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System administration tasks in Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016 & related software.
Starting August 2 2016, Microsoft officially released the Windows 10 Anniversary Update package, which happens to be the most important (and biggest) upgrade of their latest Operating System, period.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update: how to get it Read More
The time has come to update this post regarding Windows Update behaviour in Windows 8 to Windows 10. The system updates performed on regular basis by the Windows Update tool are generally a …
Windows 10 - Disable automatic shutdown after Windows Update Read More
If you are a devoted reader of this blog you'll already know that we're definitely not the Outlook biggest fans you can find. However, we're often called by private and public …
Troubleshoot Microsoft Outlook issues with command-line switches Read More
Let's just say it, I'm not the biggest fan of the Microsoft Outlook/Exchange world out there: frankly speaking, I'm far more inclined to use - and suggest the usage of - open and …
Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Unable to open the Outlook window. Read More
Hoping to be useful, I'm setting up a public list of all the installation paths of the various versions of Office (from XP to 2016) for all Windows systems.
Microsoft Office default installation folders for Windows (all versions) Read More
This tutorial describes the common mandatory tasks to properly route, install, deploy and configure a web site or service upon a remote server of any kind: VPS, dedicated server, web …
Deploying and configuring a web site on a remote server Read More
Some months ago I made a couple posts explaining how we can configure IIS to allow the download of Android APK and iOS IPA files: now, upon request, I'm posting the …
Allow the download of Windows Phone XAP files within IIS (avoiding 404 errors) Read More
Standby, also known as sleep mode, is one of the most useful features of the latest windows builds: when properly used it allows any user not only to save a tremendous …
How to prevent Windows from waking up by itself after entering sleep mode Read More
If you've setup some native or third-party backup procedures on your system (in our case we had Cobian Backup) it might happen to stumble upon the following error message in the …
Volume Shadow Copy Service Error: Unexpected error querying for the IVssWriterCallback interface - how to fix that Read More
Since its introduction in the first Windows NT Server, the Event Viewer has always been an essential tool for any System Administrator as the primary source to detect, locate and review a …
Event Viewer: how to send notification E-Mail messages with Powershell Read More