This windows server tutorial will show you how to add a new user to your windows server. in this tutorial we are using windows server 2019 but this should work on most other versions of windows sever including windows server 2016. You will first create a new user and set their password. Next you will add the user to the the administrator groups. Finally you will log in as that user
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.
Step One.
Click the start menu and then click Server Manager.
Step Two.
Click local server and then your computer name.
Step Three
Click Change
Step Four
Enter a computer name and then click OK
Step Five
Click OK
Step Six
Restart your computer and when the server restarts you will see that your hostname will be changed.
A full video tutorial can be found here:
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 2016.
Step 1
Click the start button and then Server Manager.
Step 2
Then click on Local server and where it says Remote Desktop click on the Disabled.
Step 3
Click to Allow remote connections to the computer and then click Apply and OK.
You will now be able to RDP into your server. A full video tutorial can be found here:
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.
Step 1
First you will need to download the windows server 2016 trail, which is available from Microsoft:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/windows-server-trial
Step 2
Open VirtualBox and click New
Step 3
Fill out the following values:
Step 4
Leave the defaults and click create.
Step 5
Now right click on the virtual machine and click settings.
Step 6
Click storage, then empty and then click the cd symbol
Step 7
Navigate to where you downloaded your windows server disk and click open
Step 8
Click ok
Step 9
Click your VM and click start
Step 10
Select your language, Time and input and click next.
Step 11
Click Install Now
Step 12
Select I will activate later.
Step 13
Select Windows Server 2016 Standard (Desktop Experience) and click next.
Step 14
Accept the license agreement and click next.
Step 15
Click Custom Install Windows only
Step 16
Click Next, windows will now install.
Step 17
Once windows reboots, enter an administrator password and click Finish.
You have no install windows server 2016 in virtualbox.
A full video tutorial can be found here:
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 should only trust a certificate if you are 100% sure of it’s origin.
Step 1
Open internet explorer as an adminsitror.
Step 2
Navigate to the URL where your self signed cert is, in our case https://localhost.
Step 3
When prompted remove click to continue to the website
Step 4
Click where it says “Certificate Error” and then view certificate.
Step 5
Click install certificate
Step 6
In the screen that appears select local machine and next
Step 7
Select “place all certificates in the following store” and click browse.
Step 8
Select Trusted Root Certificate Authorities and click ok
Step 9
Then click ok, next and finish.
Step 10
Restart internet explorer.
Step 11
Navigate to your website again, the certificate will now be trusted.
A full video tutorial can be found here:
“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 operating systems, including Windows 10”
You first need to create a new folder:
You then need to name it exactly with this line:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Hit enter, the icon now changes to god mode.
If you double click into it you see a full list of admin settings:
if you are on windows 10 and god mode is not working please ensure that you have GodMode. in front of the first { and that you are running as an admin account Once this is done, you will then be able to access god mode in windows.
A full video tutorial can be found here:
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 to:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\
Step 2
Edit the hosts file in a text editor of your choice. Add the ip address of the machine you want to reach press tab and then enter the name you’d like it to be reachable over.
Save and exit the file.
You will now be able to navigateto that machine via the name you set in the hosts file.
A full video tutorial can be found here:
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 oracle site by clicking on the below URL.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
Step 2
Click to accept the licence and select the 64 bit windows installer to download.
Step 3
When the install downloads double click it. On the screen the appears click next
Step 4
Click next again
Step 5
Confirm the install folder and click next.
JDK will then install, when it’s completed you will see a screen similar to the one below.
A full video tutorial can be found below:
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 better performance and usability.
In this tutorial we are using windows server 2016, however this guide should work on most versions of Windows.
First click on Devices and then click insert Guest Additions CD Image
Next navigate to Computer / this PC
Now double click on VirtualBox Guest Additions
We then clicked on the VBoxWindowsAdditions-amd64 (if you are running a 32bit system you can select the 32 bit version)
Then simply step through the wizard to complete the installation.
When prompted reboot the system when it is fully rebooted you will have guest additions installed.
A full video tutorial can be found here:
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 steps.
Click the start menu and search for server manager
Click on the server manager to open it.
When it opens click on Local Server.
Click on beside IE Enhanced Security Configuration.
In the screen that appears select Off for Administrators and Users. and click OK.
Restart Internet explorer for your changes to take affect.
A full video tutorial can be found here: