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A collection of computers or other networked resources.

A collection of computers or other networked resources within an organisation. A domain is identified by a domain name. Domains can be divided into hierarchical sub-domains.

A Microsoft domain is such a collection, often managed by the Active Directory product. The centralized authority for a Microsoft domain is one or more Domain Controllers. These Domain Controllers are responsible for authentication and other security services within the domain.

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Why do we still use "www" in URLs?

Possible Duplicate: What’s the point in having “www” in a URL? Why do we prepend our URLs with "www", isn't http:// enough? Its clearly not necessarily because it is omissible. However there is a particular circumstance where the use of "www"…
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Would IT ever need a user's domain password?

Is there anything a Windows domain administrator might need to do while configuring a workstation for a new user that absolutely can't be done without the user's domain account password? To avoid asking users for their passwords the admin could,…
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Can I setup an MX record for a particular user email address?

I would like to configure 2 MX records : - One MX record that identifies an email server to the domain @mycompany.com that will handle all of the emails except one email - Another MX Record that will redirect to another email server if the address…
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Another domain name pointing to my server IP?

I was checking out my reverse-DNS entry of my domain the other day which is run from a dedicated server. I noticed that another person/company had their domain pointing to my server? I have no idea who this company is or why they are pointing their…
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How to disable Tcp/Ip settings in windows 7 via GPO?

I have enabled following policies, "Prohibit TCP/IP advanced connection" "Prohibit access to properties of components of a LAN connection" "Enable Windows 2000 Network Connections setings for Administrators" after doing all these, all machines…
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Is it possible for a child domain and a OU in the parent domain to share the same name?

I'm adding this Q/A because I just stumbled upon this limitation today, and I was not able to find any documentation about it; there is an old KB article about this issue, but it's currently not indexed by Google (probably because it was…
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What does MX in SPF mean?

I'm setting up an email server, and I'm a bit confused by SPF. Following some examples, I set my SPF record as follows... v=spf1 mx ip4:1.2.3.4 mx:mail.mydomain.com ptr:1.2.3.4 -all I follow what most of that means, but why is MX in there twice? I…
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New-PSSession across domain boundaries

I am trying to bring up a virtual machine that needs to be able to create new sessions (with New-PSSession). The highly engaging about_Remote_Troubleshooting is my constant companion, of course! After bringing up a basic machine (Win 8.1…
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How do Windows domain clients behave if the domain controller is offline?

If I have Windows PCs that are joined to a domain and the domain controller goes offline, what kind of behavior can I expect on the clients (assuming there is no second DC?) Will users be able log on? Or perhaps a better question, how does login…
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Is it possible to change the postfix message-id?

Is it possible to change the message-id in postfix? If I send Mails over an Java-Application I get the following message-id: message-id=<143303043.111334605578921.JavaMail.applicationanme@hostname> So I want that the message-id looks like this:…
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domain redirection with virtualhost

I have setup a domain, I and I would like to point that domain onto a different webserver. lets say: domain 1: www.test.com on server 1 domain 2: www.test1.com on server 2 I would like to forward www.test1.com to www.test.com, and I have tried to do…
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How many domains on a single Apache server?

I'm hosting about 300 domains for my clients on a single Apache server. They all don't have much traffic, so the server load is not a problem. Theoretically there should be no limit how many of such low traffic domains I can have on the server, but…
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Set Windows 7 Default Login to a Non Domain Account

We have 12 Laptop Pc's that we have upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7. The laptops are used by staff on away days. They log on to a local account on the machine - say User1 with no password. On the Windows XP Login screen there was a drop down…
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How to find the computer name a user logged on to

Is there a tool or script or some other way of knowing what computer name a specific user is currently logged on to? Or even was logged on to? Say the user "HRDrone" is working on his machine whose hostname is "HRStation01". I, sitting at my…
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Any gotchas for using multiple SMTP servers for a single domain?

We want to run the majority of our mail (inbound and outbound) through a third-party service provider. We also want to keep an SMTP server running onsite that will be used with existing automated senders tied to internal projects. A colleague…
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