In current times when people are working in hybrid or full remote environments hardening your on-premise Exchange should be a top priority. Microsoft has published extensive articles on patching known exploits. While Microsoft gets the larger picture, in my experience they miss some key points[…]
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IT Support That Keeps Your Business Going
Our services are available to whatever extent our clients need. No long term commitment is required. We provide you with full transparency into costs and the information required to manage those costs in a proactive manner. For our SMB clients we recommend Ubiquity Unifi. Unifi’s Dream Machine Pro[…]
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Fixing UEFI boot problems on Windows 7,8 and 10
Moving to a secure boot UEFI is a great option. However, in some cases, the conversion from Legacy to UEFI using mbr2gpt fails and your computer is stuck in a boot loop. You will need a Windows 10 iso. Burn it on a disk, or[…]
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Allow domain users to start a scheduled task on a server
This may prove to be useful in cases where a user, or group, may need to run a script on a remote computer that requires admin privileges. Therefore, limiting the need for added permissions. Create a new task on the machine that will run it.[…]
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Samsung Dex sound fix on the HP Elite X3 Lapdock
The HP Elite X3 Lapdock might have been designed to work with the well ahead of its time HP X3 Windows phone, but it makes an almost perfect Dex accessory. Here’s a quick look at what Dex is Everything works ok on the lapdock, except[…]
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Creating a bootable USB in Windows
Typically, an operating system comes preinstalled or you can acquire it online. But if you need an external installation medium, most everyone uses a bootable USB drive. A USB drive is perfectly suited for setting up (or resetting) a system – there are also many[…]
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Asus Vivo RT Windows 8 install image
The Asus Vivo RT is a great tablet for the price. I used it as a thin client and a terminal client extensively. If you own an Asus Vivo RT and lost the recovery image, you can download it here. This is the original Windows[…]
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Install CouchPotato on Ubuntu 18.04
CouchPotato lets you download movies automatically, easily and in the best quality as soon as they are available. Awesome PVR for USEnet and torrents. Just fill in what you want to see and CouchPotato will add it to your “want to watch”-list. Every day it[…]
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Troubleshooting GPO Replication Issues for Domain Controllers
95% of issues with Group Policy not replicating are linked with the permissions problems. First, make sure that the GPOs permissions are set correctly. You might want to reset them to default in case there are too many changes. In Group Policy Management Console, click[…]
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Setting up SSH Trust Between Two Servers
The SSH protocol uses encryption to secure the connection between a client and a server. All user authentication, commands, output, and file transfers are encrypted to protect against attacks in the network. Let’s say you want to setup a cron job to copy some files[…]
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