How to exclude certain folders while running SCCM software inventory
Software inventory is an integral part in the SCCM environment as it’s a dependency for other SCCM features. But running an inventory can be tedious job as the scanning can take place a fair amount of time if you are performing scans on complete drives in a computer. This can sometime cause unnecessary performance issues […]
Important log file reference guide for SCCM 2012
Here is the list of important log file details of System center configuration manager 2012 (SCCM 2012). This list has Server and client based log file details with its description. This list will become handy if you are new to SCCM administration as the log file has some important role while troubleshooting deployment issues.
How to Configure DHCP Failover in Windows Server 2012
DHCP Failover is new feature introduced in server 2012 and I would say it’s one of the best features in Server 2012. It provides high availability for DHCP services and also it can load balance the DHCP requests. We will see how to configure this feature. If you wish to try this on your Lab […]
Understand the Windows OS names with its version numbers
This list will become a handy note if you are dealing with Microsoft System Center products especially System Center Configuration manager. Version Number OS Name Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 5.1 Windows XP Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 5.2 Windows XP x64 Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 6.0 Windows Vista Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 6.1 Windows 7 Microsoft […]
How to Add/Remove Windows Server 2012 GUI
When Server 2012 is compared with Server 2008 one of the superior feature you will find on the Server 2012 is the flexibility to add/remove the operating system GUI. Earlier in Server 2008 if we wish to add the GUI on one of the server core installation you will be disappointed as you will have […]
How to resolve source file missing error while adding features/roles in Server 2012
If you are trying to add certain roles/features in Windows Server 2012 you will see the below error. “Do you need to specify an alternate source path? One or more installation selections are missing source files on the destination server. The server will try to get missing source files from Windows Update, or from a […]
How to Set BGInfo to Display Only The Active Network Card’s IP Address
BGinfo is the best tool to display computer information on the desktop wallpaper but customizing it for the actual need is pretty hard unless you know the windows functions in deep level. BGInfo has custom keys defined for common use but sometimes we will need to dig some deeper for a fine tuned result. We […]
Address lookup is failed and Emails are not recieving on Blackberry
It’s a most common issue if you are working in a Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) environment. If you are a BES Admin you will probably receive calls from users stating that they are not receiving emails and even the address look has failed to fetch the address from GAL. How to resolve this? First you […]
Re-connected Mailbox is not showing up in GAL or not active in Exchange 2010
For instance imagine that you have a disabled mailbox in Exchange server 2010 which you need to be reconnected back for some reason. Now you are reconnecting the mailbox to its user objects using the Exchange management console. Now here is the problem! You will see the mailbox as disabled if you check it from […]