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Part 4: DHCP, Computer Creation & Domain Joining In the previous part of this guide I briefly explained Active Directory and it’s use. I also walked through the process of creating a user object within Active Directory. This part of Continue reading [Guide] Setting up a Windows Domain with Windows Server 2008 R2→

Like many others, I have been playing around with the Windows 8 Developer Preview build regularly for  the last 2 weeks or so, and getting a feel for it. Especially since I have the build installed as the primary OS Continue reading Windows 8 Developer Preview: Make the Metro Weather app display temperature in Degrees Celsius→

  As many of you will already know, last week Microsoft released a developer preview of Windows 8 at the BUILD conference. Attendees were supplied with Tablet PC’s with the build pre-installed along with the set of developer tools, with Continue reading Issues with Skype on the Windows 8 Developer Preview? Here are a few basic workarounds.→

As many of you will already know, a few days ago a new Windows 8 build leaked into wild and rapidly became available on FTP servers and Torrent sites. Build 7989.winmain.110421-1825 which is newer than the previously leaked builds 7955 Continue reading Windows 8 Build 7989 Overview→

Part 3: Active Directory & User Creation In part 2 of this guide we configured our domain controller by setting up DNS and Active Directory Domain services. Now we shall take a brief look at Active Directory itself including adding Continue reading [Guide] Setting up a Windows Domain with Windows Server 2008 R2→

A few days ago Microsoft released a WGA based update for Windows 7 systems through Windows Update. The update known as “KB971033” was to ensure that all current Windows 7 users had a genuine copy of the OS installed on Continue reading Update for Windows Activation Technologies Playing Fair?→

So as many of you probably already know, just shortly before Windows 7 was due to RTM (Release to Manufacturing ) the EU kicked up a stink (yet again) due to Microsoft bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. This has been Continue reading Taking a look at the Windows 7 Browser Ballot Screen→

Part 2: Post-install configuration & Active Directory Services setup So now that we’ve talked a bit about what a Windows Domain is and how it compares with a standard Workgroup in part 1, let’s go ahead and get configuring. Note: Continue reading [Guide] Setting up a Windows Domain with Windows Server 2008 R2→