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Group Policy Central writes about how to disable SMB1 using Group Policy Administrative Templates. This makes it easier for you to disable SMB1 to prevent WannaCry throughout your entire Active Directory domain(s). Here’s how…
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Sometimes you find your WSUS server keeps crashing over and over again. WSUS is unavailable and/or the WSUS management console hangs. When you start to investigate as to why Windows Server Update Services crashes, you’ll notice the following error message being logged in the HTTPErr log files:
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A quicky: if you need to merge multiple text files into one new file in Windows, you can use the copy command in cmd.exe, and here is how:
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Windows Server security: When you have just installed your new Windows Server, with or without IIS as web server, it is important to take a few extra security measurements. Securing your (web) server is important to keep hackers out and your data safe. Here are some steps you can take to secure and harden your Windows Server (IIS) web or file server.
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The WannaCry/WanaCrypt0r worm exploits a vulnerability in Windows Server Message Block (SMB) version 1 (SMBv1), and it spreads like wildfire. It is urged to disable SMBv1 in your Windows variant (Windows 10, 8.1, Server 2016, 2012 R2), and here is how if you haven’t done so yet.
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Ideal for Windows Server Core or Nano: detect ethernet network speed using PowerShell / WMI. On the command-line. If you ever need to lookup the speed of your ethernet network card in Windows, you can use one of the following WMIC command on your PowerShell prompt:
This post explains how to restrict automatic NS resource record registration in Windows Server DNS using Dnscmd. This prevents Windows Server DNS to automatically create NS records for zones that it hosts on the server.
Andrew Douma, a vendor-neutral consultant, writes in Penetration Testers’ Guide to Windows 10 Privacy & Security:
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Windows Server 2016 was finally released last week, meaning we can finally lift the idiotic 260 characters limitation for NTFS paths. In this post I’ll show you how to configure the Enable Win32 long paths setting for the NTFS file system, through Group Policy (a GPO).
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WinCache, or the Windows Cache Extension for PHP, is a PHP accelerator that is used to significantly increase the speed of PHP applications running on Windows Server IIS. Besides increasing the speed of PHP applications, WinCache decreases CPU usage making it a win win situation extension. I’ve described how to run PHP with WinCache on IIS in an earlier post.
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ApacheBench, or ab, is a small benchmark utility that comes with Apache. It’s a really simple HTTP load generating tool, ideal for a simple WordPress load & speed test. How fast does your WordPress site respond? How many HTTP requests per second can your server handle? These are questions on which ab can shed some light.
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Found via cyber-ir.com: This paper is the best I have ever read on how to build IOC’s with Windows Event ID’s. I highly recommend you to read it, it contains very useful information and some very interesting behavioural examples of attacker activity. If you are looking to enhance your detection in your core network this is the document!
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Disk cleanup in Windows Server 2012 (R2) using DISM is one of the most popular posts here on Saotn.org. It’s also valid for Windows Server 2016. So apparently, disk space usage is an issue on Windows Server. And that made me wonder: what more ways to clean up disk space in Windows Server are there?
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Mark O’Shea writes on TechNet that the licensing model for Standard and Datacenter were changed with Windows Server 2016, and he introduces the changes. The information is pulled from the Windows Server 2016 Licensing Datasheet, and if you need more details you can also download the Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 licensing FAQ. Spoil alert (tl;dr): you’ll be paying on a core-basis, instead of per CPU.
When you’re installing Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5, don’t forget to install KB3157663 before installing any server roles, features, or other products. Installing KB3157663 prior to any other software will fix an error with DISM and Install-WindowsFeature, error code 0x800F081F:
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