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NoScript Provides Enhanced Security Features For Firefox [Add-on]

Want a more secure browsing experience for Firefox? NoScript, a Firefox add-on, gives you extra protection by allowing you to execute JavaScript only for trusted domains of your choice. You can simply add websites to whitelists, and prevent exploitation of security vulnerabilities. Furthermore, the add-on allows you to easily enable or disable JavaScript by right clicking and accessing [...] (more…)

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BlueLife Hosts Editor: Get IP Addresses Of Domains & Block Or Activate Them

Windows hosts file managers are developed to create, edit & manage hosts file and also to switch between multiple hosts files without requiring you to manually overwrite existing hosts file. You may, for instance, want to use different hosts file for home and office network in order to block certain web portals and map frequently [...] (more…)

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HostsEditor: Quickly Toggle Mapped Domains On/Off In Windows Hosts

Windows Hosts file is used to map domain names with their IP addresses to instantly access the most frequently visited websites, network locations and also to block potentially harmful remote locations. Hosts file works just like your ISP provided DNS server. The only difference is that Hosts file lets you create list of domain names [...] (more…)

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History Plus: View Chrome History By Date, Domain And Time Slot

Despite being a Chrome fan, there isn’t any denying that the Firefox History Manager is better. While both browsers save the same information as you browse web pages, Firefox actually lets users browse their history using different aspects of that saved information; you can filter history by date or by domain but Chrome just won’t [...] (more…)

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RunAsTestUser Launches Programs & Websites As Different Windows User

Sometimes when Domain permissions are allocated to a specific user, it is necessary for an administrator to check if the user is able to access the unrestricted website or application and vice versa. For example, lets say a Domain user is not suppose to access Google but is suppose to access Wikipedia according to the [...] (more…)

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CodeTwo Active Directory Photos Adds Photos To Active Directory Users

Over a period of time even small businesses can end up having a number of Active Directory  users. For this reason, extra information such as telephone number, addresses, etc can be added to AD users for easy identification and to create a catalogue of employees with detailed credentials. Additionally, you can also use Import-RecipientDataProperty cmdlet [...] (more…)

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SysAdmin Anywhere Helps Manage Server 2008/2003 Domains With Metro UI

When managing Active Directory and Domains in a forest, one can find it hard to keep track of the numerous devices and network resources. SysAdmin Anywhere is an administration application for Active Directory-based networks, which provides domain, server, client computer, users and group management options. The program lets you create an inventory of all software [...] (more…)

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Check Domain Name Availability On Android With Domain Whois

Looking for a quick way to check the availability of a domain right from your Android device? May be Domain Whois can help. With Domain Whois, you can easily check out whether your preferred web domain is available for sale or not. This Android app supports almost all the popular Top Level Domains (TLDs) known to-date and [...] (more…)

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Identify Unused Active Directory User Accounts With AD Tidy

Active Directory (AD) over a period of time can end up having many unused user and computer accounts. This creates unnecessary clutter in the existing OUs (Organizational Unit) and AD itself. These vacant accounts can also become a security loop hole if they are not kept disabled, as a redundant account (such as an old [...] (more…)

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Verify Domain Users With User Authentication Against Active Directory

Verification of Active Directory users in a Domain environment can sometimes be a tricky task. This is particularly the case when a system displays an error while logging in the Domain user. This can happen due to a number of reasons which can be separate from the Active Directory and actually tied to the system [...] (more…)

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Test DNS Server Performance In Chart And Stats With DNS Performance Test

In one of our previous post we explained the functions of the Nslookup Comand Line, which is used for querying the Domain Name System (DNS). DNS Performance Test is an easy to use tool that tests the performance of your DNS server and displays the real-time result in chart across Windows, Mac and Linux based [...] (more…)

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How To Use Remote Desktop In Windows Server 2008 For Remote Management

As a system administrator I have seen the time when despite the availability of 3-5 system admins at the same time, the management of end user issues can still become difficult to entertain. This is particularly true in the case of managing hundreds of users. In my previous job, me and my fellow admins used [...] (more…)

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How To Create Additional Domain Controller (ADC) In Windows Server 2008

Having a single Domain Controller can be quite risky because in case of any kind of hardware or some other technical failure, the entire network can be destroyed. Recently, we wrote a guide on How to create a Domain in Windows Server 2008, in this post we will tell you how to create a backup [...] (more…)

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How To Create A Domain In Windows Server 2008 And Things To Consider

Gone are the days when separate user names had to be configured and used for logging into numerous servers for working on a network. For example, back in the early days a user might have to login to a mail server with a separate user name and password as compared to a data a UNIX [...] (more…)

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TCPView Lists TCP and UDP Endpoints [Windows]

TCPView is a powerful utility that displays an extensive list of TCP and UDP endpoints on your system. It shows all the relevant information in multiple informatory columns ranging from Process, PID, Protocol, Local and Remote Address, to, Sent Packets, Received Packets, etc. Importantly, it lets you view the all the information in real-time to [...] (more…)