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Training Resources – TrainSignal
*Disclaimer: While TrainSignal is sponsoring my blog, the views expressed in this post are my own. Recently, TrainSignal revamped their website, and delivery method of training classes. Previously, training was available by ordering a specific class, and receiving some DVDs – either physically, or as a download. They have stepped up the game, and [...]
Tags: Certification, Microsoft, Training, vmware
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Windows 8 and vSphere client
So, you’ve upgraded to Windows 8, and are wanting to connect to your VM console via vSphere. Uh Oh! A wild error message appears! “The VMRC console has disconnected…attempting to reconnect” What’s happening? Well, the short story is that when connecting to the console, the vSphere client uses an Internet Explorer plugin, which is not [...]
Tags: Microsoft, vmware, vsphere 5, vSphere 5.1, Windows 8
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Windows 8 Start Menu Replacement
Most people have realized by this point that Windows 8 lacks a traditional start menu. The reaction to the new start screen has been very mixed, and I find myself of the “what in the world were they thinking?!?!” side. However, there is hope! I’ve tried a couple different start menu replacements during the beta [...]
Tags: Desktop, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 8
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Windows 8 Pro/Ent Won’t activate (MAK key)
Recently, I have been playing around with Windows 8. And, since it went RTM on Aug 1st, I figured I would install it fresh. I downloaded Windows 8 Pro from my subscription, and made sure to copy down my license key. The install went quick and painless, and I decided to sign in with a windows [...]
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Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2003 Slowness
It’s been a little while since I have had to migrate Exchange 2003 to 2010, and I ran into a familiar problem again – so I thought I would share. I migrated a couple users over from the Exchange 2003 server onto the Exchange 2010 server, and the next day users were complaining of slowness. [...]
Tags: email, Exchange, Microsoft, outlook
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