How to Activate Windows Server 2012
“ Click on Server Manager “ Scroll over so you can see the Product ID section “ Click on Not Activated “ Enter your…
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Windows Server 2012 Installation (Server with GUI)
“ Boot from the installation media Press Next “ Click Install Now “ Setup will initialize Pick your installation version. In this example we…
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Missing GoTo Meeting icon in System Tray
Sometimes when I close GoTo meeting, it doesn’t start in the system tray on the next reboot. Sometimes it just disappears all together. “…
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Error creating Web Application on SharePoint 2010 through Central Administration
“ I tried to create a Web Application on SharePoint 2010 through the Central Administration and received the following error, “Specified value is not…
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GoTo Meeting Tips
GoTo Beeps When you start a meeting and are waiting for people to join the meeting you hear an annoying beep. You can stop…
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Access Denied to files in an Amazon S3 Bucket
I use a PowerShell script to upload my WordPress content to Amazon’s S3 Storage Services which is globally distributed by Amazon’s Cloudfront service. Recently…
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sp_SDS Stored Procedure updated to work with SQL Server 2008 R2 & SQL Server 2012
A colleague of mines Derek Wade modified Richard Ding’s sp_SDS stored procedure to work with SQL Server 2008 R2 & SQL Server 2012. You…
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System.Security.AccessControl.PrivilegeNotHeldException error during SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard on MOSS 2007 or SharePoint 2010
When reviewing the event log you will see the following error and you get the error in the screen shot below. Failed to create…
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Batch File to Slipstream Service Pack (SP) and Cumulative Updates (CU) for MOSS 2007 or SharePoint 2010
I perform a lot of SharePoint installs. I like to Slipstream both the Service Pack and the Cumulative Updates before I begin an install….
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Configure Active Directory (AD) Synchronization for SharePoint 2010
Step 1 – Prerequisites Account needed for Syncing We need an account set up for the AD profile synchronization. Let’s call it “Service-spADsync“, we…
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