Oct 13, 2009 · I'm looking for a command line tool which gets an IP address and returns the host name, for Windows.

A Service Principal Name is a concept from Kerberos. It's an identifier for a particular service offered by a particular host within an authentication domain. The common form for SPNs is …

The slashed format (DOMAIN\username) is actually the NetBIOS equivalent of the domain's DNS name (domain.mycompany.local). The NetBIOS name is limited to 15 characters and cannot …

This is a Canonical Question about Active Directory domain naming. After experimenting with Windows domains and domain controllers in a virtual environment, I've realized that having an …

I'm trying to write a GPO WMI query that will include computers with certain names and yet exclude some machines that fall within those parameters. This is what I have (and doesn't …

Feb 9, 2011 · And now that file name is only ~235 characters or so, so you will not encounter the "Filename is too long" problems any more. In the Windows API, there is an infamous constant …

Oct 25, 2009 · How can I find out the name/IP address of the AD domain controller on my network?

Jun 1, 2009 · I have scheduled backup script that makes the database dump. How can I add the date timestamp to the file name? I am talking about Windows and CMD.

Feb 9, 2022 · This occurs if I'm testing with the FQDN, server name or IP. The server responds to pings, and I'm able to open an SMB share on the client computer from the server. Eventviewer …

If not, you could simply adopt a policy of stripping out the unusual characters and using what's left as the user name. Also, you could use the "real name" section of the GECOS field in the …