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Skype blocks your network adapter [Update] Published Sat, Apr 27 2013 14:30 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: Since Skype versions 6.1x and especially 6.2x and now 6.3x many people facing problems with network connections after starting Skype. Even not be able anymore to logon to Skype, because the network connection is blocked. When you open the status for your...

Filed under: General, Tools, Network Services, Windows Client, Conferencing, Internet Explorer, Windows Live Messenger, Skype

WLAN–LAN switch not supported under Windows 8 Published Sat, Apr 27 2013 14:16 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: Maybe you remember setting the WLAN / LAN switch on your notebook BIOS, disables your WLAN adapter when you plug in an Ethernet cable to your NIC and enables the WLAN when it is unplugged. This feature, even if it is correctly configured in the BIOS of...

Filed under: General, Tools, Windows Client, Hardware

Internet Explorer crashes and hangs Published Mon, Apr 1 2013 13:19 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: Starting with IE10 installed, I faced lots of crashes and hangs. Searching for some troubleshooters I found this helpful http://blogs.technet.com/b/yongrhee/archive/2013/03/31/internet-explorer-crashes-or-hangs.aspx

Filed under: Windows Client, Internet Explorer

Hyper-V Virtual Machines SID permission issue Published Thu, Feb 14 2013 8:00 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: If you want to move VHD files you have to take care on certain permissions on configuration files and directory rights. Otherwise you will not be able to start your VM. For more details and how to solve this read this articles. http://www.virtualizationadmin...

Filed under: Hyper-V, Dynamic Computing

Recover Exchange Mailbox Database with SCDPM Published Thu, Feb 14 2013 7:56 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: Recently we had to recover Exchange databases and it works like charm and described here . Before starting process you have to enable to overwrite database in EMC on the database properties.

Filed under: Exchange, Data Protection Manager

Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 released Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 7:33 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: This is a mandatory service pack to run Exchange 2013 in the same organization. And mandatory to run Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2012. Several other enhancements have been implemented now. So also Internet Explorer 10 is supported to use for Exchange...

Filed under: General, Exchange, Windows Server, BlackBerry, Mobile, Hosting, Microsoft Online Services, Managed Services, Microsoft Provisioning Services, Active Directory, Outlook, Cloud Computing, Internet Explorer

Windows Server Failover Cluster 2012 in Depth Published Tue, Jul 24 2012 9:18 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: Find here all sessions from Tech-Ed which covers all details about Windows Server Failover Cluster 2012. Every session takes about one hour. But it is worth taking time watching all of the sessions.

Filed under: General, SQL, Storage, Windows Server, Cluster, Hyper-V, SharePoint, System Center, SCVMM, Disaster Recovery, Hosting, Managed Services, OCS, Active Directory, NetApp, High Availability, Navision, CRM, DFS, BizTalk, SCOM, SCCM, SCMDM, Opalis, Cloud Computing, Dynamic Computing

Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Beta announced Published Thu, Feb 9 2012 9:21 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Beta, a recovery tool that can help you start an infected PC and perform an offline scan to help identify and remove rootkits and other advanced malware. In addition, Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper Beta can be...

Filed under: General, Disaster Recovery, Tools, Windows Client, Security

Microsoft Exchange PST Capture Published Tue, Jan 31 2012 9:20 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: Now it is available. Discover PST files on your network and import it automatically into users mailboxes On-Premise or Exchange Online. Download here , and be able to stay compliant and follow your achiving and retention rules.

Filed under: General, Exchange, Windows Server, Disaster Recovery, Backup, Hosting, Microsoft Online Services, Managed Services, Tools, Data Protection Manager, Migration, Outlook, Windows Client, Security, Cloud Computing, Dynamic Computing

LinkedIn name and picture usage Published Wed, Jan 25 2012 16:54 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: I received the following message from a frined and am posting here for your awareness and due consideration. […] Without attracting too much publicity, LinkedIn has updated their privacy conditions recently. Without any action from your side, LinkedIn...

Filed under: General, Tools, Outlook, Social Media

Play Halo 2 on Windows 7 Published Mon, Jan 23 2012 22:39 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: If you have already installed Halo 2 on your Windows 7 32- or 64-bit and it is not working, go and uninstall it completely. That means also the ‘Games for Windows – LIVE’ runtime which has been installed. Go and find the current version of ‘Games for...

Filed under: General, Windows Client, Games

NetApp released new SnapManager Published Fri, Jan 13 2012 12:06 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: Find new versions with multiple enhancements for download: SnapManager for SharePoint SnapManager for SQL

Filed under: General, SQL, Storage, Windows Server, Cluster, SharePoint, Disaster Recovery, Backup, Managed Services, Tools, NetApp, High Availability, Business Intelligence

HP Power Assistant causes Drop Outs Published Tue, Jan 10 2012 13:28 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: If you using a HP device with HP Power Assistant installed, you can encounter drop outs when playback multimedia files. Even you have the most recent drivers installed for any relevant adapter and turn on highest performance settings on the device. If...

Filed under: General, Windows Client, Hardware

Exchange Display Names as email addresses on Hybrid Environments Published Mon, Jan 9 2012 10:41 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: If you don’t take care, that the on premise and the 365 cloud Exchange of your organization is not well connected via a dedicated TLS connection, you will get into thsi issue when user display names are shown as email addresses. Read the following article...

Filed under: General, Exchange, Windows Server, Hosting, Microsoft Online Services, Managed Services, Active Directory, Certificate Service, Outlook, Windows Client, Cloud Computing, Dynamic Computing

DNS Server service refuse name resolution on Windows Server 2008 R2 Published Fri, Jan 6 2012 11:54 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: It has been already from nearly two years ago, that under certain circumstances DNS Server service on Windows Server 2008 R2 refuse to resolve internet domain name addresses. This issue occurs if Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS Server is used without forwarders...

Filed under: General, Exchange, Windows Server, SharePoint, TMG, UAG, Remote Desktop Services, ISA Server, Hosting, Microsoft Online Services, Microsoft Provisioning Services, WSUS, UM, OCS, Active Directory, PKI, Forefront, Network Services, Outlook, DNS, Windows Client, Security, Windows Live Essentials, Internet Explorer, IIS, SonicWall

Security vulnerability on Printer environments Published Sat, Dec 24 2011 16:44 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: Could a hacker from half-way around the planet control your printer and give it instructions so frantic that it could eventually catch fire? Or use a hijacked printer as a copy machine for criminals, making it easy to commit identity theft or even take...

Filed under: General, Windows Server, Security, Printing

Microsoft Windows win32k.sys Memory Corruption Vulnerability Published Fri, Dec 23 2011 14:37 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in win32k.sys and can be exploited to corrupt memory via e...

Filed under: General, Windows Server, Tools, Windows Client, Security, Internet Explorer

How to install TMG 2010 Service Pack on Branch Office Server Published Wed, Dec 21 2011 18:55 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: When you try to install a service pack for Forefront TMG 2010 on a branch office server, it will fail, because the Firewall service needs to be stopped. When Firewall service has been stopped the connection to headquarter is not longer active. This will...

Filed under: General, Windows Server, DirectAccess, TMG, Active Directory, Forefront, Security

Windows 7 can play audio to only one port at a time Published Mon, Dec 19 2011 16:10 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: A limitation of Microsoft Windows 7 is that audio data can only be sent to a single output source. If both the HDMI and Audio Out ports have devices connected to them, then Windows generally defaults to the HDMI port. As a result, sound cannot play through...

Filed under: General, Windows Client, Multimedia

AMD Eyefinity multi-display and Windows 7 Published Fri, Dec 16 2011 10:50 | Thomas K.H. Bittner: When using AMD Eyefinity technology with multiple displays, and selecting a desktop resolution that exceeds 8k pixels in any dimension, currently there are some issues occuring. This article published from AMD team explains how to troubleshoot and solve...

Filed under: General, Windows Client

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