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How many times have you wanted to rename files en-masse? Windows Explorer has a couple of great utilities to help with this task. For instance: Select files in Explorer using CTRL or SHIFT (files must be in the same folder) Press...
Read the noteFrom time to time in a domain scenario you may come across the following error message on client computers: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed. This is because the computer’s password...
Read the noteIf you’re anything like me, you’ve spent the last two days trying to fix this: Failure configuring Windows features. Reverting changes. Do not turn off your computer. This post is about a very specific case of this error, which...
Read the noteEver seen this in System Center Virtual Machine Manager? Computername, Unsupported Cluster Configuration, Host Normally, it’s down to something silly like someone forgot to detach an ISO image from the CD drive when they were...
Read the noteToday we had an odd message in System Center 2012 – Configuration Manager. Software updates synchronization for the Software Update Point role failed
Read the noteWe had an interesting issue with Adobe Reader, Internet Explorer 10 and Windows 7 64bit today – when opening a PDF from an untrusted website on the Internet, IE would display a grey/black ‘broken page’ icon in the top right with...
Read the noteI recently took on a new client who was having problems with a server on their site. They have a 1gbps dedicated connection to the Internet that was being saturated by an incoming DDoS attack. Opening Resource Monitor on their...
Read the note“Bloody hell”. I actually said that out loud whilst testing the new version of Opera’s browser ‘Opera Next’ (http://www.opera.com/developer/next) I would post a video of it installing, but it would only be about three seconds...
Read the noteThose of you who know me will know that I’m a massive fan of Approaching Nirvana. First heard them on a soundtrack for a YouTube video. Anyway – check out their new album on bandcamp here:...
Read the noteSo today I just happened to notice that one of our DCs at work didn’t have the latest version of a GPO. I was creating a new policy using Group Policy Preferences (amazing bit of kit btw – have a look at Alan Burchill’s how to get...
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