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To enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP first identify the adapters index number using wmic nicconfig get caption,index,TcpipNetbiosOptions then using one of the following values: 0 – Use NetBios setting from DHCP 1 – Enable NetBios over TCP/IP 2 – Disable NetBios over TCP/IP set the required NetBIOS over TCP/IP value to each Nic. wmic nicconfig where [...]
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”Remote Administration” new enable=yes You can always run the following command in order to disable this option: netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”Remote Administration” new enable=no
ocsetup DNS-Server-Core-Role
Using Spot Instances can reduce costs by at least two times as compared with On-Demand instances. Example: On-Demand (Large): $0.48 per hour Spot Instances (Large): $0.20 per hour Set your maximum price near to the current Spot Price. If the Spot Price goes above your maximum price and your instance is terminated by Amazon EC2, [...]
dcpromo.exe /unattend /replicaOrNewDomain:domain /newDomain:forest /newDomainDnsName:velaskec.com /domainNetbiosName:velaskec /safeModeAdminPassword:pa$$word
Use this PowerShell script if you need to remove Password Complexity Requirements from Windows Server 2008 Core: secedit /export /cfg c:\new.cfg ${c:new.cfg}=${c:new.cfg} | % {$_.Replace(‘PasswordComplexity=1′, ‘PasswordComplexity=0′)} secedit /configure /db $env:windir\security\new.sdb /cfg c:\new.cfg /areas SECURITYPOLICY del c:\new.cfg
Read first To connect to an instance of an official Ubuntu image for EC2, you need to ssh to it as “ubuntu” instead of as “root”. Hmm…what next to do?:)
I just created a free EC2 instance with all the defaults. It says it’s running in the AWS Management Console. On the “Instance Actions” menu, I click “Connect”. I copy the DNS name provided (looks like ec2-a-dashed-IP-address.compute-1.amazonaws.com) and try to SSH to it. No response. I can’t even ping it. What gives? answer: http://goo.gl/T6pQD
