Yet another blog about Monkeys and IT
Windows 7
Manually configuring IP addressing in Windows via Command Prompt
Apr 8th
As a system administrator in any enterprise IT environment the ultimate goal is to insure system uptime and the consistent availability of network resources. Any delay of service, misconfiguration, system downtime, security breach.. etc will have a huge impact on the employees productivity. Time is not calculated by minutes or hours, it is calculated by dollars and how much the company loses within the down time of IT services, and believe me, there is always someone should be blame in these cases, try not to be you.
As for Linux users command line is the fastest and preferred way to configure, modify and fix any problem in no time. Yet in Windows environment most administrators prefer the GUI method to get the job done. However, Windows can be administrated through command line as well; Windows server 2008 Server Core supports strong command line management capabilities. (more…)
Windows activation problem – code 0x8007232B
Apr 6th
When you try to activate Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista Enterprise, or Windows Vista Business (Windows Server 2008 in my case) using volume-licensed media you may receive the following error message:
Windows Activation Error: A problem occurred when Windows tried to activate. Error Code 0x8007232B. For a possible resolution, click More Information. Contact your system administrator or technical support department for assistance.
Clicking “More Information” will display the following message:
Error Details
The following information was found for this error:
Code:
0x8007232B
Description:
DNS server failure .
How to integrate Windows 7 to a domain using NETDOM
Sep 28th
Netdom.exe is a command line tool that is built into Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. It is available if you have the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) server role installed. It is also available if you install the Active Directory Domain Services Tools that are part of the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT).
NETDOM is not installed by default in Windows 2000/XP/2003 so you have to install it through the Support Tools /Resource Kit to get your hand on it, also you have to install the correct version of NETDOM specified for your operating system. (more…)
