OS’s
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Windows Server Technical Preview 2 No GUI
For those of you like me who jumped on the opportunity to snag a copy of the new Server Technical preview which is most likely going to be Windows Server 2016 or similar, there is a noticeable departure from previous…
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Installing and managing Hyper-V in VMware Workstation 11
If you want to use VMware workstation to play around with Hyper-V or create a Hyper-V lab, this is fairly easy to get up and running. Â Let’s take a look at installing and managing Hyper-V in VMware Workstation 11. Creating…
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Blast from Past – Upgrade NT4 domain to Windows 2003
Believe it or not, there ARE still some environments out there running Windows NT domain controllers – Yes the end of life for public support from Microsoft was January 1, 2005, 10 YEARS!!! Â It is hard to believe, but there…
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Add GUI file explorer to Windows PE environment
Recently, in working with a client who was using the Windows PE environment created with Windows 8.1 ADK, we had a server go down that had a corrupt Windows installation. Â It was decided to simply boot the server in a…
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How to fix BGINFO black background issue
BGINFO is a very useful utility in any server environment where you have many server desktops you may remote into at any given time. Â In this age of virtualized environments, oftentimes we may have literally hundreds of server desktops to…
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Deduplication Real World Test
Having been running Windows Server 2012 R2 in many environments for quite some time now, I still as of yet haven’t had a real world test of data deduplication to see how the storage savings would be shown after turning…
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Setup iSCSI Napp-it Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster
In playing around recently in my home VMware lab, I set about created a Windows Server 2012 R2 cluster with iSCSI storage. Â I have used many products over the years as opensource NAS appliances such as OpenFiler and others out…
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Access local drives in an RDP session
I see many admins and developers struggling with the RDP environment trying to copy files to a location where they have access to the files in the RDP session and their host workstation. Â Many even create shares and exceptions in…
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Windows 10 Security concerns already
The story broke before the weekend as reported among others by the Hacker News about Windows 10 Preview having a keylogger to spy on your activities.  It seems that Microsoft may be taking its technical preview to the next level of…
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Installing Windows 10 Enterprise Technical Preview
With Microsoft’s recent announcement of Windows 10 and the availability of the technical preview for download, the buzz is surrounding Microsoft’s latest and great OS coming down the pipeline. Â With a welcomed focus back on the desktop OS and the…
