Windows
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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…
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Windows
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 from Windows that it is installing “1 of 32” updates…
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Windows
How to automatically change the display resolution for a specific program
Have you ever installed a program that requires a specific resolution that is a different resolution than you normally run? It can be a pain to have to manually change the resolution via the Windows control panel each and every…
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Windows
How to hack a forgotten Windows password step by step
We have all been there before either ourselves or we have had a close friend who knows that we are a IT professional or at least knows that we know our way around a computer nonetheless and calls in a…
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Windows Server 2012
How to Install Windows Server 2012 step by step
Window Server 2012 is Microsoft’s next generation server operating system and it is following closely to Windows 8 Customer Preview release. Microsoft is gearing up to release both of these next generation OS’s that both focus on cloud computing and…
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Windows
How to use Windows Server Backup to backup files
Backing up files using the builtin backup utility in Windows Server 2008 R2 is really a piece of cake. We will take you through the steps in the WBADMIN.MSC interface as to how you would go about backing up file(s)…
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Windows
How to Handle Patch Management on Multiple Computers
In order to avoid security vulnerabilities and maintain a high level of productivity, computers and networks require regular patches to stay ahead of potential problems. Sometimes it can be difficult just to stay up-to-date with a single computer, and the…
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Windows
Print job is stuck on a workstation
Have you ever had a problem printing on a workstation and have the documents stack up in the queues – all documents will delete except one? This is an age old problem, where you get a print job that seems…
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Windows
Create an EXE from Batch File Map Drives
As an system administrator or uber home geek you are probably well versed in the creation of batch files to accomplish certain tasks. However, you may find the need to create a batch file to accomplish a task such as…
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Roaming Profile Error fix
Roaming profiles are the bane of a network administrator’s existence. To say that roaming profiles ever work perfectly is a gross overstatement. However, it makes things worse when apps do really dumb things that create problems with windows. Recently in…
