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Robocopy /SECFIX parameter

I have been working with a customer on a file server and domain migration project. The original plan was to move the files to our Aspire dat...

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Windows 2016 - App has been blocked by your system administrator

Recently, I built a brand new Server 2016 system for one of our customer domains. This was the first Server 2016 server in this domain, but ...

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Increasing the Speed of Exchange Mailbox Migrations

I recently built new Exchange 2016 servers for a customer and needed to move all of the users' mailboxes to the new servers. When I initiall...

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VMware vCenter appliance alert emails

I recenly rebuilt a vCenter environment for a customer. We decided to use the vCenter Server Appliance 6.5. The configuration of the vCenter...

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Cisco IOS v15 Bug - Unauthorized software on a Cisco 2960X switch

While rebooting a Cisco 2960 switch to back out some configuration changes, I was not able to route traffic through the switch. After some t...

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Apple Mac OS X start wireless before login

Like many new laptops, the new Apple MacBooks are too thin to have an onboard Ethernet adapter. After setting up a local account and connect...

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How-to Open Each Excel Spreadsheet in a New Instance

In Windows XP there was the advanced file type options which could be changed to open each Excel file in a new instance of Excel. In Windows 7...

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Manually Resetting an APC Smart-UPS Battery Constant After New Battery Replacement

I came across a Smart UPS 1500 that needed a battery replacement recently. After the replacement battery was installed, I ran a self-test li...

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Fixing an Application That Appears in Task Bar but Doesn't Open

Sometime back while I was out of the office, my system crashed with a blue screen message about a hard drive failure. Fortunately, I was abl...

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Fixing Problem With Windows 7 Shared Files and Mapped Drives Unavailable Over VPN

One of our IT consulting customers using a Windows 7 laptop was experiencing a problem with access mapped drives while connected to their co...

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