Category Archives: windows server 2016

How to change the hostname on windows server 2016

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Darren

Windows Server 2016 is a server operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems, developed concurrently with Windows 10. This tutorial will show you how to change the hostname on windows server 2016. … Continue reading →

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How to enable RDP on Windows server 2016

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Darren

By default Windows Server 2016 disables Remote Desktop Connections (RDP) to the server. If you wish to RDP to the server you will need to enable it first. This tutorial will show you how to enable RDP on windows server … Continue reading →

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How to Install Server 2016 in Virtualbox

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Darren

Windows Server 2016 is a server operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems, developed concurrently with Windows 10. This tutorial will should you how to install windows server 2016 in virtual box. … Continue reading →

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How to Trust a Certificate on Windows

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Darren

If you have generated a self signed certificate on windows you may want to trust that certificate to avoid getting certificate warnings when you navigate to your URL in internet explorer or chrome. It is important to note that you … Continue reading →

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Install God Mode On Windows

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Darren

“The Windows Master Control Panel shortcut, labeled All Tasks and also called Windows God Mode by bloggers and All Tasks folder by at least one Microsoft developer,[1] is a short-cut to access various control settings in Windows Vista and later … Continue reading →

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How to edit the hosts file on Windows Server 2016

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Darren

Hi there, The computer file hosts is an operating system file that maps hostnames to IP addresses. You can edit the hosts file in Windows Server 2016 to manually point a host name to an IP address. Step 1  Navigate … Continue reading →

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How to install JDK on Windows

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Darren

This tutorial will show you how to install JDK on windows. The version of windows we are using is windows sever 2016 although the process should be much the same for all versions of windows. Step 1 Navigate to the … Continue reading →

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How to Install VirtualBox guest additions on Windows

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Darren

Subscribe to Darrenoneill.eu to get a free Linux Cheat Sheet!  This short tutorial will shows you how to install VirtualBox guest additions on Windows. Guest additions consist of device drivers and system applications that optimize the guest operating system for … Continue reading →

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How to Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration in Windows Server 2016

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Darren

Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) is designed to protect a server from dangerous websites capable to infect system with malware. However it is extremely restrictive and can make many tasks extremely tedious. You can disable it by following the below … Continue reading →

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