Mac OSX: ‘Cannot Send F11 Keystroke’
Jun05

Mac OSX: ‘Cannot Send F11 Keystroke’

KB ID 0001441 Problem I was building some HP blade servers today via iLO, and while trying to install ESX, I reached this stage; Pressing F11 on a mac just increases the volume, and with the other function keys (F1 to F10) you simply press ‘fn’ and the appropriate F key, and it works properly. But not on a mac, ‘Fn+F11’ just shows you your desktop. Even changing function keys in the keyboard settings has no...

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WDS – Unattended file – Joining a Domain Automatically
Nov17

WDS – Unattended file – Joining a Domain Automatically

KB ID 0000494  Problem During a large rollout the more things you can automate the better, before you continue though be aware of one thing… You can only automatically join a client to a domain if it has an auto generated random machine name!* *Note: This is not 100% true, if you pre-stage the computer objects into Active Directory with the GUID of the machine (you can see this on the screen at pXe boot time, or get it from the...

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Internet Explorer 10 – Cannot access OWA 2003
Nov17

Internet Explorer 10 – Cannot access OWA 2003

KB ID 0000718 Problem At first I thought this was a problem with clients accessing OWA via VPN. That was until I saw it worked fine with Firefox and Chrome. The page will not render correctly, and all the folders are listed as ‘Loading…’ Solution There are two ways to fix this problem. Option 1 1. Whilst attempting to view OWA, Press ALT+F > compatibility view settings. 2. Add in the IP address or URL of the...

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