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Tag Archives: Microsoft
Microsoft Research TCP Analyzer – Check Out Your Network
Microsoft Research TCP Analyzer (Link) is a network analyzer that allows you to analyze network traces of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections. Given a Microsoft Network Monitor trace, the analyzer provides various performance statistics and visualizations for the captured TCP … Continue reading
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Tagged freeware, Information Technology, Internet, Microsoft, network, network analysis, networking, Software, Windows, windows 7, Windows XP
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Speed up Disk Cleanup loading in Windows
Want to speed up disk cleanup so that it loads quicker? Right Click your C: drive Select properties Hold down the Shift + the Ctrl key Click on Disk Cleanup
Windows Cleanup shows 3.99TB? Is my math wrong?
Apparently there is a bug that shows 3.99TB of Windows Update Cleanup when you run the disk cleanup application in Windows 10. With the plethora of updates that Microsoft has thrown at everyone, this would seem about right, however, you … Continue reading
DHCP issues with KB3201845
If you have issues after applying KB3201845, Rick over at Whats On My PC may have first found it. Apparently Microsoft is displaying a banner on their Windows 10 History page that says to restart NOT shutdown. We experienced … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Software, computer troubleshooting, Computers, help desk, higher ed, higher education, Home Networking, Information Technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows 10, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Windows Server
Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 10, Windows 10 Troubleshooting, Windows 10 Updates
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Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2837655) RT – Error 0x80240017
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2837655) RT – Error 0x80240017 Experiencing this error during a Microsoft Windows 10 Update? Download the update manually from here and the error should go away. Didn’t work? Open a command prompt as an administrator … Continue reading
Microsoft unveils Windows 10 feature designed to stymie advanced hack attacks-PCWorld
Microsoft wants to help protect companies from hack attacks, and it’s introducing a new Windows 10 feature soon to improve the operating system’s security capabilities. Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection is aimed at helping businesses deal with serious threats by using … Continue reading
Reset and Fix Windows Updates
The following commands help to reset Windows Update History along with resetting and re-registering components. Open an elevated command prompt and type (or copy and paste) the following (in italics)- (References below – double check before running) net stop bits … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, help desk, Information Technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Windows, Windows 10, windows 10 privacy, Windows 10 Quick Tips
Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft Updates, Reset Windows Updates, windows troubleshooting, Windows Update Troubleshooting, Windows updates
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Drivers and Firmware for the Microsoft Surface
Need to get the latest firmware and drivers for the Microsoft Surface series? Here’s the link on where to get the drivers and firmware and how to install them through PowerShell. While the Surface will get its drivers and firmware … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Technology, Windows, Windows 10
Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft surface, Windows, Windows 10
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Slow SQL Connection or Network in Windows 10 – Update
Finally found a small problem with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10. After upgrading, we have discovered that Windows was responding slow to our SQL Server 2008. What we discovered is below. Slow response times in Windows to a SQL … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Security, Computers, freeware, Information Technology, network, Technology, Windows 10 Quick Tips, Wireless
Tagged Computers, Microsoft, Microsoft SQL Server, network, networking, SQL, sql 2005, sql 2008, sql performance, SQL Server, TCP/IP, Windows, Windows 10 Tips, windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
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Microsoft Virtual Academy – Windows 10 for IT Professionals
Are you an IT Professional? Want to know more about Windows 10? Walk through what’s new in Windows 10 deployment and management, with a team of experts. Microsoft Virtual Academy has several hundred courses on Windows, Azure, SQL, Server and … Continue reading
Lost – Windows 7 DVD? Download the ISO from Microsoft with your key.
Have your key but not your DVD? Download it from Microsoft Software Recovery. Create a Windows 7 DVD for installation on a new hard drive Create a backup Windows 7 DVD Create a bootable USB drive with a copy … Continue reading
Microsoft SQL slow after updates
While disabling LLMNR can speed up your SQL connection sometimes, ironically you may be slowed down by MS14-066 (KB2992611). See this article – “Microsoft does it again, botches KB 2992611 SChannel patch” – Infoworld What do you do? The article above … Continue reading
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Tagged Microsoft, microsoft sql slow, slow MSSQL, SQL, sql troubleshooting
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Don’t forget to run cleanup on Windows 10 Technical Preview once you upgrade
Make sure that if you download the latest Technical Preview update on the first Windows 10 Technical Preview, run cleanup to get rid of the older installation.
Second Release of Windows 10 Technical Preview Available
The second Windows 10 Technical Preview is available…open the Charms bar by hitting Windows + C on your current preview build . Click on Settings , Change PC Settings, Update and Recovery, Preview Builds and Download Now Do NOT … Continue reading
Windows 10 Tech Preview
I’ve been working on computers for a long long time. It does seem that Microsoft gets it right, wrong and then right when they release operating systems. When Windows 8 came out, we did find it was a good operating system … Continue reading
Wi-fi takes a long time to find network after computer sleeps
After your computer goes to sleep, do you notice it takes a long time to connect to your wireless router? There can be several reasons for this. Here are some tips~ Power management on the adapter is enabled Disable in … Continue reading
Updates and HotFixes you may miss in Windows
Microsoft Windows has a great update feature built in. You may not know it but Microsoft also releases HotFixes and other items that are needed for security, networking, features and other functionality. How do you find Hotfixes and other items … Continue reading
Learn SQL with these Online Emulators
SQLCourse has been around for sometime. With Microsoft’s DreamSpark, students can download SQL Server to build databases and to learn how to retrieve data by performing queries (basically asking the database for specific data). SQLCourse gives you step by step … Continue reading
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Tagged Learn SQL, Microsoft, Microsoft SQL Server, mysql, SQL, SQL Server
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Network Access Protection
Windows 2008 Server has Network Access Protection which is also known as NAP or NPS. This tool serves an administrative purpose to help organizations compare the security level in a computer on the network to the Server 2008’s policies. This … Continue reading
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