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25 June

Common Remote Web Workplace (RWW) Connect to a Computer Issues in SBS 2008

Written by Marco

The connect to a computer feature in SBS 2008 is one of the most popular features of RWW. The connect to a computer feature in SBS 2008 utilizes TS-Gateway behind the scenes, however, when there is a misconfiguration or...

25 June

Event 2436 for SharePoint Services 3 Search

Written by Marco

You may experience SharePoint Search issue when browsing http://companyweb on SBS 2008 server and specifically, you are seeing below 2436 errors in your Application event log every several minutes. Log Name: Application Source: Windows SharePoint Services 3 Search Date: 4/29/2009...

10 June

Sessions TechEd North America 2010

Written by Marco

This week June 7 – 11th there is a big Technet Event in New Orleans. There are a lot of good technical Microsoft Product sessions. Here are some interesting links to a few worth watching. Keynote Day 1 by Bob...

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07 May

Sysprep file locations and versions

Written by Marco

Symptoms When attempting to customize the deployment of a virtual machine the radio buttons are disabled (grayed out) When a virtual machine is deployed from a template, the SID is always the same, despite the fact that you chose the...

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22 April

Keynotes Microsoft MMS 2010

Written by Marco

These are the Key notes from the Microsoft Management Summit 2010. The annual Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) is the premier event of the year for deep technical information and training on the latest IT Management solutions from Microsoft, Partners,...

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07 April

VMware VCP 410 Exam passed.

Written by Marco

Today I passed my VMware VCP 410 examen, these are the study notes, blogs and Books I used for my exam preperation. Important documentation links. VMware vSphere 4.0 documentation : http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esx40_vc40.html VMware Consolidated Backup Documentation : http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vcb_pubs.html VMware vCenter Update...

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12 March

Customize the Start Menu Options in Windows 7

Written by Marco

Windows 7 provides excellent control over the Start menu. You can choose which commands appear on the Start menu and how they are arranged. You can add options for Control Panel, Devices And Printers, Network Connections, and other key...

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14 January

Network Emulator Toolkit

Written by Marco

Searching for a tool to simulate a poor network connection? Here is the solution. It’s called Network Emulator Toolkit (NEWT) and is available in a 32 Bits version and a 64 Bits version. Download. Network Emulator Toolkit 32-Bits. Network Emulator...

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12 January

Creating Bootable Vista / Windows 7 USB Flash Drive

Written by Marco

This will walk through the steps to create a bootable USB flash drive for the purpose of installing a Vista or Windows 7 OS. These instructions assume that you have a computer with Windows Vista installed on it. Required:...

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11 January

Microsoft RSS Feeds for knowledge base articles.

Written by Marco

Like most people I use RSS feeds to keep track of news and updates from various sources. But did you know you can also keep track of Microsoft’s knowledgebase articles per product using RSS feeds? I didn’t… take a look...

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