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Run As a administrator script

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015admin

Most domain admins these days are following the very smart practice of using a normal user account for their day to day work and another for their domain admin tasks.…Continue readingRun As a administrator script

SBS WSUS Memory usage very high

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015admin

I have run into several SB installs with very high memory utilization issues lately. I started poking around and noticed it was MS SQL chewing up all the memory. I…Continue readingSBS WSUS Memory usage very high

How To Disable SSL 2.0 (SSLV2) Enable SSL 3.0 Server 2008 /SBS 2008/SBS2011

December 5, 2014December 5, 2014admin

As most everyone has heard SSL 2.0 has been compromised. Most PCI certification authorities are requiring SSL 2.0 to be disabled. I am sure with poodle SSL 3.0 is not…Continue readingHow To Disable SSL 2.0 (SSLV2) Enable SSL 3.0 Server 2008 /SBS 2008/SBS2011

Find windows XP machines in Active Directory and Export

October 22, 2014October 22, 2014admin

Many windows admins these days are very busy upgrading/replacing windows XP. I am not going to go into how very important to remove windows XP machines from our environments since…Continue readingFind windows XP machines in Active Directory and Export

Windows 8.1 or server 2012 bootable USB drive

May 12, 2014admin

Hi Windows Lovers!? (Looking to install Windows Server? The same steps apply, but for a server specific guide, go here Create a bootable Windows Server 2012 R2 installation USB flash drive)…Continue readingWindows 8.1 or server 2012 bootable USB drive

Iashlpr initialization failed server 2008/2012

March 26, 2014admin

You get “Iashlpr initialization failed” error after installing DHCP on Windows 2008R2 After installing DHCP server on windows 2008 R2, you notice that your system event log will be filled…Continue readingIashlpr initialization failed server 2008/2012

Windows 2012 server Core Enable Remote Managment Console

March 9, 2014March 10, 2014admin

Enable Remote Management You may receive the following, somewhat misleading, error panel when attempting to remotely manage a Core machine. The panel correctly tells you that you have to enable…Continue readingWindows 2012 server Core Enable Remote Managment Console

Windows Server 2008/2012 Core Power Shell Activation

March 9, 2014March 10, 2014admin

Activating Server Core Depending on the output of the command you entered to check the status you can activate your Server Core installation in a couple of ways: Activating with…Continue readingWindows Server 2008/2012 Core Power Shell Activation

Configuring Windows 2012 Server Core Power Shell

March 9, 2014March 10, 2014admin

With working on my MCSE for server 2012 I needed to learn how to use windows server 2012 core. unfortunately configuring basic settings from the power shell is a whole…Continue readingConfiguring Windows 2012 Server Core Power Shell

Windows 2012 essentials anywhere access enable desktop access to server

February 19, 2014admin

Upon deploying my first windows 2012 r2 essentials box with anywhere access enabled. I was surprised that I could only access the servers dashboard remotely. That is obviously a problem…Continue readingWindows 2012 essentials anywhere access enable desktop access to server