Month: February 2013
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20 Day of Migrating and Deploying Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Azure VMs
As IT Pros, we absolutely love building with new technology! This month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I have been working together on an article series for Migration and Deployment of Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows Azure and System Center 2012 SP1 to help get you started. Many of these articles address…
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Solution To UEFI issue Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 installation may fail with error message The product key entered does not match any of the Windows images available for installation. Enter a different product key (Unable to install OS)
In the coming weeks, I will add step by step instructions and a video walk-though as well as more information as to what is going on and why. For now, I just want to get the information out in the wild. The quick fix to this problem is use Evaluation media which can be…
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Virtualization Jump Start from MVA
Register Now for the Next Virtualization Jump Start The Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) team is excited to open registration for the third course from our three-Jump Start series focused on virtualization. This course is designed for IT professionals who need to manage, monitor and automate VMware in their datacenter using System Center 2012…
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Huge Wave of Technology Events Coming to the North East
New Meetup Group created to simplify reporting and management of event notifications. Please take a couple minutes to join the group at http://www.meetup.com/NEITPro/ Date Where / Registration Time Event Description 2/26/2013 Farmington, CT Microsoft 9a-4pm IT Camp – Server 2012 (Hands On) Most Monday’s Office Hours with ITProGuru Dan Stolts 8am-9am Please RSVP 3/5/2013 Providence,…
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Windows Task Manager auto-started as an effective CPU monitor in your system tray
Overview: You can use Windows Task Manager as an effective CPU monitor left running in the system tray as a notification icon. It’s light on system resources, and safe to leave running full-time. Discreetly shows you how busy your system is, at-a-glance. Moving your mouse cursor over the icon provides a surprisingly handy pop-up view of…
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Migration and Deployment How To Migrate or Transfer Files And Settings To Windows 8 From Windows 7, Vista or XP (Part 4 of 19)
Overview: You can use Windows Easy Transfer wizard to migrate files from your old computer to your new computer. Using the Easy Transfer Wizard is super simple. You can use this tool to transfer you files and settings even if you are moving from an 32 bit (x86) environment to an 64 bit (x64). Basically…
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How to Create FileName Variable with Date And Time From Command CMD Batch File For Use in Creating Unique Filename
I created this script for use in my AutoBootVHD8.cmd file which is part of a hands on lab http://ITProGuru.com/HOL Here is the resulting code.. @echo Backing up Boot Configuration Data Rem Create FileName with datatime :: this is Regional settings dependent so tweak this according your current settingsEcho %DATE% %Time%for /f “tokens=1-8 delims=::./ ” %%A…
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Setup A Windows Azure Web Server For Your Windows 8 Privacy Policy in Five Minutes (or Less)
One of my friends on the developer side of the house created an outstanding post on how to create a Windows Azure website to host a privacy policy for a windows 8 application. Jim really made this very complex problem a super simple 9 step process. See his post Set up Your Windows 8 Privacy…
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TechNet Radio ITProGuru vs. Hyper-V Replica with Clyde Johnson
Dan Stolts welcomes Clyde Johnson from the Boston Area Windows Server User Group as they discuss and demo us for Hyper-V Replica found in Windows Server 2012. Tune in as they give an overview of what Hyper-V Replica is, why its important for businesses as a disaster recovery solution as well as how to get…
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More IT Camps Coming Soon–Register NOW!
You’re invited. Select the city below to register online or call 1-877-MSEVENT Farmington, CT 2/26 Malvern, PA 2/26 Chevy Chase, MD 2/28 New York, NY 2/28 Alpharetta, GA 3/7 New York, NY 3/12 Rochester, NY 3/13 Durham, NC 3/19 Glen Allen, VA 3/21 Malvern, PA 3/26 Cambridge, MA 3/28 Charlotte, NC 4/2 New York,…