Category Archives: IT

iPhone 6s – Defining new levels of Premiumness…

Posted on September 9, 2015 by livestreak

I can’t wait for the flood of previews/reviews covering how ‘Premium’ the next iPhone is… For those getting ready to craft up those previews/reviews, here are some other options when it comes to discussing the premiumness of the device: culminating, finest, first, … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Data Collection and Reporting

Posted on September 9, 2015 by livestreak

There has been a few posts about Windows 10 and it phoning home with data etc etc Having a quick look today there appears to be a setting in the Enterprise Edition Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Data Collection … Continue reading →

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Certificate Manager – certmgr.msc and certlm.msc

Posted on July 17, 2015 by livestreak

certlm.msc – Local Machine Certificate MSC certmgr.msc – Local User Certificate MSC

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POSH / PowerShell and MSTSC

Posted on July 16, 2015 by livestreak

Tired of guessing if the server is up before you MSTSC in after a reboot, well Mikael Nystrom – The Deployment Bunny has a great PowerShell script which will test for RDP port 3389 using Test-NetConnection, and when its live will open … Continue reading →

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Forgot Windows Local Admin Password

Posted on July 15, 2015 by livestreak

Forgot your local admin password – just reset it… Boot from Windows Install Media Press Shift + F10 at the Language Settings to get a CMD Prompt Change to D:\windows\system32\ Type copy sethc.exe d:\ Type copy cmd.exe sethc.exe, and press Y … Continue reading →

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Slow Boot Slow Logon

Posted on June 29, 2015 by livestreak

You might hear it from your users every so often, but you cant replicate it or it does not seem to happen all the time. When you do decide to try and troubleshoot it there is a fantastic post on … Continue reading →

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Hyper-V Router – VyOS and RRAS

Posted on June 29, 2015 by livestreak

I have been having a brief look for a virtual router for Hyper-V, having previously used RRAS and needing to run up a server, I though I would look to see if there was any alternatives. A couple of years back … Continue reading →

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Windows Service Accounts and Permissions for SQL Server (2016)

Posted on June 28, 2015 by livestreak

There is a great article on MSDN covering Windows Service Accounts and Permissions for SQL Server. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143504.aspx Couple of key points include: Always use SQL Server tools such as SQL Server Configuration Manager to change the account used by the … Continue reading →

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Mouse Without Borders

Posted on September 26, 2011 by livestreak

Mouse Without Borders  …developed by Truong Do who by day is a developed for Microsoft Dynamics. The software is easy to setup and in addition to enabling drag and drop of files, you can lock or log in to all … Continue reading →

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Running SSMS as an alternate user or from a PC not connected to the Domain

Posted on February 11, 2011 by livestreak

From Pinaki’s Tech Zone and CB-Net and many other sites RUNAS /netonly /user:DOMAIN\Account “C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\Ssms.exe” The problem is, we have to create many  script files like this to use the software. Fortunately, there is a easier way. Download … Continue reading →

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