Disable Shutdown in Windows Server
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update folder. Double click on the Do not display ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’
Accessing Classic Control Panel Windows 10/11
Run + ‘sysdm.cpl’ Run + ‘sysdm.cpl’ bypasses new windows 10/11 settings to take you straight to the classic control panel for user profiles. There are several more good ones like ‘ncpa.cpl’ for network, or ‘appwiz.cpl’ for applications, and I imagine these will be required knowledge for admins moving forward with the new windows 11 settings…
Disabling the Remote Gateway on your Windows 10 VPN
If you are using a VPN for work you may want to disable the remote gateway. The remote gateway is often the internet connection on the other end of your VPN. If you don’t disable the Remote gateway in your advanced setting you may end up sending your normal internet traffic like Facebook or google…
Connecting to a VPN with Windows 10 ( PPTP Edition)
Windows 10 has a convenient VPN manager. This is a quick tutorial on using Windows’ built in VPN tool to connect to a pptp VPN . The Microsoft VPN tool can be found in the windows settings, but is easiest to get to by using Cortana the Windows search function. Cortana is usually a small…
Windows 10 Cortana
Cortana is the name that Microsoft gave the search function for Windows 10, think Siri. In most cases Cortana is found to the left of the Start menu. In some case you may have Cortana disabled as the “Personal Assistant”. In these cases you can still find Cortana in the start menu.
Give an account SSH access in WHM
First you will need to login to WHM Then go to “Home »Account Information »List Accounts” Click the “+” to the left of the account you want to have SSH Select “Modify Account” from the list. Then scroll down to the “Privileges” section and select “Shell Access” Now hit “Save”
IPMI firmware Updates
Supermicro IPMI firmware source: http://www.supermicro.com/support/bios/firmware0.aspx Manual: ftp://supermicro.com/CDR-X9-UP_1.22_for_Intel_X9_UP_platform/IPMI/IPMICFG/Supermicro_Utility_User_Guide_IPMICFG.pdf ===================================================== Find your motherboard info Windows—- launch dxdiag tool from the start menu Linux—- # dmidecode -t 2 yum -y install OpenIPMI service ipmi start chkconfig ipmi on mkdir /ipmi cd /ipmi wget “ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/utility/IPMICFG/IPMICFG_1.27.0_build.170620.zip” unzip IPMICFG_1.27.0_build.170620.zip chmod -R u+rwx IPMICFG_1.27.0_build.170620/Linux/64bit/IPMICFG-Linux.x86_64 cd IPMICFG_1.27.0_build.170620/Linux/64bit/ ./IPMICFG-Linux.x86_64 -dhcp off ./IPMICFG-Linux.x86_64 -m ./IPMICFG-Linux.x86_64…
General information about IIS:
General information about IIS: http://www.iis.net/learn/get-started/introduction-to-iis Installing IIS for website management on a Windows Server: http://www.iis.net/learn/install/installing-iis-7/installing-iis-7-and-above-on-windows-server-2008-or-windows-server-2008-r2 Website creation in IIS https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772350(v=ws.10).aspx https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/323972 FTP access in IIS http://www.iis.net/learn/install/installing-publishing-technologies/installing-and-configuring-ftp-7-on-iis-7
.htaccess
http://www.webweaver.nu/html-tips/web-redirection.shtml http://www.htaccesstools.com/
Fixing “Sorry, the domain is already pointed to an IP address that does not appear to use DNS servers associated with this server.”
First access the server command line. I used SSH over Putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) But you can use the terminal/console if supported by your host, ftp or winSCP (https://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_install) which may be easier. then access the file /etc/ips.remotedns For SSH I used the command: nano /etc/ips.remotedns you will need to know the nameservers for your domain I…