How to Disable Face Recognition or Fingerprint Login on Windows 10

There are several ways of disabling the face recognition and fingerprint login on Windows 10. The most common ones are by configuring it in the Windows Settings or through device manager. However, there are also other methods, like Group Policy Editor and Registry Editor. These methods will completely disable the features from even Windows Settings. IF you are login with that user on which the…

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How to add DNS Reverse Lookup Zone in Windows Server 2016/2019

Reverse DNS zones perform the opposite task as Forward Lookup Zones. They return the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a given IP address. For example, a client device could send the IP address of 192.168.1.100 to a DNS Server. If the server hosted a reverse zone that included that IP address, it would return the FQDN for that address, such as mail.mushaaf.com. Open “Server…

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How To add DNS Forward Lookup Zone in Windows Server 2016/2019

Forward Lookup Zones allow the DNS Server to resolve queries where the client sends a name to the DNS Server to request the IP address of the requested host. This zone should be configured properly as a pre-requisite of installing Active Directory Domain. Open “Server Manager Dashboard” Click on tools then select DNS to continue. Click on “Server” and expend Click on “forward lookup zones”…

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How to Install and Setup DNS services in Windows Server 2016/2019

Domain Name System (DNS) is one the key role in Windows Domain that provides computer name-to-IP address mapping name resolution services to computers and users. This Role is installed with Active Directory, however as a best practice, you can install and setup DNS role before your active directory as well. Open “Server Manager”, Click “Add roles and feature” Click on Next to continue Select “DNS…

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How to Fix The L2TP Connection Attempt Failed Because the Security Layer Encountered a Processing Error

An L2TP connection uses the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol and is used mostly for supporting VPNs. A Virtual Private Network(VPN) is used to mask the origin of connection by reflecting the connection over a server located in a different area than the origin of the connection. This can help many people to hide their locations from certain websites in order to bypass some security restrictions….

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Install WordPress in WHM/cPanel Hosting

WordPress is a content management system (CMS) that allows you to host and build websites. WordPress contains plugin architecture and a template system, so you can customize any website to fit your business, blog, portfolio, or online store. Login with your WHM/cPanel and look for WordPress Manager Click Create Site. Click Advance and specify options. Specify additional options. Access your WordPress Admin page  https://domain.com/wp-admin

Setup Hosting in WHM/cPanel

cPanel’s WebHost Manager (WHM) is a web application that provides administrative control of your Virtual Private Server (VPS) or Dedicated server. You use WHM with cPanel to create individual accounts, add domains, manage hosting features, and perform basic maintenance. Below are the steps to create hosting for new domain. Login to WHM and find “Create new Account” Login to WHM and find “Create new Account” Fill Domain…

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Domain Resolution Issue in the Network due to IPv6 assignment

Found one interesting issue that user is not getting map drives. Started remote session with user and noticed that client PC is unable to resolve Active Directory Domain. Also noticed that IPv6 is assigned as Default Gateway. AD Domain is resolving to some IPv6 IP Address. Here is the complete IP configuration from client PC. Further investigation turned out that ISP modem was upgraded yesterday…

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Best Practice Analyzer Root Hint Server Warnings

PBA is a great tool in Windows Servers to diagnose issues and provide recommendations. This tool is pre-installed and can be accessed using Server Manager. Recently, have been into the scenario that BPA alert about DNS Root hints are not responding as:- DNS: Root hint server 2001:7fd::1 must respond to NS queries for the root zone. DNS: Root hint server 2001:500:1::803f:235 must respond to NS…

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How to create Virtual Machine in VMware ESXI 6.5

Step 1: Create Virtual Machine Login to ESXI and navigate to the left pane. Look for the navigator panel Click on virtual machines Click on Create/Register VM button Select the Create a new virtual machine option and click Next. Enter the name of your Virtual Machine win10 test-VM Select the compatibility ESXI 6.5 Virtual Machine Select the guest OS family Windows platform Select the OS…

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