The new Windows 10 style interface that has made its way into Windows Server 2016 has left some late adopters a little confused, here we’ll cover how you can easily log off.
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How To Enable Remote Desktop In Windows Server 2016
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on April 27, 2016
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By default in Windows Server 2016 remote desktop is disabled.
Here we cover how to turn on and enable remote desktop protocol (RDP).
How To Zip/Unzip Files In Windows With PowerShell
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on April 20, 2016
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Prior to Windows Server 2016 there wasn’t really an easy built-in way of compressing files into a .zip archive by command line without custom scripts or tools, until now.
Here we take a look at some new cmdlets available in PowerShell 5.0 to allow us to archive contents into .zip files.
How To Update Microsoft Security Essentials In Windows Server 2012 R2
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on March 18, 2016
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Recently I covered how to install Microsoft Security Essentials in Windows Server 2012 R2, however after performing a Windows update it failed to install with error 0x8004FF04.
Here I will discuss why this happens and then cover how to resolve this problem and update Microsoft Security Essentials manually.
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How To Install Microsoft Security Essentials In Windows Server 2012 R2
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on March 16, 2016
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Windows Defender has been built into Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 by default to provide protection against malware, however there is no such default program installed in the Windows server operating system.
To provide a basic level of security in a small server environment, we can install Microsoft Security Essentials with some simple modifications which contains most of the functionality of Windows Defender for free.
By default if you try to install Microsoft Security Essentials in Windows Server you will receive various errors which we will cover how to fix here.
How To View BitLocker Disk Status
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on December 23, 2015
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BitLocker is Microsoft’s solution to providing full disk encryption. While setting up BitLocker and encrypting your disk you probably want to check and view the progress and see the current status, as it can take quite a long time depending on the size and speed of your disk.
Here we cover how to view the current BitLocker status in both the graphical user interface, and with PowerShell.
Thoughts After Windows 10 Upgrade – Is It Worth It?
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on August 26, 2015
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I’ve been using Windows 10 as my main desktop operating system for the past couple of weeks, here are some of my initial thoughts on it including things that I like and dislike since upgrading. Finally I’ll conclude with determining if I consider upgrading to Windows 10 to be worth it.
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How To Enable Telnet Client in Windows Server 2016
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on August 22, 2015
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By default the telnet client in Microsoft’s Windows operating systems is disabled, this is unfortunate as it is an extremely useful tool which can be used for testing TCP connectivity to external hosts on a specified port.
This is great when you’re trying to troubleshoot network connectivity problems, for example, say we have a web server which should be listening on port 80 to serve HTTP traffic but we are not able to load a web page, by using telnet to connect to the web server on port 80 we can verify the connectivity.
It may be that the connectivity is fine but there is a problem with the web server, or that the web server is stopped and the port is not listening at all, for instance. With telnet we can get a better understanding of what’s going on.
How to Change Windows 10 Start Menu to Windows 8 Full Start Screen
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on August 19, 2015
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While many people are happy to see the start menu make a return in the latest Windows 10 operating system, there are many others that prefer the Windows 8 full start screen. These people will be happy to know that it’s quite easy to swap so that you still get the full screen start screen experience in Windows 10.
XenServer Tools Removed by Windows Update
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on August 17, 2015
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After performing a regular Windows update and restart recently I found that XenServer tools appeared to have been removed. After trying to reinstall the tools I found that the process would hang indefinitely preventing the problem from being resolved.
After contacting Citrix support they advised that this was a known issue caused by Amazon accidentally uploading a set of their WHQL PV tools to Microsoft Windows update which overwrote the existing PV drivers in place, here’s how to fix this.
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