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Integrating MDT 2012 with Microsoft DaRT
I have found two ways of integrating MDT and DaRT. Option 1: The first is deploying DaRT to the OS as replacement for the built in Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). Option 2: The second is to...
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Setting Internet Explorer Homepage
Set the homepage in two places within the GPO to ensure Windows 7 actually applies the setting: User Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Internet Explorer Maintenance\URLs\Important URLs User...
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Go Team GB!
Really proud to be British. We’ve staged a great games and our athletes have done a brilliant job. Well done all involved.
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Google Maps crashes when using IE8
Select the “Use software rendering instead of CPU rendering” in Internet Options, Advanced
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Exchange 2010 unattended install fails
Unattended install of Exchange 2010 fails with <role> isn’t a valid command line option. This happens when you have multiple roles, you must enclose them within quotes. /roles:MB,CA,HT,MT will...
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WSUS install problem – no network connection
Server 2008 R2 install of WSUS fails with Windows server update services – Installation failed. The update cannot be found. There may be a network connection issue Error: Group Policy pointing...
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2008 R2 Domain Controllers have “unidentified network”
I have found two workarounds for this issue. 1. From Microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2001093 – they do not support this in a production environment!...
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Replacing McAfee ePO server certificates
After web searching and trial and error I have found the way to replace the default web certificate on ePO 4.5 using a Microsoft CA. The process is pretty straightforward as long as each step is taken...
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Configuring vSphere 5.0 Update Manager Download Service
The UMDS (Update Manager Download Service) is different from the VMware Update Manager and is used to download patches for non-internet connected vmware environments (similar to an offline WSUS). The...
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switches /DetectNow /ReportNow /RunHandlerComServer /RunStoreAsComServer /ShowSettingsDialog /ResetAuthorization /ResetEulas /ShowWU /ShowWindowsUpdate /SelfUpdateManaged /SelfUpdateUnmanaged...
View ArticleI’m Back!
Its been an awful long time since I have updated this blog so apologies first of all. Whilst I was working for Steria I was involved in multiple classified systems so posting technical information...
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LAPS – Local Admin Password Solution
As part of my role I took over a reasonable sized Windows Server infrastructure. Many servers have now been replaced but some of the originals remain. I am currently running security tasks across all...
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Often I find the need to clone a DC to carry out some testing (lovely and simple in a virtualised environment). With Server 2008 R2 and earlier this wasn’t much fun with DNS and Time changes causing...
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Remove unused NICs from BGInfo
Like many organisations we use BGInfo on all Windows systems to provide a simple way to view the machine name, IP address etc. One thing we have noticed is on laptops which have standard wireless,...
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SQL 2014 Unattended Install
**Note – I’m not a SQL guy, I just have to do the basics. Any post install configuration is specific to the environment and requirements of the system and organisation** SQL 2014 unattended install is...
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