Tag Archives: wintel

Error: HostInterfaceNetworking-VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter

By | October 8, 2020

Recently VirtualBox released it’s latest version – 6.1.14 r140239 (Qt5.6.2). In this users are facing network card related issue which restricts their VMs to power on. The similar issue was with earlier versions of VirtualBox too, but in current version, it’s frequent. We are getting following error when we are using “Host-Only” network configuration: Failed… Read More »

Deep dive into NTFS permission

By | September 27, 2020

I am sure you are well aware of ACL (Access Control List). The access on any file or folder is controlled by ACL. Means, if we want that specific user can only access, or having specific level of access on any folder or file, that can be controlled by ACL. The same in Windows Server/Workstation… Read More »

Understanding FSMO Roles – 1: Initial things

By | May 6, 2020

I remember when I started working as Windows Admin several years ago, FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) was a kind of nightmare for me. I Googled hundred times to find out what exactly it is, but found too theoretical/non-practical information. Now when I actually know what exactly it is, I find it very clear and… Read More »

RODC Installation (step by step)

By | March 26, 2020

In last post, we have understood the basic concept of Read Only Domain Controller and why we actually use it. In this post, I will take you to the steps to install and configure RODC. In this article, first few steps will be exact the same which we have already discussed in Active Directory Installation… Read More »

Windows Server 2016 Installation (step by step)

By | March 16, 2020

Windows Server 2016 is major edition from Microsoft on which most of the companies are moving. However the latest edition of OS is Server 2019, but 2016 adoption is still in progress. We have already published the article on Windows Server 2019 installation. Let’s see the installation steps of Windows Server 2016: Once you boot… Read More »

FireEye Mandiant Agent Installation

By | March 12, 2020

FireEye is a Cyber Security firm deal with lot many products, but the most famous product from the company is Mandiant Endpoint Agent. Mandiant was a separate company founded in 2004 which was later acquired by FireEye in 2013. Mandiant helps our organization to be prevented by various security attack. This is now a propitiatory… Read More »

Windows 2008 Server Installation (step by step)

By | March 8, 2020

Yes, I know what many of you are thinking. Why 2008 server? Well there is no straight answer for this. I was setting up 2008 server for my lab testing so thought of sharing with you. Many organization (including mine) are still using 2008 servers, perhaps this article will help them. However, Microsoft has stopped… Read More »