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Windows Commands
Ever wondered what that pesky Windows Command does? Or perhaps you need to perform a task but you don’t know the command to use? Well, here’s a list of Windows Commands:
Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication on Windows 2008 DC’s
In Windows 2008, we use repadmin.exe to troubleshoot Active Directory replication. Repadmin allows you to dig deep into replication, down to the level of the replication metadata and the up-to-dateness vector. You can specify Password Replication Policies (PRPs) with Read-only Domain Controllers and enable/disable replication for a given Domain Controller and manually configure a replication topology.
Windows Exit Codes
When a command or batch file exits it normally produces an Exit Code or Error Code. Here's a list of what these Windows Exit Codes mean.
Event Logging policy settings in Windows Server 2008, Vista and Windows 7
These settings control the Event Logging service; the service responsible for capturing and writing events throughout Windows. These policy settings do not affect the Event Viewer application. These are some powerful policy settings that allow you to configure five settings for Application, Security, Setup, and System event logs. These categories and their policy settings are...
Adrecyclebin Gui ADRecycleBin.exe (Active Directory Recycle Bin)
ADRecycleBin.exe (Active Directory Recycle Bin) allows administrators to quickly restore deleted Active Directory objects via an easy to use GUI (Graphical User Interface). This is a free Active Directory Recycle Bin tool. If you or a colleague happen to mistakenly delete an object in Active Directory the results can be disastrous. ADRecycleBin allows administrators to...
PDC chaining
Imagine you’re in a multi-site environment that has several DCs in all sites across the nation. Imagine further you have a user John who calls you monday morning. You’re setting in the headquarters. “Dude”, he asks, “can you reset my password? My weekend’s been so hard. They sent me to this branch office where they...
Search for deleted user objects in AD
I am trying to browse for deleted sids. I am using ADFIND to do my search. here is the what i am using adfind -b “cn=deleted objects,dc=domain,dc=com” -f “(& (objectclass=user)(objectcategory=person))” objectsid So — looking at the command, it told me that the guy was querying the “Deleted Objects” container (that is the container all objects...
Monitoring and Trouble shooting the Active Directory through Replication
Replication may be defined as the same data carried out by the same system or different platform system.When using a directory service as active directory the same information is carried out by all the domain controllers ,so when you want to contact a domain controller for use, there is always a local copy for use...
Compacting the database with an offline defragmenation
MOC method: 1. Log onto the computer as the default administrator of the domainsomething.local domain. 2. Open a command-prompt window. To enable Directory Services Restore Mode on the next reboot, key bcdedit /set safeboot dsrepair, and then press Enter. 3. Close the command-prompt window and restart the computer. 4. When the computer restarts, log onto...
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