Microsoft Archive

16 February

Remove Powershell and Server Manager Pinned Items from taskbar

Written by Marco

To do this, create a new GPO and drill down to: Computer configuration->Policies->Windows settings->Security Settings->File System Add each file below, removing Users from the permissions so it’s only Administrators, Creator Owner and System: %AllUsersProfile%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell.lnk %AllUsersProfile%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative...

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10 February

Windows 2008 virtual machines lose their Gateway IP address after rebooting

Written by Marco

I was working on a Windows 2008 Server in an segmented network. This was a fresh new installation of Windows 2008. After a reboot the server was not reachable from another VLan. After some troubleshooting I found the problem....

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04 January

Device Manager is running in read-only mode

Written by Marco

Today I was creating a template for my VMware environment, when I was trying to change the graphical interface card I was running into some problems. This is the message the Device Manager is giving me. The result is...

ESX, ESXi, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2 Microsoft, VMware 1 Comment

22 September

Outlook Best Practices

Written by Marco

Microsoft have created a video series about best practices in outlook. These tips might be handy sometime. Harry was fine using Outlook for email and meeting reminders. But new responsibilities in his job began to overwhelm his schedule and...

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18 September

Turn off the Metrostyle desktop in Windows 8

Written by Marco

I was testing the Developer Preview version of Windows 8 and I was not so happy about the new metro style desktop. I immediately was searching for an option to turn it off and put it back to the...

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05 July

Reset Domain Administrator Password

Written by Marco

A Client of our company had a problem, they got in an argument with their current IT Management company. Eventually the IT Management company wouldn’t give up the administrator account password of the complete domain. So this client was...

Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2 Microsoft 1 Comment

08 December

FREE Exchange 2010 Training

Written by Marco

Exchange 2010 Upgrade and Deployment (HOLO) This 300 level hands-on labs online course (including seven hands-on labs) will prepare learners with the knowledge to engage with customers to help them implement best practices for smooth Exchange 2010 upgrades and...

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02 December

Microsoft Test Lab Guides

Written by Marco

Recently Microsoft released a lot of Lab Guides for different Microsoft products to test. See http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/test-lab-guides.aspx Test Lab Guides Test lab guides (TLGs) allow you to get valuable hands-on experience with new products and technologies using a pre-defined and...

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02 September

Exchange 2010 SP1 FAQ and Known Issues

Written by Marco

The Exchange Team Blog have posted a great article with lots of information about the installation of Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2010. Read the article at: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/09/01/456094.aspx Last week we released Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1. It...

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25 August

Microsoft Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 released

Written by Marco

Today Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Exchange 2010. The Exchange team released this news on there blog called You Had Me At EHLO. See : http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/08/25/455861.aspx New Deployment Functionality During an Exchange 2010 SP1 installation, you can now...

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