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Windows Rebootless Hotpatching coming to on-premises environments
It has often felt like the bane of an IT administrator’s existence – Windows Updates. Patching Windows servers is especially challenging in many ways and can lead to long hours of patching and maintenance periods due to the downtime that…
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Azure Stack HCI 21H2 Released Download New Features
Recently, at Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft announced Azure Stack HCI 21H2 Released Download New Features and detailed some really nice enhancements. Let’s detail these. What is Azure Stack HCI? In case you haven’t heard of Azure Stack HCI, it is the…
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Create Windows 11 ISO with No TPM Check
The last few days have been spent with a lot of Windows 11 time. Many have had issues with the TPM check since the release of Windows 11 GA. The Preview Builds did not check for a proper TPM. However,…
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Install Windows 11 without TPM Registry Hack
With the release of Windows 11 to the masses as the GA release has landed, many are attempting to perform upgrades and clean installs of Windows 11 GA. However, if you are like me, you ran into issues with the…
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This PC can’t run Windows 11 in VMware Workstation
Well, are you all excited to run Windows 11 now that it is released a day early? Your excitement may be quickly stifled by an error message that you may receive – This PC can’t run Windows 11. After I…
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Deploy Windows 11 with MDT Download
In the lab environment, I have been playing around with Windows 11 deployments and have started updating a few methods I use in the lab to deploy images of Windows 11. These tools include Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). As a…
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Is Hyper-V Server 2022 Released for Download?
If you are like me, after the official release of Windows Server 2022, you may have been wondering about the story on Hyper-V Server 2022. Where is it? Why haven’t we really heard anything about it? Is Hyper-V Server 2022…
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Windows Deployment Services PXE Boot Configuration
Most organizations have the need to have an automated way to deploy Windows images to clients. Instead of walking around with a USB key that clients must be booted from, using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) is a great way to…
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Windows 10 Network Adapter Order Configuration
You may be in a position where you have multiple network adapters assigned to your Windows 10 workstation. You may need to connect to multiple physical network segments via Layer 2 instead of having your traffic routed. Things get tricky…
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VLAN Tagging Software for Windows 10 without Proset drivers
If you are like me, you may interact with multiple network segments and VLANS configured for different purposes. However, what if you have a workstation that is not configured with an Intel ProSet card with enterprise software that allows tagging…
