocol and can be set up to manage the authentication of Active Directory objects like users, groups and computers along with their session information and home directories. Authentication is a must for the LDAP client to access the ...

Active Directory User Management using Windows PowerShell

Creating a Single User -  Following is the New-ADUser CMDlet for creating a user through PowerShell. New-ADUser –SamAccountName “username” –DisplayName “username” –givenName “Username” –Surname “surname” –AccountPassword (ReadHost –AsSecureString “Message”) –Enabled $true –Path ‘CN=Users,DC=Doc,DC=Com’ –CannotChangePassword $false –ChangePasswordAtLogon $true –PasswordNeverExpires $false -EmailAddress “email” –EmployeeID “ID” –Department “string” Figure: CMDlet to create a User Following is a description of some of the parameters provided in the above CMDlet. SamAccountName  – specifies the SAM Account name of the user. ”New-ADUser” command should have this parameter for creating a user. You can pass a string value in it. DisplayName  – specifies the name to be displayed. Surname  – specifies the surname of the user. AccountPassword  – specifies the account password for the user. However, the password has to be provided after executing the comma...

Windows Server management - Keyboard Shortcuts and Commands

Keyboard short cuts Keyboard shortcuts for Windows:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449/en-us     Server Core Item Command Server Configuration  Sconfig Active Directory Item Command Active Directory Rights Management Services AdRmsAdmin.msc ADSI Edit adsiedit.msc Active Directory Certificate Services certsrv.msc DFS Management dfsmgmt.msc DHCP Console dhcpmgmt.msc Disk Management diskmgmt.msc DNS Console dnsmgmt.msc Active Directory Domains and Trust domain.msc Active Directory Users and Computers dsa.msc Active Directory Site and Subnets dssite.msc Event Viewer eventvwr.msc Group Policy Management Console gpmc.msc Group Policy Management Editor gpme.msc LDP ldp.exe PKI - Enterprise PKI pkiview.msc Resultant Set of Policy rsop.msc Server Manager ServerManager.msc WINS winsmgmt.msc WMI WmiMgmt.msc Windows Server Item Command Active Directory Rights Management Services AdRmsAdmin.msc ADSI Edit adsiedit.msc Auth...