Windows Server – Sysprep
Nov17

Windows Server – Sysprep

KB ID 0000729  Problem I don’t deploy large amounts of servers at once, so Windows Server sysprep is not as important as it is with the client operating systems I deploy. But I do need to create virtual machine templates, (mostly for testing), but some clients like to have server templates. I prefer to manually sysprep and shutdown a server then either convert or clone it to a template. Thankfully sysprep is in the same place as...

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Exchange 2013 – Working with and Managing the OAB
Nov17

Exchange 2013 – Working with and Managing the OAB

KB ID 0000745  Problem Exchange 2013, has changed the way Offline Address Books are handled, with previous versions only one server (the first server holding the mailbox role) was responsible for generating the OAB. With 2013 however multiple servers generate the OAB, In fact every server that has a special arbitration mailbox called an organization mailbox will create a copy. This is better for fault tolerance and resilience, and you...

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ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 4
May13

ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 4

KB ID 0001308  Problem On the homeward stretch now, back in Part Three, we migrated service accounts, groups, and users. Now we turn our attention to our machines. Note ADMT 3.2 Only support the migration of Operating Systems up to Windows 7, (that doesn’t mean Windows 8 and Windows 10 wont work, it just means they are not supported). Migrating Windows 8 and 10 throws a lot of security translation errors, because of the way it...

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Windows – Display Memory Modules From Command Line
Mar28

Windows – Display Memory Modules From Command Line

KB ID 0001294  Problem This is a handy command I came across this week, If you need to know the hardware memory configuration for a machine, and either don’t want to open the case to take a look, or you are at a different location, (i.e. remote connected onto the machine). How do you do it, without installing some audit software? Solution Simply run the following command; wmic MEMORYCHIP get BankLabel,DeviceLocator,Capacity,Tag...

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Audi A6 – Luggage Compartment Fuse Box Location
Feb16

Audi A6 – Luggage Compartment Fuse Box Location

KB ID 0001161 Problem I know it’s not the usual site content, but PNL was born from my dislike of vendor documentation, and crappy documentation is not limited to the world of IT. The 12v power socket in my A6 wasn’t working, this was probably because there was a 1p coin stuck in it that took a lot of fishing out, I assumed the fuse had blown, and put up with it for a while. When I finally got round to sorting it out...

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