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Fix: Path too long when deleting or editing a folder or file
When deleting or editing a folder or file situated in a folder structure you may encounter an error saying that the “Path too long”. This is due to the fact…
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How To: Killing the DCHP server process on Windows 2008 onwards
Sometimes you might end up waiting for more than 30 minutes or more to stop the DHCP server on Windows 2008 onwards. Sometimes waiting for much longer. Well to manually…
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Fix: Windows Server Backup: A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation error has occurred: (0x800423f0) on SBS 2011
If you try to make a server backup with Microsoft’s SBS 2011, you will surely get an instant error saying: “A Volume Shadow Copy Service operation error has occurred: (0x800423f0).…
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How To: Setup time synchronization with Windows 7 upwards with domain server
Open a command prompt or set this up in a batch file to run when users log in the system and have the following set. w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update net…
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How To: Import PST files into Exchange 2010 with PST Capture
The new FREE application from Microsoft will let you import any PST file into an Exchange 2010 mailbox. This is fairly easy to use and if you want a quick…
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Fix: Cannot run or delete a job in SQL after changing sa password
After changing the password of the SA or the user which is in charge of running jobs on the SQL server, the jobs will not work and you will not…