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How to type the Euro € symbol
Very quick post, how to type the Euro Symbol: Press <CTRL – ALT – 4> together. Easy as that. The post How to type the Euro € symbol appeared first on Tachytelic.net.
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Office 365: How to change primary email address when using Dirsync,AADSync or...
It is simple to change the Primary Email Address of an Office 365 user when your tenant is not being synced to your on-premises active directory, but if you are syncing to Office 365 with any of the...
View ArticleVMWare Workstation Host unable to ping or access guests over the network
This is going to be a quick post as I just wanted to get the information out there for anyone else having the same problem as me. I had a situation where VMWare Workstation was working fine, but I was...
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A SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 Rescue and Virtualization Story
The owner of a business using a SCO Openserver 5.0.5 system got in touch requiring urgent assistance with their system. It was unable boot and was continually showing the error message: NOTICE: HTFS:...
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Disable Server Manager from Starting when logging in to Windows Server 2016
By default, when logging in to Windows Server 2016, Server Manager automatically starts with your session. I find it really annoying. Here are three ways to disable automatic startup of Server Manager:...
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How to append to a file with PowerShell
It’s easy to append text to a file with Windows Powershell with the Add-Content cmdlet, here are some examples: Create a sample text file using notepad. I have created mine like this: Open a Powershell...
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How to change network profile on Windows Server 2016
Under some circumstances Windows Server will automatically select a network profile for you which does not match your needs. It’s not very clear how to change it between public and private within the...
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How to install telnet client on Windows Server 2016 or 2012
Windows Server does not install Telnet by default, it’s such a tiny executable I cannot understand why it is left out by default. however it is very easy to enable telnet on Windows Server 2016 or...
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How to comment a block of code in the Office VBA Editor
Being able to comment a block of code is a standard operation in any IDE, but for some reason the Microsoft Office VBA Editor does not include that functionality by default. However, the functionality...
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How to install Flash Player in Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 does not come with Flash Player installed by default. But it can be installed very easily, here is how to do it: How to install Flash Player on Windows Server 2019 Copy and paste...
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Use CDO to send email from VBScript or VBA through Office 365
Sending email via VBScript or VBA using CDO is easy to do, but the correct configuration to relay through Office 365 is confusing to say the least and it took me me a while to find the correct...
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Test for open ports from using Telnet, Portqry.exe or Powershell
Checking if a port is open interactively or through a script is quite a common operation for any administrator. There are all sorts of reasons you might want to do this: Check if a web server is down....
View ArticleOffice 365: How to add or remove an email alias using Powershell
Use the Powershell cmdlet Set-Mailbox to check email aliases assigned to Office 365 accounts, add aliases or remove aliases. Additionally the handy form underneath will generate the correct Powershell...
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How to connect to Office 365 with PowerShell
Many of the posts on this blog and others will require you to connect to Office 365 with PowerShell. The web admin interface for Office 365 is very good, but there are just some things that cannot be...
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Windows 7 Unable to Access Network Shares
A customer called me this morning unable to access network shares from Windows 7 machines that have been working for years. The error message was: Windows Cannot Access \\COMPUTERNAME Check the...
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License Expired on Virtual SCO Openserver Installation
When you create a new virtual machine with fresh install a version of SCO Openserver prior to version 5.0.6 you may find that it reports that the license is expired: The reason this happens is because...
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How to grep recursively through sub-directories
If you’re using Linux, performing a recursive grep is very easy. For example: grep -r "text_to_find" . -r means to recurse “text_to_find” is the string to search for The dot simply means start the...
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Convert fdisk output from heads,sectors and cylinders
On Unix and some versions of Linux fdisk either does not report the size of the disk, or makes an incorrect calculation. This is because of the way that fdisks calculates sizes: 1000 bytes = 1 Kilobyte...
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How to use Group Policy to defer Windows Quality and Feature updates
Sometimes feature updates can cause issues with the base operating system or third party applications. This post explains how to defer either Quality updates or Feature updates to Windows 10 or Windows...
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How to clear RDP Connection History
For every successful connection, the RDP client stores the connection details for the machine that you have connected to. This is often convenient, but if you are on a public machine, it can expose...
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