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Windows 8
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In working with Windows 8.1 WADK in a client environment recently, the need arose to create a USB key to boot from for PE environment on a workstation. There is a new command in the WADK Deployment and Imaging Tools environment…
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SQL
SQL Windows Authentication can’t login to SSMS locally
Recently, a client was experiencing a really weird issue where they could connect to a recently built SQL server using SQL Server Management Studio loaded on remote workstations, however, they could not login to the console of the server or…
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Servers
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. The following simple tweaks can really help with issues you may see involving…
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Software
How to troubleshoot Dell Open Manage Essentials connecting to your servers
So recently, I decided to setup a Dell Open Manage Essentials server in an environment running many Dell devices. Most of the servers in the environment were already installed with the Open Manage Server Administrator (OMSA) software, so this made…
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Windows 8
Install .Net Framework in Windows 8 or 8.1 offline without Internet
You may have encountered an issue with installing .NET framework feature in Windows 8 or 8.1 where the installer simply fails with the error 0x800f0906 which alludes to a problem with an Internet connection however it could be WSUS related as well…
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Linux
Install all updates besides select few Ubuntu Server
Recently, in working on updating an Ubuntu server for a client that was running a customized version of Nginx compiled with Google Pagespeed and other mods, we wanted to install all the updates besides any that touched Nginx as we…
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Mobile
Can’t copy and paste files from Samsung Galaxy S4 to computer
I ran across a pesky issue with my Samsung Galaxy S4 the other day where I wanted to copy a few pictures and a video from my phone’s internal memory over to my computer. For the most part in times…
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Cloud
Has cloud computing matured?
I was asked the question just the other day about cloud computing and what my thoughts were on the whole concept. It made me realize the questions revolving around cloud computing for businesses are still there. Many businesses are still…