I've got a rather bizarre (to me at least) problem at the moment with one of the NT4 domains I run. It *appears* to have gotten worse since the network was upgraded to 100Mb/sec Cisco switches - they ...

I need to stand up a domain controller as a prerequisite for another piece of software (so there is no real desire to have AD set up other than to get this other software up and running). If I was ...

Setting up a Domain Controller (DC) in a Windows server is crucial in managing a secure and centralized network. A Domain Controller handles authentication, enforces security policies, and enables ...

Earlier this month we discussed how special DNS resource records called SRV (service locator) records help Windows systems find domain controllers so they can authenticate to the domain. Interestingly ...