OpsMgr – Problems deploying through Windows Firewall
Having issues pushing SCOM through the Windows firewall? You opened the Remote Administration exception, you can ping it, you can browse shares, file and print sharing is enabled, yet it still fails?...
View ArticleHow to apply a temporary GPO to a machine being imaged
Depending on how you use Active Directory in your organization, you may be setting a lot of security policies on workstations, and some of these settings can be problematic during the automated build...
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Creating a KMS Appliance with Server Core
As many companies have skipped Vista and may be starting to migrate to Windows 7, the need for servers running KMS (Key Management Services) is going to be felt for many of them. KMS allows you to do...
View ArticleThoughts on the new Surface
Microsoft hastily announced their own tablet on June 18th, 2012. They had managed to keep it secret until now. Maybe they announced it now because they were afraid of a leak, or maybe it’s because...
View ArticleThe Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET)
The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit. I recently heard from a Microsoft rep that the EMET Toolkit (brought to you by the PIN Number at your ATM Machine) is now officially supported by Microsoft....
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Issues Installing Windows 2012 (or 8) in VMware Fusion
If you receive the following licensing error, simply create your Windows 2012 or 8 VM as a custom VM. It appears the Express/Easy Install feature of VMware fusion does not work with the most recent...
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Error trying to edit or view a GPO with non default ADMX templates
An appropriate resource file could not be found for file \\domain.wtf\SysVol\domain.wtf\Policies\PolicyDefinitions\Template.admx (error = 3): The system cannot find the path specified. When you receive...
View ArticleJava in a Windows 7 or XP VM Crashing Fusion
Recently, I’ve been experiencing a lot of issues with Virtual Machines crashing in Fusion under Mountain Lion. Every time a VM crashed, I was loading a page with a Java Applet. After a bit of Googling...
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Rage inducing quit fix for VMware Fusion and Cmd-Q
Sick of hitting cmd-q to quit an app in a VM but then shutting down VMware Fusion and 6 VMs that get suspended and that you need to restart and ARGHH? Who isn’t? Just go in Fusion’s preference menu and...
View ArticleWindows Azure SQL Database Security & Management limitations and workarounds
Windows Azure SQL Database, formely known as SQL Azure, is Microsoft’s managed database platform in Azure. While it is based on Microsoft SQL Server, it has various limitations that can impact how you...
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