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How To Make An Unattend.xml Sysprep File
Sysprep is very useful in preparing an image for cloning / imaging by stripping all specialization from the installation like: drives, SID, PNP enumeration, name and more. During the next reboot PNP is...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 DC DNS Client Settings
As I finish up my migration from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 for my companie’s domain controllers; I run thru my check list of settings. The migration from 2003 to 2008 R2 was flawless, however...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Breaks WPAD
I had just completed a successful upgrade of my domain controllers at work to Windows Server 2008 R2. After the upgrade we found that anyone that used the proxy and relied in automatic settings could...
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Windows 2008 Firewall and Remote Administration
Windows Advanced Firewall and Security is an excellent “feature add” to the Windows Operating System. In Windows XP Service Pack 2 the Firewall was introduced and was only able to block inbound and was...
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Allowing Non-Administrators To Install Fonts In Windows 7
Window 7 is far more secure than prior Windows operating systems. The Windows directory is secured down with permissions so even an Administrator cannot circumvent security. Some security features are...
View ArticleHow To Create A MicroStation V8i Preference Seed File
Recently I had to work with Bentley Microstation V8i from a network admin aspect. I needed to adjust certain preferences of the software. Microstation is a CAD application for 2D and 3D work, so this...
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Change The Label For CD or DVD Drives Under My Computer
On most of my Windows boxes I have multiple DVD-RW or CDROM drives. Telling them apart by the letter is always an issue, because I always put the blank CD or DVD in to the wrong drive. The problem is...
View ArticleHow To Use VLC and Register RTSP (RealMedia) for Internet Explorer
Let me start off by saying I hate Real Player and discourage it’s use. Having said that an alternative is using VLC Media Player or Video LAN Player (same). It was once said that VLC could play a...
View ArticleConverting Active Directory Last Logon Time Integer to a Readable Date and Time
If you have every used CSVDE and exported Active Directory objects, you’ve noticed the integer that represents time. Last logon time is one such value that is represented as this integer. There is a...
View ArticleInstalling Fonts On Windows 7 From A VBScript
Recently I needed to install a number of fonts from a folder into a Windows 7 installation. One notable change with fonts since Windows XP is that you can’t just copy the fonts to the fonts folder....
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