Run As a administrator script
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.…
SBS WSUS Memory usage very high
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…
How To Disable SSL 2.0 (SSLV2) Enable SSL 3.0 Server 2008 /SBS 2008/SBS2011
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…
Find windows XP machines in Active Directory and Export
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…
Windows 8.1 or server 2012 bootable USB drive
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…
Iashlpr initialization failed server 2008/2012
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…
Windows 2012 server Core Enable Remote Managment Console
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…
Windows Server 2008/2012 Core Power Shell Activation
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…
Configuring Windows 2012 Server Core Power Shell
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…
Windows 2012 essentials anywhere access enable desktop access to server
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…