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control passwords in group policy
Jan 11th
Posted by technoblogical in Active Directory
control passwords in group policy
This is a short video about how to create password policies in a Server 2008 Active Directory domain. The policies are already configured, but this shows how to modify them. You can also use similar methods in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2000 Server. Similar settings are also available in local group policy in an Microsoft Management Console (MMC). You can set these policies locally on Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP, or 2000.
The policies are located at…
Computer Configuration / Policies / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Account Policies / Password Policy
The six settings are…
Enforce Password History
Maximum password age
Minimum password age
Minimum password length
Password must meet complexity requirements
Store passwords using reversible encryption
Check Disk (chkdsk)
Dec 21st
Posted by technoblogical in Server 2008
Check Disk (chkdsk)
This is a video about how to run a chkdsk (check disk) on your windows OS. CheckDisk will repair and try to recover a dirty file system. Most of the time that I use this is when I see a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) with a 0×0000007B stop code. This means that the file system is corrupt and you should run a CHKDSK /R on your operating system. Also, I’ve various people tell me that they need to do this as their file systems become too fragmented. I demonstrate the methods available on Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Vista & Server 2003 and 2008. This is a very important part of disk maintenance. If windos is too corrupt to boot these may also be run from Startup Repair/Recovery Console. The commands I run are…
chkdsk /f e:
chkdsk /r e:
chkdsk /r c:
chkdsk /r d:
scwcmd: convert Security Configuration Wizard templates into Group Policies
Oct 19th
Posted by technoblogical in Active Directory
scwcmd: convert Security Configuration Wizard templates into Group Policies
The Security Configuration Wizard is used to create security templates as XML documents. The SCWCMD command converts one into a group policy (GPO). I do this on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 but it is also available on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Usually, you would use this on a domain controller or in an active directory environment.