Take Ownership and Grant ‘Full Control’ Recursively
Take Ownership KB ID 0001200 Problem I had a bunch of old user profile folders I needed to delete today, When setup properly even the domain administrator can’t get in there and delete them; You need permission to perform this action. You don’t currently have persmission to access this folder If it’s just one folder then simply take ownership, grant yourself rights and delete it! But I had a lot of folders so I...
Rename a Domain Controller
Rename a Domain Controller KB ID 0001886 Problem I’ve done a few migrating to {version} domain controller articles, and today I got asked, How can you rename the “Server Name” back to the old one after migration ?e.g. from “Lan-2025” to “Lan-2019” So, as the VMs from the last article were still running on the test bench, I ran though it to demonstrate. Solution: Rename a Domain Controller If you would like to add a new Windows...
Recover Browser Passwords
Recover Browser Passwords KB ID 0001885 Problem I use quite a lot of browsers, I use Microsoft Edge for work, Firefox for personal browsing, Opera when I need VPN protected browsing, and occasionally I also use Safari and Chrome. All modern browsers will store usernames and password for you, but when you get a new device or start using a new browser, you may need to go and recover browser passwords (and possibly usernames) from your...
Migrate to Server 2025 Domain Controller
Server 2025 Domain Controller KB ID 0001884 Problem If you would like to add a new Windows Server 2025 domain controller to an existing domain here is the procedure. Solution: Server 2025 Domain Controller Server 2025 Pre Requisites 2025 Hardware Requirements Processor: 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor (or faster) with support for security features. RAM: Minimum of 512 MB (2 GB for Server with Desktop Experience installation). Disk...
Windows Server 2025 Domain Join
Server 2025 Domain Join KB ID 0001883 Problem To perform a Windows Server 2025 Domain Join (Local Domain). The end process is the same as it’s always been, they’ve just made the job of getting to there a little more convoluted, (this is the same with Windows 11). Solution: Windows Server 2025 Domain Join Before attempting to join the domain, let’s make sure we can ‘resolve’ the domain name, (because most...