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\\live.sysinternals.com\tools
This is a file share allowing access to all Sysinternals utilities. It will allow you to run these tools from any computer connected to the Internet without having to navigate to a webpage, download...
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Server 2012 – Moving Between GUI, Core and Minimal Server Interface
Last year I looked at installing and configuring Server 2008 R2 Core (here and here). One of the limitations of Server 2008 R2 core, was that once it was installed, that was it. There was no way of...
View Article[Guest spot] – Why Sysadmins Should Learn to Write Computer Programs
I’ve been operating computers for the last 25 years of my life and I’ve done a bit of everything in that time, using computers to make a living for the last 17 years. I’ve been a systems administrator...
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Searching Group Policy
Today we're looking at 3 easy ways to search Group Policy settings, primarily focusing on the Administrative Templates. With over 3000 settings (~3500 with Server 2012/Windows 8) you're going to want...
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Dameware – Remote Support & Mini Remote Control [Sponsored Review]
Chances are you've heard of DameWare, two of their main products; DameWare Remote Support (DRS) and DameWare Mini Remote Control (MRC) are both popular tools and have been around for a long time. For...
View ArticleHow Administering SCCM Feels…
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SCCM 2012 – Allow End User to Run Application As Administrator
I've been spending a bit of time recently, working around various constraints of working in an environment where UAC is enabled and end users have no local administrative rights over their machines....
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Tom’s Weekly Catch-up #1
Tom's weekly catch-up will cover things of interest in the last week, recommended reading or simply interesting bits I'd like to share that don't require a full post. MCSA: Windows Server 2012 Training...
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Exchange 2013 – Send As, Send on Behalf and Full Access
Configuring send as, send on behalf and providing full access to a mailbox are fairly common requests. In Exchange 2010, you could set the send as and full access permissions by right clicking the user...
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Exchange – Mailbox size and Item Count HTML Report
A nice and quick way to get a list of users in a particular database, ordered by their mailbox size including item count. Displayed as so: Get-Mailbox -database "Databaseabc" | Get-MailboxStatistics |...
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Exchange 2013 – Accessing the Exchange Admin Center
When you install Exchange 2013, you'll notice that the console you'd expect to see has been dropped in favour of a web-based management console. This can be found here:...
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Licensing – Upgrade 2008 R2 KMS Host to Support Server 2012 and Windows 8
This post will cover updating an existing Server 2008 R2 KMS host to allow the activation of Server 2012 and Windows 8 clients. The update will carry across your existing activation count and if you...
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SolarWinds – Patch Manager [Sponsored Review]
Patch management is a vital part of an organization's upkeep, not only does it help you stay abreast of bug fixes and features it can also help decrease security risks by patching vulnerabilities as...
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Group Policy – GPUpdate an OU of Computers
There are times when you need to remotely refresh the group policy on a group of computers, bypassing the 90 minute (+30 minute offset) default interval. Let's look at 3 ways to achieve that, two of...
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Group Policy Preferences – 1. Deploying Registry Settings
Group Policy Preferences allow you to deploy and modify registry settings quickly and easily. This post will run through a couple of examples to give you a starting point and some guidance for using...
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SCCM 2012 – Creating Device Collections
Device collections in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager represent a logical container for a grouping of devices. These collections can then be used to perform a number of tasks, such as...
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SolarWinds – SAM 6.0 New Features [Sponsored Review]
Around this time a year ago, I took a look at SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor version 5.2 and came away pretty impressed with the package. Version 6.0 has just been released and introduces...
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Group Policy – Internet Explorer 10+ and the Death of IEM
If you’ve used Group Policy Internet Explorer Maintenance (IEM) to configure your organisations Internet explorer settings and are looking to upgrade to IE10 or above you will find that the settings...
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Group Policy – Internet Explorer 11 Group Policy Preferences
With Internet Explorer 11 being released a couple of days ago for Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 and Internet Explorer Maintenance being deprecated since IE10- you’re going to want to use one of the...
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Group Policy – Internet Explorer Security Zones
There is often a requirement to maintain and add URLs to the security zones of Internet Explorer. As we discussed in the last couple of posts, Internet Explorer Maintenance (IEM) has been deprecated...
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