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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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Redirect www to naked domain using CloudFlare

I would like all my requests to www.example.com to be redirect to example.com, in order to ease anaylitics and for marketing reasons. I could not find out how to this this with CloudFlare (I was used to doing that in Namecheap's Redirect records)
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Removing a computer from the domain

I'm a small business owner, I did have a server in my office but recently de-commissioned it and paid an IT company to come and do whatever was needed to remove the computers from its control. They have now done this, but it appears the domain is…
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Windows File Sharing not working

We have a workstation on our domain that we need to share a printer from, and it's not working. I also set up a shared folder to help with testing. Details: We are on a domain. All operations performed by a domain admin account. Group Policy has…
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Subdomains vs multiple domain names

I have the domain name for www.foo.co.uk. I am looking to use it as a landing page that will allow people to go to 1 of 2 sections of my site (both having separate blogs). So I have the idea I could direct to either foo.co.uk/yyy/blog or…
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What can I do to fix missing start menu/desktop icons for a domain user?

I'm having a problem with one user account in my domain. The domain controller is Server 2008 R2, with Win7 clients. The user's password expired, so she went through the process of changing it. We have group policy set up to require a complex…
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Windows workstations in a Windows domain with a Linux domain controller

There's a Windows network of about 60 workstations I am going to be responsible for. The network is in a terrible mess, so I decided to rebuild it from the ground up. Currently, there are some Windows Server installations running, one of which takes…
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Creating a cookie-free domain to serve static content

I am trying to create a "example.com" domain to serve static content to my original domain. How would I make the "example.com" domain to so its cookie-free when loading content? I am thinking that this should be done using a htaccess file but not…
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Can I run two server applications on port 80?

I am currently running nginx on port 80, with the configured server names as example.com and www.example.com. I also have a Flask application that I would like to have accessible through port 80, but using the hostname app.example.com. Since nginx…
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Does SSL also encrypt the DNS address?

If I make an HTTP request to: https://hello.domain.com will the connection also encrypt the domain address (hello.domain.com) ? So that sniffing the traffic still makes it impossible to guess what the requested DNS address is. Note: I'm talking…
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Getting "The target account name is incorrect" when accessing a share on the desktop

I have a small network at home consisting of a Primary Domain Controller running Win 2008 R2, a desktop running Win 7 (x64), and a laptop running Win 7 (32-bit). I'm not sure when this started or what changed, but from the laptop I can no longer…
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VPN Encryption Domain

I'm trying to connect to a counterparty using VPN IPsec. I have a standard cable broadband connection with a single static IP address. The counterparty have asked me for my "Public IP Address Assigned to VPN Device" and also my "Encryption…
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Changing netmask from /24 to /16 on a Windows 2003 domain

I have a Windows 2003 domain using 192.168.0.0/24 with all static addresses (no dhcp). I want to move to 192.168.0.0/16 because we need more addresses. I understand that we need to change netmask from all computer from 255.255.255.0 to…
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How are name server requests ordered?

Say I have a domain name registered with a website. On their site it says the following: Domain Name Servers listed in order: ns9.zoneedit.com ns18.zoneedit.com ns3.freedns.ws Are name servers read in a particular order? Or does it use the…
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Remote Desktop on the same network

I have a main server set up and staff that use laptops to come into the office and work. We have currently moved everything over onto a server setup in the office that the staff can all remote desktop onto and work on their work. The problem I am…
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Verifying if a DC is a RODC

I'm in a situation where I'm trying to help out a friend who has little knowledge of his system. He is trying to install a program onto his domain controller and it gives an error stating that it cannot be installed on a RODC. This is the only DC…
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