Microsoft’s Encrypting File System, which is used to encrypt data on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 computers, relies on a public key certificate. If you don’t have a public-key infrastructure, EFS ...

Microsoft is investigating LSASS memory leaks (caused by Windows Server updates released during the November Patch Tuesday) that might lead to freezes and restarts on some domain controllers. LSASS ...

Tony Northrup is a developer, security consultant and author with more than 10 years of professional experience developing applications for Microsoft Windows. Windows Server 2008 includes a handful of ...

Microsoft has acknowledged further problems that admins and users may encounter after installing the latest security updates. Both server and desktop operating systems are affected. In the Windows ...

I'm playing around with Windows Server and Active directory, with the goal of using Kerberos instead of NTLM for my SMB shares without joining my workstations to the domain. I set up a primary domain ...

Microsoft says Windows domain join processes may fail with "0xaac (2732)" errors after applying this month's security updates. The issue stems from hardening changes introduced when addressing the CVE ...

This Windows Server 2008 system is also the domain controller, DNS, and DHCP server for my local network (Small Business Server 2008). When I visit acmewidgets.com from inside my network, it goes out ...

Changing a domain name in Windows is a straightforward task in most cases. However, there are times when you are trying to join a new network or set up Active Directory, and you might be unable to ...