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Remove BuzzDock Ads

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Server Audit and Documentation     When using Firefox you may see adverts appear at the top of the Google Search results with the title of "Buzzdock ads". These appear after the main Google Search page, typically as you are going to click a search result, grabbing the focus of your click.   The adverts appear as follows       To remove Buzzdock ads, depending on the version of BuzzDock the "tool" appears as a Firefox add-in that you can disable   From the Firefox menu select Add-ons and look for either " Yontoo " or (as per the screenshot) " FB PhotoZoom " and disable this add-on and restart Firefox.     

When adding RDP users to a read only domain controller you receive the error "The request is not supported"

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When you try to modify the users who are allowed to connect to a read only domain controller using RDP you receive the following error The following error occurred while attempting to save properties for group Remote Desktop Users on computer <name>: The request is not supported This is because the user interface is trying to modify the domain group, as the Directory Services on this server is read-only this is not possible. It is however possible to change the users that can RDP onto this server without modifying the Active Directory group Modify the Local Security Policy (this has to be done on domain controllers regardless of them being an RODC to allow non administrators to connect via RDP). Local Policies > User Rights Assignment > Allow Logon through Remote Desktop Services Add the "Remote Desktop Users" group Modify the local "Remote Desktop Users" role on the RODC dsmgmt local roles add <Domain\UserName