Dec 28, 2018 | All Lessons, IT Lessons, Server lessons
Over time, a lot of old and unnecessary information accumulates in Active Directory, which periodically needs to be deleted. The task arose: to clear a specific OU in Active Directory from PC accounts that have not been used for more than 120 days. As a utility for...
Dec 28, 2018 | All Lessons, IT Lessons, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8
Many experienced users use the Process Explorer utility from SysInternals to obtain extended information about the processes and applications running on the system. This is actually a great utility, but in Windows a new handy tool called Resource Monitor has been...
Dec 28, 2018 | All Lessons, IT Lessons, Windows, Windows 7
The Windows operating system supports the creation of multiple user accounts, which can be either administrators or regular users or guests. However, after the account is created, it can only be deleted, and the administrator will not be able to disable or block such...
Dec 25, 2018 | All Lessons, IT Lessons, Windows, Windows 7
In Windows 7, as in other Microsoft operating systems, it is possible to change the background of the start screen. As always, Microsoft didn’t create a convenient tool for this procedure, so changing the background of the startup screen in Windows 7 is done by...
Dec 25, 2018 | All Lessons, IT Lessons, Server lessons
In our organization, System Center Configuration Manager is used to distribute software, but now we have decided to use the functions of this system to implement the functions of remote management of client PCs (which is very much required by Helpdesk). However, it is...
Dec 25, 2018 | All Lessons, IT Lessons, Windows
In everyday work, for one reason or another, the system administrator has to periodically create files of a certain size. Usually the need to create a file of a certain size arises when testing various subsystems, for example, you want to test the operation of disk...
Dec 25, 2018 | All Lessons, Server lessons, Windows, Windows 7
It is not a secret for anyone that in the event that your PC running Microsoft OS is connected to the Internet using a proxy server, the Windows Update service doesn’t work by default. This note is about how you can configure the Windows Update system on a PC behind a...
Dec 25, 2018 | All Lessons, IT Lessons, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8
In Windows, after installing updates downloaded through Windows Update, the system automatically restarts in order for all changes to take effect. Despite the fact that Windows has the function “Postpone reboot of the computer”, all the same, after a while the...
Dec 25, 2018 | All Lessons, IT Lessons, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8
To store ISO copies of distributions of various software products, we use external disks. With the advent of BitLocker technology, we decided to use the forced data encryption approach on any storage devices. As you remember, BitLocker To Go is a new feature available...
Dec 25, 2018 | All Lessons, IT Lessons, Server lessons
Automatic cleaning of outdated DNS records added dynamically The Windows DHCP server can, when adding a new device to the network, automatically register for it entries for the host (type A), entries in the reverse lookup zone, or pointers (PTR). This greatly...