You can rename user accounts in Active Directory in several ways. You can use AD graphical snap-ins, command-line tools, or PowerShell cmdlets. How to Rename an Active Directory User with Active Directory Console? The easiest and most intuitive way to rename an AD user is to use the Active Directory...
DHCP reservation is the creation of a special entry on the DHCP server. Thanks to this, the same IP address from the DHCP scope address pool will be issued for a specific device (MAC address). In this article, we’ll look at how to create and manage reservations on a DHCP...
The article shows how to use Active Directory Group Policies (GPOs) to configure proxy server settings on domain-joined computers running Windows 10/11 and Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012R2. These proxy server settings are used by all modern browsers, including Internet Explorer 11 (reached end of support on June 2022), Google Chrome, Microsoft...
In order to grant local administrator permissions on domain computers to technical support personnel, the HelpDesk team, certain users, and other privileged accounts, you must add the necessary Active Directory users or groups to the local Administrators group on servers or workstations. In this article, we’ll show you how to...
When you connect a new USB device to your computer, Windows automatically detects the device and installs the appropriate driver. As a result, the user can use the connected USB drive or device almost immediately. If your organization’s security policy prohibits the use of portable USB storage devices (flash drives,...
Windows Group Policy allows you to run various script files at a computer startup/shutdown or during user logon/logoff. You can use GPOs not only to run classic batch logon scripts on domain computers (.bat, .cmd, .vbs), but also to execute PowerShell scripts (.ps1) during Startup/Shutdown/Logon/Logoff.In modern versions of Windows, you...
When a user logs on to a Windows computer that is joined to an Active Directory domain, they may see the following error message:There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request.This message says that none of the AD domain controllers (LogonServer) is available from this computer...
You can use the Group Policy to create and deploy scheduled tasks to domain computers. For example, you can create a task that automatically logs out users or shuts down computers at a specified time, runs a script, etc.In this example, we will create a new Scheduler task that displays...
