Cannot see the members of the local group

Hi Readers, I was building /upgrading my LAB environment  to windows 2008 R2 / server 2012. When I was adding members to the Local Administrator group, member gets added but than disappears from the view, I tried on different server as well, same behavior. Suddenly I realized that I have cloned them without changing the…

Auditing DNS Records

Hi Readers, There can be situations when DNS record is deleted & you have to find how it got deleted. Record may have been deleted manually but unless Auditing is enabled you will not be able to tell by whom. Here are the steps that you have to follow to enable it, first step is…

GlobalNames Zone

Hi Readers, I was just brushing up my windows server skills & thought that this is worth sharing with all as it is an important concept of DNS server which many of us don’t pay enough attention i.e.  GlobalNames Zone. In your organization if you require single labeled names than this is the way to go. There…

Url Redirection by wildcard Regular Expression – Part II

Hi Readers, This article is extension to below article where I have provided guidance on how to redirect URL using URL rewrite utility (download from Microsoft) and create vanity URLS in your organization. Url Redirections Process made Easy – Part I Now we want that anything in “Name + suffix” that hits the IIS url…

Restart Service to avoid Process Handle Leaks

Hi Readers, Just sharing a script that We have written to cater a situation that we are facing with ccmexec.exe process. We are facing event id 5719 on our servers , servers loss connection to Domain, shares & other network related things. Rebooting was solving the issue but working with MS we have found that…