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How to Disable ‘Recommended’ Section from Start Menu on Windows 11

On Windows 11, it’s not possible to completely remove the “Recommended” section from the Start menu, but you can disable the feature to prevent items from appearing in that section, and in this guide, I will show you the steps to complete this configuration. The “Recommended” section is part of the Start menu (below is the Read More

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How to fix Outlook “You do not have the permission to send the message on behalf of the specified user”

Consider the following scenario: And if you are running Outlook in Online mode, you receive the following error message: You do not have the permission to send the message on behalf of the specified users. In this configuration, Exchange Server requires Send As permissions to send the email message. If you don’t have Send As Read More

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Understand DMARC DNS Record

DMARC, which stands for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance, is a DNS TXT record that can be published for a domain to control what happens if a message fails authentication (i.e., the recipient server can’t verify that the message’s sender is who they say they are). A published DMARC record basically serves two purposes: Read More

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How to Setup DNS Conditional Forwarder for Subdomains on Windows 2019 Server

Around a week ago I redid my lab network and added 2 new domain controllers. I used one of my website domains as the lab domain to mimic how a corporation could be setup. So the domain for my network was “voltdrift” and the website domain is externally hosted with the domain of “www.voltdrift.com“ The Problem: Read More