
In this article we will change the default listening port for RDC/RDP from 3389 to 5555. This is useful when you want to prevent external or internal users from scanning port 3389 to see what computers are available to connect to. Sure they can scan port 5555 however it is another step for an intruder [...]
Tags: change port mstsc, change port remote desktop, change rdc port, change rdp port, remote desktop port
Filed Under: Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows Vista
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I have 5 SharePoint Servers; I would like to disable a couple unused and unnecessary services on all of them. Create Organizational Unit (OU) The first thing I am going to do is create an OU (Organizational Unit) in AD and add these servers to the OU Within “Active Directory Users and Computers” right click [...]
Tags: create a group policy object, disable windows services, GPO
Filed Under: Active Directory, Windows 2003, Windows 2008
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From my Windows Server 2008 machine, I will be running DCPROMO to turn it into a domain controller for my new domain. Prerequisites Networking Before we run DCPROMO, we need to make sure we have a Static IP Address set. If this is your first Domain Controller on your network set the DNS server to [...]
Tags: 2008 AD, Active Directory 2008, DCPROMO
Filed Under: Active Directory, Windows 2008
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Hyper-V™ provides software infrastructure and basic management tools in Windows Server® 2008 that you can use to create and manage a virtualized server computing environment. This virtualized environment can be used to address a variety of business goals aimed at improving efficiency and reducing costs. For example, a virtualized server environment can help you: …
Tags: hyper v installation, hyper-v install, hyper-v installation on windows 2008, hyper-v windows 2008
Filed Under: Windows 2008
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You enter a default gateway and the gateway disappears, not even after a reboot – it just disappears in a couple of minutes. I’ve recently ran into this issue on a couple of Windows Server 2008 guest machines in a VMWare environment. I am not sure if it is isolated to VMWare. I could not [...]
Tags: default gateway disappears, magic default gateway, missing default gateway, no default gateway
Filed Under: General, Windows 2008
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