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Windows
Windows ADK DISM commands to capture and apply images
With the introduction of the new Accessment and Deployment Kit for Windows 8 which is the new iteration of what we have known as the WAIK for automating installs, Microsoft has deprecated the imagex command to manage, capture, and apply…
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ActiveDirectory
How to manage fine grained password policy with powergui
We here at Computer-howto.com are big fans of the free utility Powergui. Powergui offers a wide range of free powerpacks which offer tremendous control for admins over their environments. One of the huge strengths that Powergui provides is the obvious…
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Windows
Mass Add a user to a local group with a batch file
If you need to add a user from the domain let’s say to the local administrators group on a Windows 7 workstation, you would simply launch “lusrmgr.msc” and add the user to the group. However, if you have to mass…
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Windows
How to backup and restore MySQL DB using MySQL Workbench
For those database administrators out there who mainly deal with Microsoft SQL Server environments, you may wonder what tool you use to interact with MySQL and perform the necessary functions that most admins are used to performing with Microsoft SQL…
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Windows
How to map a network drive using the IPV6 address in Windows
So in case you were wondering why we haven’t rapidly adopted IP version 6, then you may not have tried to map a network drive to an IPV6 address as of yet. All jokes aside, there are many complexities of…
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IT Thoughts
How Information Technology Workers Will Actually Become The Most Appreciated Employees in 10 Years
Let’s face it; Information Technology is not always the most fun department to work in. For starters, people rarely come to see you to you if you want coffee or to say thank you. More often than not, a disgruntled…
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Windows
How to add an ODBC entry Windows 7
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) is the mediator between a workstation and server that allows the establishing and “talking” to a database. ODBC configuration utility in Windows 7 allows one to easily create a connection with a database server, test the…
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Windows
Quick Steps to install SQL 2008 R2 Client Tools in Windows 7
Most SQL admins or users who need to be able to see DBs on a SQL box or need to run SQL queries from their desktop, will most likely want to have the SQL management tools installed on their workstations.…
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Windows Server 2012
How to configure and setup Windows 2012 VPN
Windows 2012 continues the iteration of Windows VPN that continues to provided remote access capabilities for network connectivity from the outside. There have definitely been improvements with Windows 2012 VPN especially in the Direct Access functionality. We want to show…
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Exchange
Microsoft Exchange You do not have permission to send to this recipient
This is one of those nagging undeliverable messages that can cause much heartburn for a messaging administrator as the problem can be several different things. However, we want to highlight a seemingly non intuitive reason for this error be received…
