Servers
Microsoft Update causing Print Spooler Problems – CVE-2019-1367
Microsoft released an emergency update last week under CVE-2019-1367 which claimed to fix an Internet Explorer exploit. If you are now reading this post, I’m assuming that you have already …
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Remove Windows Server Disabled Roles and Features Payload Files
If you are running a Windows Server environment and you are becoming increasing low on system drive space, then you may want to consider removing the built in payload files …
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VMWare vCenter Appliance stuck at localhost login screen
If you reboot your VMWare vCenter Appliance, you may get into a situation where it reboots into the localhost login screen instead of the more familiar black and yellow/blue two …
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Get OU Distinguished Name
There are many reasons as to why you would need to identify an Active Directory Organisational Unit’s Distinguished Name. Most techies out there will use an AD distinguished name when …
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Check for Thick Provisioned Disk Space in VMWare
If you want to run a check against your VMWare infrastructure for virtual machines that have thick provisioned disks, you can use VMWare PowerCLI to do this quickly and easily. …
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System Center Operations Manager Invalid Management Group Removal
We recently carried out some work for a client who had a completely ruined installation of System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). Who had done what to it, we may never …
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Test your SMTP server using Windows Telnet Feature
If you want to test your SMTP server is working correctly, you can use the telnet feature within Windows. The following guide will walk you through the steps to carry …
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Google Time NTP Public Server
You may or may not be aware that Google provides a public NTP server. They provide a free, global time service that you can use to synchronize to Google’s atomic clocks.
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Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) v1.2 for Windows 10 Released – Full Download and Installation Guide
Microsoft have released the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 version 1.2. There does not seem to be much information on what is updated in version 1.2 and we have …
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