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Tips for Buying an Old Server: What You Need to Know Before Purchasing
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Buying an old server is indeed a wise decision. A new server comes at double the cost compared to a refurbished one. This is why most small-scale businesses prefer opting for a used, refurbished server. It offers them the same amount of productivity if maintained properly. You can buy a used server either online or […]
SCCM Query for Microsoft Server 2019
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I’ve not done a post about SCCM queries for a while now so in addition to a load I did some time ago, I thought I’d bring things up to date with a few new queries starting with Microsoft Server 2019. I’ve been using this one for creating a Windows Server 2019 collection in SCCM […]
Unable to remove a SCOM Active Alert
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We recently ran into a problem with our System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) console where some old alerts would not allow us to remove or clear them. We checked that there was not a problem that the alerts were stating so we knew that that could genuinely be removed. Every time we tried to clear […]
Remove Windows Server Disabled Roles and Features Payload Files
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If you are running a Windows Server environment and you are becoming increasing low on system drive space, then you may want to consider removing the built in payload files for Windows Features. Windows Server comes with the payload files readily available if you want to add any additional Features or Roles to your server. […]
Windows Server 2019 Evaluation Product Keys
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Following on from our popular posts for evaluation product keys for Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 R2 and Server 2016, this post brings us fully up to date with the evaluation keys for Server 2019. This forms part of our evaluation and KMS product key series where we have shared with you all the product […]
Get OU Distinguished Name
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There are many reasons as to why you would need to identify an Active Directory Organisational Unit’s Distinguished Name. Most techies out there will use an AD distinguished name when writing or using PowerShell scripts. However, quickly finding what the Distinguished name of a particular OU is not immediately clear. You can click on the […]
Check for Thick Provisioned Disk Space in VMWare
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If you want to run a check against your VMWare infrastructure for virtual machines that have thick provisioned disks, you can use VMWare PowerCLI to do this quickly and easily. Our step by step guide below will show you what you need to do to bring back the results that you need. Check for Thick […]
System Center Operations Manager Invalid Management Group Removal
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We recently carried out some work for a client who had a completely ruined installation of System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). Who had done what to it, we may never know, but it was clear that the only fix was to start again. This was not such a bad thing as they did want to […]
Windows Service Stuck in Stopping Mode
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A simple step by step guide on how to fix a Windows service stuck in stopping mode.
Broken Microsoft Update – KB4338818
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You may have installed Microsoft Update KB4338818 during Patch Tuesday and now your Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is broken right? Maybe even some Windows 7 machines? Well guess what? You are not the only one! Yes, Microsoft have done it yet again, released a dirty update that this time hits your Microsoft Windows Server […]
Windows Server – Internet Security Blocking Downloads
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If you are an IT administrator then the chances are that you have come across issues with trying to download files directly from a website to your server. You would have received this security alert when trying to download: Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded. Although this is a […]