Creating your first VM
zulfikar This blog post is Part 1 in the Active Directory on Windows Server 2019 Series of knowledge articles Zulfikar Ali, 2023 It is time to create your first Virtual Machine…
How many Laptops, is too many Laptops?
It's rather bizarre. Although I work in IT I do not consider myself a geek, I'm not overly obsessive about having hi-tech kit, the latest, greatest gadgedt or home automation…
Protected view & local NAS/Network share
Easiest way to setup an exception for protected view for local drive mappings, all Windows versions (yes, including 10): Fire up Internet Explorer, type 'iexplore.exe' in run Go to Tools…
Lync no more
'Skype for Business' is here. After Microsoft's acquisition of Skype 4 years ago this month they have been (slowly) integrating it with their own live communications offering Lync (previously 'Live…
Will Microsoft get it right with Windows 10?
Quick Background You might be surprised to hear there are a fair number of people out there who were/are very happy with Windows 8. You will be even more surprised…
It’s 2015, coming soon to my blog…
Right, another year gone. Another already started. First I'd like to thank all those who have visited my blog, and especially those who have commented or provided feedback. I really…
Windows 7 to Windows 10 migration
According to Microsoft they have invested heavily in making the process of moving from Windows 7 directly to Windows 10 as easy as possible. This is in clear recognition of…
Windows 10 TP Enterprise Activation
For some reason the Technical Preview (TP) version of Windows 10 Enterprise arrives with a KMS activation setting. Type in slmgr /dlv to get this info: slmgr /dlv This fails…