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Windows
How to add a file copy progress indicator to scripts
One of the frustrating things with scripting and copying files is knowing where in the file copy your copy actually is. Especially if you are copying a very large file that is several gigs, you can definitely benefit from knowing…
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Windows
How to Delete everything in a directory suppressing errors
Recently in working with a client who was trying to delete old profiles from a directory, they were running into problems with certain folders in the directory. After it taking forever to even start the delete process in Windows, when…
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Mobile
How to manage your VMware environment from your iPad
Most admins are on the go from the time they get in the office until the time they leave (if they get to leave at the end of the day). Mobile devices have made the system administrator’s life much better…
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Exchange
Renaming a Hosted Exchange User Account FIM 2010
If you manage a hosted exchange environment and are syncing that environment with your on premises FIM 2010 server, there may come a time when you need to rename a user account. If you manage an AD environment of any…
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Exchange
Troubleshooting Exchange Activesync Connection on a Smartphone
Activesync is a great way to sync most smartphones these days with your Exchange environment, however, this can be a double edged sword as connection problems with Exchange Activesync can be VERY frustrating, especially if you don’t know where to…
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Windows
How to Tune Performance in IIS 7.5
In running sites via Microsoft’s IIS Server platform, it becomes necessary from time to time to adjust performance settings to compensate for high load or other demands on the server running IIS server. IIS 7 is closely tied in with…
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Linux
How to Install Pinguy OS 12.04 Step by Step
Pinguy OS is a great Linux distribution that is based on the very popular Ubuntu distro that basically contains anything and everything a user would want in the OS for day to day use or even geeking out with Linux.…
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Windows
How to Add Drivers to .Wim Images
If you have created .wim images for deployment in your enterprise environment either by USB key, DVD, local hard drive, or WDS, you know there are times when you need to add a driver to the image to accomodate a…
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Troubleshooting
How to see only unread messages Outlook 2010
Have you ever opened your Outlook and see that you have 16 unread messages or some number of unread messages and you can’t find the messages that Outlook sees as being unread? Maybe you get hundreds of messages in your inbox everyday and…
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Windows
How to keep roaming profiles from being cached
We have covering roaming profiles in a few other posts and as most admins already know, roaming profiles can be a literal nightmare to manage or troubleshoot. The whole purpose behind roaming profiles is to have a method for your…
