How to check Cisco Certification . The Certification Tracking System is now part of the Cisco network and can be accessed by your Cisco.com login. In order to access the Certification Tracking system you must have a Cisco.com or an existing Cisco.com profile. Once this is done you will be able to access the Cisco … Read more
Windows can not access the specified device,path or file. windows 2003 Some time you copied a file on windows 2003 server and want to execute you got an error “Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.” Right Click on file go to properties > … Read more
You have logged in with temporary profile. You cannot access your files copied to this profile Last week I got an issue with users profiles on windows 7 Machine.I cleared the registery key and its worked for me. “You have logged in with temporary profile. You cannot access your files copied to this profile. Please see … Read more
The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed We power off some servers windows 2008 for more then one month and as we powerd on its started giving error while login in to the domain .”The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed ” I got the articles and … Read more
How to get User Account Properties from Command line
If you want to get a quick information about a user account below is the command..
C:\Windows\system32> NET USER userid /DOMAIN
After Executing the command you can get the following information about a userid (login name)
How to check Which updates are installed on this computer If you want to quickly check the installed windows update Windows 7 and 8: DISM /Online /Get-Packages or: WMIC QFE List DISM will return far more details than WMIC. Windows 2000 and XP: QFECHECK /V
How to get Drivers List on windows If you want to know all about your drivers installed in your Windows PC below is the command DRIVERQUERY /V /FO CSV > %ComputerName%.csv For Remote PC DRIVERQUERY /S remote_PC /V /FO CSV > remote_PC.csv For Example :- C:\Users\gkhan>DRIVERQUERY /V /FO CSV > %ComputerName%.csv C:\Users\gkhan>dir Volume in drive … Read more
How to find FSMO Roles and Seize in windows 2008.
Domain wide roles are configured in Active Directory users and computers. Right click and select domain and here option is operations master.
Forest roles Domain Naming master is configured in active directory domain and trust right click and select operations master. It will let you know the roles.
(c)Forest roles Schema Master is not accessible from any tool as they want to prevent this. Editing schema can create serious problem in active directory environment. To gain access you need to create snap-in and register dll file by regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll.
Seizing of Roles
In case of failures of any server you need to seize the roles. This is how it can be done:
For Schema Master:
Go to cmd prompt and type ntdsutil
FSMO placement and optimization on Active Directory domain controllers
Certain domain and enterprise-wide operations that are not well suited to multi-master updates must be performed on a single domain controller in the domain or in the forest. The purpose of having a single-master owner is to define a well-known target for critical operations and to prevent the introduction of conflicts or latency that could be created by multi-master updates. Having a single-operation master means that the relevant FSMO role owner must be online, discoverable, and available on the network by computers needing to perform FSMO dependent operations.
FSMO Roles in Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controller Schema Master – One master role holder per forest. The schema master FSMO role holder is the domain controller responsible for performing updates to the directory schema. Domain Naming Master – One master role holder per forest. The domain naming master FSMO role holder is the DC … Read more