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Create a Virtual Machine with 2 NICs in Azure Classic
Unfortunately, in Azure you cannot create a Virtual Machine in the GUI with 2 Network Cards. You cannot even add a 2nd…
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Active Directory: Changing passwords for users in bulk using a .csv file
Many accounts in your AD might need a password change. What if you want to do this in bulk ? First, we…
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Extending the Booking days for Conference Room Calendar (Resource)
By default Office365 limits Resource booking days to just 180 days. The maximum days it can be booked for 1080 days. I…
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Linux: CentOS 6 kernel panic+0xa7/0x16f fix
So ran into a view issue for a Linux Host today. Kernel Panic !!! There could be a number of reasons that…
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VMware: Intermittent Error: Unexpected character ‘’ (code 65279 / 0xfeff) in prolog; expected ‘<' at [row,col {unknown-source}]: [1,1] pop up in Windows vSphere client ?
Recently, I got the error below when using the vSphere client. Problem: I have only tested this solution on: Solution: Repair your installation…
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Windows: Hide Internet Explorer 11 address bar & navigation bar
Applies to: Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows 10 There are two ways this can be accomplished depending on your needs for…
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Excel: Check email addresses in bulk if format is correct or not
So had a request today to clean up email addresses as some of them were not valid. This was needed for over…
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DFS Namespace service could not initialize cross forest trust information
After you install Active Directory on Windows Server 2008 R2, you may start seeing the following error message after the server boots:…
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DNS broken after Windows Update KB3145126
I noticed the DNS broke on my servers after Windows Update. The problem was KB3145126. Read more about it here. After a…
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Check Proxy settings from Powershell
To check the proxy settings like ProxyOveride or if it is enabled or not: Get-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings" To disable proxy from…