Default administrative shares are present on every fresh installation of Windows Server 2008. Some of these shares can be potential security threat for your system. Here is how to get rid of them.
There are few common default shares, and here is description of their purpose: Read More
Recently I tested Domain Trusts\VPNs on my virtual lab and at one point I wanted to add a user as Local Admin on Domain Controller. Idea was pretty thoughtless since there is no Local Users Group on DC. Once you promote server to DC, there is no way to define Local Admin on it.
This is second part of my article -> How to: Windows 8 repairing, imaging and installation tutorial (huge) Part 1
This tutorial will cover everything that is new for Windows 8. Where can you find your license key? How to create bootable repair disc in case something goes wrong with Windows 8 installation? How to create image of your Windows 8 installation? How to boot and install Windows 8 on UEFI firmware powered machine? All these questions will be answered here. Read More
Recovery partition is usually hidden on your PC. That is OK, until you want to access and manipulate data on that partition.
The question is how to mount your recovery partition to Windows and make it visible. I have to mention that this tutorial works for Windows 8.