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VBS Script to disable Outlook Anywhere
So today I came across a requirement to disable Outlook Anywhere on all desktop computers. From what I could find there isn’t an option to does this in the office adm templates and Microsoft did...
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Windows 7 SP1 Slow Installation Issues (Symantec Endpoint Protection)
I came across and issue today with SP1 for Windows 7 taking forever to install. Installation was running but progress bar stopped at about 50% for about 1h30mins (probably longer if I hadn’t got...
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Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Removal Script and Trend Installation
I had to migrate a network away from Symantec AV today and over to Trend. After a couple of test installs I found that Trend wasn’t at all reliable at removing SEP before installing Trend, so with lots...
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Setting Acrobat Reader as default PDF program for all users on Terminal...
I Recently installed Acrobat Professional on some Citrix servers the other day, after completing the installation I found that the installation had reset the default PDF Viewer for all users to Acrobat...
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Script to Remove all network printers including those installed locally with...
I was recently asked if it was possible to remove all printers from a Workstation that were networked via a script. I figured this would be a fairly simple thing to do. There are a number of ways you...
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Backup Exec Best Practices for getting Reliable backups
Any Sys-Admin worth their salt should understand the importance of backups. Within the last 10 years of working in the industry I have come across a multitude of backup products some good some aweful...
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Manually updating servers when Windows Update is controlled by GPO
I recently provisioned some new servers at a client site, these were the first Windows 2008 R2 servers and because of this WSUS did not have any updates downloaded for them. As I mistakenly forgot to...
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Blackberry Administration Service (BAS) not working on Standby Server
I recently came across this issue when trying to install a Standby server in a HA pair for Blackberry Enterprise Server (as part of a migration). After following KB22499 I got to step 9 to find that I...
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Changing the System Locale / Keyboard layout on WDS Boot and Capture Images
WDS is a great tool for deploying Operating systems to your desktops, but if you like secure passwords like me. Then having the right system locale on your boot and capture images is a must. So you...
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Creating a Dedicated Sonos Remote from an ipod touch
I am an avid Sonos fan, I think the product is awesome, I am only at the beginning of my Sonos Collection. Lets be honest in terms of HiFi equipment Sonos isn’t the most expensive out there but at the...
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