Windows Server Essentials Tips & Tricks
May 21, 2013 3 Comments
A client popped into our office on Friday with a query, they had worked on a document saved it, but now when they went back to open it, there was no trace of it anywhere. After the usual suggestions of ‘are you sure you saved it?’ ‘have you searched for it?’ ‘are you sure you saved it?’ i asked him to bring his laptop over. Luckily he was based in the office next door so it was not a long trip.
May 2, 2013 Leave a comment
Back in November, a chap in the Forum had dipped his toe into the world of Transmogging, and encountered an error that was being thrown up in the logs after the process had completed.
The SILSVC should be started automatically but it is stopped.
April 30, 2013 Leave a comment
I got my wife’s new laptop today and set about reinstalling it under Windows 7 as she ‘doesn’t understand Windows 8’, and i sympathise.
February 5, 2013 1 Comment
Whilst troubleshooting a problem on a server, have you ever reset Windows Firewall back to Defaults?
It would seem like a logical step in some cases, however it could have unexpected consequences. Read more of this post
January 14, 2013 1 Comment
I got notification (like many im sure) that my Windows 2003 certifications will be phased out this year. Having skipped the 2008 track until now, i decided to get off my ass and do some studying. I haven’t done an exam since the Windows 7 beta’s in 2009, so im looking forward to hitting the books again.
Im planning to take 70-410 – Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 first, and then move on through the new MCSA/E track. Read more of this post
December 6, 2012 Leave a comment
A lot of people have asked what is the difference between Server 2012 Standard and Essentials, and then the difference again when an Essentials box is transmogged. I don’t know of any official resource available from Microsoft that answers this question, so i made a little chart. This is just based on the ‘Windows Features’ built into the underlying OS and does not include the Essentials ‘Value Add’ features like Client PC Backup, the RWA and so on. Read more of this post
November 8, 2012 Leave a comment
Nice title for a post, hopefully the SEO on that one will kick in.
Had a question come into one of my mailboxes about the Windows 7 Pro Pack and making the GPOs apply to Windows 8.
If you recall, SBS 2011 Essentials launched an Addin to push out some preconfigured GPOs to clients for security settings and folder redirection. I covered the WMI filters in a post about how to extend that functionality to Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Running a GPResult /R on a Win8 client, we can see that our custom GPOs that use WMI filters, are not being applied.
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