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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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Exchange
Configuring New Address Book Policies Exchange 2010 SP2
One of the exciting new features that become available with the installation of Service Pack 2 for Exchange 2010 is the Address Book Policies. The new policies allow for a much better approach to segmenting address books, address lists, etc.…
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Computers
Installing Exchange 2010 SP2 Step by Step
With the recent release of Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2, we wanted to see how well the upgrade process for SP2 works on an Exchange 2010 SP1 environment. Take a look at the steps and screenshots below of the SP2…
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Networking
Basic Initial Enterasys Switch Configuration
For those of you who may be replacing your old switches with new switches from Enterasys, you may be wondering as to how you go about accomplishing basic switch setup such as setting an IP address, setting the admin password,…
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Windows
How to find your Windows 7 version
In helping many people with problems with their computers at home, one of the first questions that you find yourself having to ask them, is what version of Windows they are running on their computer. Many may be hard pressed…
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Networking
How to add a static route in Windows 7
There are times when you need to add a static route in Windows 7. One example in particular is that you have two network cards that are connecting you to different networks. You may have an internal card that is…
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Windows
DFS Installation on Windows Server 2008 R2
Distributed file system allows for highly available access to files and folders through a type of replication that is Wide Area Network friendly. This feature is ideal for administrators that want to have highly available shared folders accessible through a…
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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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ActiveDirectory
Finding Global Catalog Servers in Domain
Have you ever been in need of identifying all the global catalog servers in a Windows domain? What are the ways we can determine which domain controllers house the global catalog? Most are familiar with the common method of launching…
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Android
Cyanogenmod promises to never include apps like Carrier IQ
Our friends at Cyanogenmod have vowed to never include spyware apps such as Carrier IQ in their distributions of Cyanogenmod. We are huge fans of Cyanogenmod here at Computer-howto and to send kudos to the developers there for providing such…
