Windows Server 2016: Configuring Hyper-V Replica in a workgroup environment

In a workgroup environment the most common way to create the certificates for Hyper-V hosts was to use the makecert utility but, given that this utility is depricated now and the new cmdlet New-SelfSignedCertificate  is available instead in Windows Server 2016, the process of configuring workgroup replicas became a bit easier. In these two articles I’d like to […]

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Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V VM Replication

Setting up Hyper-V replication allows you to replicate a virtual machine from one Hyper-V environment over to another.  The nice things about replication in the Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor world is that there is no appliance to have to setup or other plugin you have to have to make this work.  It is included in the box.  Let’s […]

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How to Host an FTP Server on Windows with FileZilla

To start, you’ll need to download FileZilla server, available here. After downloading the program, you can install it with all of the default settings. FileZilla will install a service that runs whenever Windows boots up, so if you would rather only run the FTP server manually, select the appropriate option from the drop down menu on […]

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Add user to Sbs Console

When an SBS installation is migrated to SBS 2008, oftentimes users won’t show up in the SBS console. If you add users the “manual” way with Active Directory Users and Computers, these users won’t show up in the SBS console. This can cause problems administering SBS. The resolution is a simple, but very obscure, procedure […]

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Empty Recycle Bins of all Users using Command Line

  f you have more than one drive on your computer, you will have to run the command for every drive on your computer, as shown above in the image, since each drive keeps its own Recycle Bin. Be careful in using the correct command, lest you end up deleting the wrong files or directory!

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Windows Update stuck downloading updates in Windows

If you find that your Windows Update is stuck downloading updates at 0 % or any other figure in Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8,  Windows 7 and Windows Vista as well, then this post will help you fix the issue. Windows Update stuck downloading updates If your Windows Update is showing available updates and your […]

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How to stop expired Windows 2012 auto shutdown every hour

Firstly download PsTools,This tool is provided in zipped format and you need to extract it somewhere.  Create folder called – PS on C: drive We will extract all the contents of the zip file in C:\ drive into the folder PS (which we just created) After that you need to start command prompt with Administrator […]

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Fixing “Windows Installer Coordinator” loop

Sometimes when you install software, you got stuck at window which says “Windows Installer Coordinator” There is easy fix for this, which involves changing setting of Group Policy. To disable this group policy you need to perform these steps: 1 ) Log on to the system with a User that has Administrative Privileges 2 ) Open […]

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Run Task Manager as Administrator

Method 1: Hit Windows+R to bring up the Run box. Type the following in the box and click ‘Ok’. runas /user:Admin taskmgr ‘Admin’ is the name of the user with administrative privileges. It might be Admin, Administrator, or any other name. You will need to know the name of the user that has admin rights […]

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