Computers
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SQL Server Firewall and performance tweaks
Everyone, I wanted to pass along a few Windows firewall tweaks that I have found useful with building a SQL server on Windows 2008 server or higher. Â The following simple tweaks can really help with issues you may see involving…
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Samsung Galaxy S4 wifi tethering not working after MF3 update
For those of you who have updated to the MF3 update and then also re-rooted your phone using the new “root only, no recovery” process that has been discovered, you may have noticed as I did that the wifi tether…
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IIS Edit Bindings error 80 is an invalid IP address
Synopsis of issue: You have a website running in Internet Information Services that is already configured with default bindings such as the hostname, etc. Â However, you would like to add another host name to the website to match a CNAME…
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How to show information about your computer on your Windows Desktop
There is a really great utility that is devloped by Sysinternals that allows you to present a custom Windows background that can show you all kinds of information about your computer in a customizable format.  The utility is called BGinfo.  BGInfo…
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Installing Exchange 2013 in Windows Server 2008 R2 step by step
Microsoft messaging administrators everywhere always look forward to the next version of Microsoft Exchange as it usually brings many desired improvements and other benefits to organizations running Microsoft’s messaging platform. Â With the announcement of Exchange 2013, we wondered what improvements…
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Blade Servers Saving Money and Transforming Modern Business Computing
The computer network of any organization could be considered the backbone, whether it be large or small. Having the right equipment along this network could improve the organization’s efficiency in profound ways. Efficiency doesn’t have to mean the actual throughput…
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How to quickly find folder sizes taking up disk space
Have you had a disk space issue in the past with your workstation or server and wonder which folders or files are taking up all that disk space? Â Let’s say you have hundreds or even thousands of folders and you…
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Looking for a great LED HD Monitor – LG Flatron E2411PU
If you are looking for a really great LED full HD monitor, then the LG Flatron E2411 is a great choice! Â The other day, we picked up a couple of these monitors from Newegg, and have been very impressed with…
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Installing Exchange 2010 SP2 Step by Step
With the recent release of Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2, we wanted to see how well the upgrade process for SP2 works on an Exchange 2010 SP1 environment. Take a look at the steps and screenshots below of the SP2…
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Moving User Profiles to a new server
If you administer an environment that utilizes server stored profiles or roaming profiles, you probably already know what a nightmare these can be to manage. Many have run into problems also in trying to relocate roaming profiles to a different…
