Windows

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Transferring FSMO roles (2003-2012)

Note: if you do not know what the “FSMO” roles are, or wish to know more, please see this link: Operations master…

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How to manually uninstall a printer driver in Windows

Came across an interesting issue today where I was unable to remove the printer drivers. I got the message that the printer…

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Delete the Lync or Skype for Business SIP profile from a Windows computer

When a Lync 2010/2013 desktop client for Windows signs-in, to minimize the bandwidth consumption the Lync client retrieves a lot of information…

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Updating the system time on Server 2008R2 & 2012R2 using NTP Servers

To update, use the command below (2008 and 2012 server compatible) w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"ntp_server" /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update change the ntp_server with your…

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Bulk removal of Password Never Expires checkbox in AD

No one intends this but it is a problem that sooner or later you will be come across in your system administrator…

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Microsoft IIS: Disabling the SSL v3 Protocol

Depending on how your Windows servers are configured, you may need to disable SSL v3. Note that older versions of Internet Explorer…

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nvvsvc.exe C++ Runtime Error

If you are getting this error you will be getting a black screen and a mouse pointer only. This will be the…

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Windows: Remove hidden NIC

Applies to Windows 2003 I was getting this error after have made some change with my virtual NIC adapters. The error I…

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This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.

Trying to open a hyperlink in Microsoft Office Outlook or Microsoft Office Word – you receive the following error message and subsequently…

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Exporting Site List from IIS 7.x

Open up command prompt Type:Â %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list site > c:\sites.csv Open the Sites.csv file in Excel!