Windows
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Windows
Why is Hard Drive space steadily decreasing
If you have had an issue with hard drive space steadily decreasing and many of you have, the issue may not be files at all. In fact, in many cases it could be Windows itself! This goes for server environments…
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Computers
How to show information about your computer on your Windows Desktop
There is a really great utility that is devloped by Sysinternals that allows you to present a custom Windows background that can show you all kinds of information about your computer in a customizable format. The utility is called BGinfo. BGInfo…
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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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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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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
Local port printers vs network printers windows 7
Many get confused when it comes to printer setup on Windows 7 machines and which type of printer they need to setup to the workstation or which type of port they should choose, as in many cases, multiple options will…
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Malware
Windows 7 Malware Cleanup with Roaming Profiles
We have covered this situation before with malware and profiles in a different post. However, we thought it good to cover this topic again since in a roaming profile environment, this issue is likely to pop up again and and…
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Windows
How to Tune Performance in IIS 7.5
In running sites via Microsoft’s IIS Server platform, it becomes necessary from time to time to adjust performance settings to compensate for high load or other demands on the server running IIS server. IIS 7 is closely tied in with…