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Multiple websites on a single IIS Server using Host Header

September 2, 2021December 15, 2010 by Geeks Hangout

Background on Host Headers IIS supports multiple web sites on a single server via three different methods, assigning each site a unique IP address, assigning each site a different TCP port number or the preferred way is using the host …

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Manually un-installing a Windows service

August 27, 2021September 10, 2010 by Geeks Hangout

If you ever need to manually get rid of a Windows Service because the un-installer does not work or whatever the below covers manually un-installing a Windows service Get the Service Name Open Computer Management (Control Panel => Administrative Tools) …

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On a Ciscio IOS device when you view the logs or the debug logs the date and time is not displayed

September 28, 2021July 29, 2010 by Geeks Hangout

If when you run show logging or try to view the debug logs on a Cisco IOS device the date and time is not displayed and instead you get something like the below, here is the solution. 6w4d: %ETHCNTR-3-LOOP_BACK_DETECTED: Loop-back …

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Active Directory: Finding and Copying the DN of an Object using LDP.exe

December 21, 2015July 23, 2010 by Geeks Hangout

If you want a graphical tool to find the DN of an Active Directory object then the free Microsoft tool LDP.exe should do the trick. The tool is included with the Windows Server OS and can be accessed from your …

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Active Directory: Redirecting New Users and New Computers to a Specified OU

January 2, 2016July 23, 2010 by Geeks Hangout

By default when a new user is created in Active Directory the object will be created under the top level User container (CN=User), similarly when a computer is created it will be created in the top level Computers container (CN=Computers). …

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Changing the background on a Windows 7 Home Basic Computer

December 21, 2015June 17, 2010 by Geeks Hangout

By design Windows 7 Home Basic does not allow the user to change the wallpaper if you right click on the desktop the “Personalize” option is missing. However the option is simple hidden and not removed, the workaround is to …

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Removing the 100Mb System Reserved Partition after Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 has been installed

January 13, 2016June 17, 2010 by Geeks Hangout

When you install either Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 onto a un-partitioned hard drive Windows will create a 100Mb System Reserved Partition that does not have a drive letter. This 100Mb partition is mainly there in case you are …

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Group Policy ADM to set the desktop wallpaper and the desktop colour

December 27, 2015April 12, 2010 by Geeks Hangout

For some time I have been using a group policy and Active Desktop to set users Wallpapers however Active desktop is far from perfect. So instead I have now started using the attached ADM to specify the desktop wallpaper and …

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Separating a WSUS Server from a SCCM Server and Getting Reporting Working Again

August 9, 2016February 20, 2010 by Geeks Hangout

Problem: For some time I had WSUS and Microsoft SCCM integrated together but installed on seperate servers, recently I wanted to break the integration so I removed the software update role from SCCM but I found that reporting on the WSUS server …

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Clearing a Dynamic ARP Entry from a Cisco ARP Table

September 28, 2021February 10, 2010 by Geeks Hangout

The ARP table on a Cisco device is a list of learned IP address and what MAC addresses they resolve to, this is required as generally switches work at layer 2 with MAC addresses not IP Address’s. Problem: If you …

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