User Access Control introduced in Windows Vista is enabled by default in Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server. UAC provides us a layer of security to prevent unauthorized changes from being made to the workstations/servers. Whenever a user or an application attempts to perform an operation that involves changing system configuration which will affect the operating system and/or other users, UAC will prompt... 

IPv6 is the next generation Internet Protocol which will eventually replace IPv4. Microsoft has implemented IPv6 in Windows many years ago and it is enabled by default in Windows 7 and Windows 2008. Not many organizations have implemented IPv6 networks and thus have no use of running their workstations and servers with an IPv6 interface enabled. There are three ways to disable IPv6 in Windows 7 and... 

To quickly disable Windows Firewall for all profiles on a Windows 7 Workstation or a Windows 2008 Server. Launch command prompt with ‘Run as Administrator’. Enter the command as below: ‘netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off’ and hit enter. Windows Firewall should now be disabled for all profiles.  Read More →

Normally, the Name Servers for a particular DNS zone could be retrieved from the DNS Management console that comes as a part of Administrative tools in Windows servers. But, there are times when an administrator sitting at a desktop would want to quickly identify what other Name Servers are available for that particular zone. Unfortunately, we cannot have Administrative Tools installed on all the desktops...