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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…
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Computers
Installing Exchange 2013 in Windows Server 2008 R2 step by step
Microsoft messaging administrators everywhere always look forward to the next version of Microsoft Exchange as it usually brings many desired improvements and other benefits to organizations running Microsoft’s messaging platform. With the announcement of Exchange 2013, we wondered what improvements…
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Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 still missing the shared folder icon
One of the misnomers of Windows Server 2008 R2 that gave admins fits is the lack of any type of shared folder designation. If you have a folder with several hundred subfolders in which some are shared and others are not,…
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Windows
Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit replaces WAIK
For those administrators out there who have been using the Microsoft Automated Installation Kit, there are changes coming down the pipeline with the introduction of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 having to do with the automated installation kit. There…
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Servers
Blade Servers Saving Money and Transforming Modern Business Computing
The computer network of any organization could be considered the backbone, whether it be large or small. Having the right equipment along this network could improve the organization’s efficiency in profound ways. Efficiency doesn’t have to mean the actual throughput…
