As you may or may not know, Microsoft’s original Secure Boot certificates, issued in 2011, begin expiring in late June 2026. Most Windows machines will receive these updated certificates automatically. It should be noted, in some cases where administrative update procedures, like WSUS, are in place you may find that this update will need to… Read More
While we have been testing Windows 10 for awhile now, the time has come to take the leap and run it as our main Windows OS. With that said, I will be writing some articles on my experiences transitioning to Windows 10. To start we will want to remove all the Metro Apps that came… Read More
In order to enable PXE booting with your windows DHCP server, there are two options that must be set. These options are option 066 and 067. Option 066, Boot Server Host Name, defines the IP-address of the PXE Server. Pictured below. Option 067, Bootfile Name, defines the name of the file to load to the… Read More
The PXE file structure on Server 2012 R2 is very important to ensure smooth operation of PXE booting. There are two files that are required for PXE booting to work. You root directory should be C:\PXEServer\TFTProot\. If it is not, then you need to make sure you have made the proper adjustments to the registry… Read More
Microsoft has not made it easy to figure out how to build a PXE Server on Windows 2012 R2, Here’s how. Below are the steps to enable Windows Server 2012 R2 PXE/TFTP Server. First you will need the install the WDS Server Role. Make sure only the “Transport Server” Role service is checked. See images… Read More
The idea for the concept below came to me years ago when I received a letter from an unnamed Bank I was doing business with at the time. This letter stated that my PII (Personally Identifiable Information) had been stolen. As it turns out, the Bank’s un-encrypted offsite backup tape was stolen en-route to a… Read More
If you read our previous article Dell OpenManage Email Alerts (Bash), then you may be wondering how to send emails when OpenManage is installed on a Windows Server. When older versions of Dell OpenManage did not natively support e-mails we wrote a Powershell script in order to accomplish the task. In recent years the newer… Read More
If you have been working with Microsoft Outlook for any time, then chances are you are aware that in versions 2013 and newer users are able to connect to servers using the ActiveSync protocol. Unlike POP, ActiveSync allows the user to synchronize almost the entire mailbox with the server. This is a huge plus for… Read More
If you have ever worked with Windows Server 2012 R2 in a non domain or standalone environment, then chances are you have crossed paths with what I consider a minor annoyance. Sometimes a network will be identified as Public when it should be Private. Changing this option in the GUI is not possible from what… Read More
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