Windows DNS not updating

Recently came across an issue where DNS was not updating on a windows client in a domain. The event logs only logged a standard error After going around Google and trying things with no solutions. I finally decided to investigate things with a WireShark and thats when I found my issue. Typically DNS is using …

Mysterious Account Lockouts

TLDR: Use PsExec and run “cmdkey /list” on affected systems. Occurs from a combination of saved credentials, DFS/domain accessing when installing software. This was a case of a very odd account lockout that lead me to a cause I’ve never seen from Windows. Normally account lockouts are fairly simple to resolve, usually it is a …