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).…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
How to get a listing of ActiveSync Devices in Live@Edu
In administering your Live@Edu environment, one of the things that you may want or need to do is list all the users that have paired ActiveSync devices to their Live@Edu…
How to keep Windows from installing updates on shutdown
It is probably one of the most annoying things ever. When you are in a hurry and trying to get your workstation or laptop shutdown quickly, you get the notification…