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Windows 8
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In working with Windows 8.1ย WADK in a client environment recently, the need arose to create a USB key to boot from for PE environment on a workstation. ย 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. ย 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. ย 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 errorย 0x800f0906ย 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. ย 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. ย It made me realize the questions revolving around cloud computing for businesses are still there. ย Many businesses are still…