To create a new local administrator user on a Windows machine, you must be logged in as an admin user, or have remote access using something similar to PSExec running under an administrative account. Click Start and in the Start Search, type CMD. Right Click on CMD and choose Run as Administrator. In the Command Prompt window, type net […]
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After a clean install of Windows 7 or booting up a machine that has been off for a very long time, you may get stuck with “Checking for Updates” for a very long time and in some cases, taking 24 hours or more to find updates. Manually Installing Rollups Log into the computer as an […]
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In some cases, a WSUS server within your network may have been decommissioned, or you want a client computer to no longer point to a local WSUS Server. You will need to remove some registry entries to reset the Windows Update defaults and remove the WSUS redirect on the computer. Ideally, if you need to […]
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If you are running a Windows Server environment, especially with Active Directory, it is recommended that you utilize Window Server’s ability to serve DHCP requests. In this guide, I will show you how to install the DHCP Server role on Windows Server 2016 (for this example, Windows Server 2016 Essentials, however the process is identical […]
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After configuring your Microsoft Windows Server Essentials environment, you will want to connect your client computers to the domain so they can be centrally managed and backed up. This guide will show you how to connect your client computers to the Essentials server. Prerequisites A Windows Client Computer Connected to the network A user created […]
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When attempting to uninstall the HP Client Security Manager Software, you receive an error message: Error 1325.Hewlett-Packard is not a valid short file name. How to Remove the Software: Click Start and type Devmgmt.msc to open Device Manager Locate DVD/CD-ROM drives in the list and expand the item Right Click the listed DVD or CD-Rom device and choose Disable […]
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On a Windows Server network utilizing Windows DNS, such as in a domain situation, you may want to forward external DNS queries to a specific DNS service or host. For example, if you would like to utilize some of the features of OpenDNS, you will need to point your clients to use their DNS Servers. […]
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When planning out your network, you may decide that the features of Windows Server Essentials are a great fit for your business, but you exceed the 25 user limit in the normal software. With the use of a Windows Server Standard license, we can install the Essentials role to give you the same features, but […]
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When migrating a virtual machine from one physical node to another and adding a network adapter, you may receive the following error: The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter Name of adapter. Name of adapter is hidden from the network and Dial-up Connections folder because it […]
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When configuring the Windows Server Essentials role on Windows Server 2012 R2, the configuration may fail right away, or after 87%. If you look in event viewer, you may find events that may lead to the cause: Event ID: 7000 Source: Service Control Manager Description: The Windows Server Essentials Management Service failed to start due […]
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