by Rocky Beaven | Aug 26, 2015 | Server 201x, Software
Attempting to install the .NET 3.5 feature on a clean (domain joined) Server 2012 R2 Std VM (with internet access) failed as the wizard couldn’t find the source. I suspect that the server was looking to WSUS for the files rather than actually going out to...
by Rocky Beaven | Apr 16, 2015 | Exchange Server, Microsoft 365, PowerShell
You can use PowerShell to produce a list of all mailboxes that have Full Access permissions assigned against them, including who has the permission set: Get-Mailbox | Get-MailboxPermission | where { ($_.AccessRights -eq “FullAccess”) -and ($_.IsInherited -eq $false)...
by Rocky Beaven | Jan 19, 2015 | Software
Rather than faffing about extracting an ISO and then creating a bootable USB drive in separate steps, Rufus is a nifty utility does it all in one go – and extremely quickly in comparison to other tools....
by Rocky Beaven | Nov 18, 2014 | Miscellaneous, Software
Robocopy is a handy command line tool but it can be extremely slow on occasion (orders of magnitude slower than a GUI drag and drop for example). A few things to try: 1. On a reliable network don’t use the /Z switch. 2. Include the /MT:16 switch (enables the use...
by Rocky Beaven | Oct 21, 2014 | Miscellaneous, Software
If you have an executable that is stored on a remote (network) drive that you wish to pin to your taskbar then the usual “Right-click, Pin to Taskbar” option is not available. The workaround is as follows: 1. Pin a local application (e.g. Calculator) 2....
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