Windows
As I install, experiment with and fix various new Windows technologies, I hope to document and provide instructions for anyone else embarking on the same journey.
Office 365 Password Never Expires
Having moved the entire office over to Office 365 and Exchange Online everything is well in email land, or so I thought. I’ve now had a few people asking what the message about their password expiring means.
[ Read More → ]TV setup has encountered a serious problem
Whilst we now record most of our TV on the Sky+HD box, the aging Windows Media Center PC still gets called into action for those times when the Sky box is busy. Recently my wife noticed BBC1 had vanished and there were multiples of other channels. Thinking it was to do with the recent messing… Read More »
[ Read More → ]Installing Hyper-V Server 2012
Its not often a bit of Microsoft software impresses me, but Hyper-V Server 2012 has done – especially for the cost which is free. Hyper-V Server is basically Windows 2012 Server stripped right down to provide just the Hyper-V element with no GUI although occasionally when configuring something a familiar Windows dialogue will pop up.
[ Read More → ]Windows 2012 Initial Setup
By default an installation of Windows 2012 Server comes setup to use DHCP for its network setup and some random computer name. If you want to use the sever for anything useful, the first thing you really need to do is change the IP address and server name to something a bit more sensible.
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