Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of FAQ_nuggets

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May 18, 2011, 2:41:50 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

Fred T. Hamster

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 == Stop the Beeps ==
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 Some Windows operating systems still insist on using the speaker in the case to make horrid sounding beeps.
 
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 [http://www.itworld.com/nl/win_admin_tips/02012002 Stop the Beeps]
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+== How to Keep VMWare Virtual Machines in a Windows Domain ==
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+VMWare machines will often lose their membership in a Windows Domain (not to be confused with an Internet Domain) for a complex variety of reasons.
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+There seems to be no outright cure except for carefully and regularly snapshotting the machine, and never reverting to a very old snapshot.  Sometimes this really isn't possible.
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+One partial remedy is to disable the password change activity in Windows to reduce the chances of your VM being dropped from the domain.  This is done by adding a value in the registry key:
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+  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters
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+called DisablePasswordChange, which should be of type REG_DWORD and have a value of 1.
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+This can be done from the Windows command line with this command:
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+   reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters /v DisablePasswordChange /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
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