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Password Reset for Ubuntu System

Yes! I forgot my password to a fresh install of Ubuntu. Thankfully I can recover using the following steps: 1. Turn your computer on. 2. Press ESC at the GRUB prompt. 3. Press e for edit. 4. Highlight the line that begins “kernel ………”, press e 5. Go to the very end of the line, add rw init=/bin/bash […]

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How-To Software Technical

Exchange Server 2010 Prerequisites on Windows Server 2008 R2

In order to install Exchange server 2010 with Client Access, Hub Transport, and Mailbox server roles: 1- Servers that will host the Hub Transport or Mailbox server roles require the Microsoft Filter Pack which can be downloaded here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=137042 2- After installing the Filter Pack run the ” Import-Module ServerManager “ command from Windows PowerShell […]

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How-To Software

Disable Revocation Check on SSTP VPN Sessions

Please use the following steps: You will need the create the following registry Key (REG_DWORD) under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sstpsvc\Parameters Setting the key value of 1, will prevent it from checking. More detailed info below: NoCertRevocationCheck Registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sstpsvc\Parameters Registry entry: NoCertRevocationCheck Data type: REG_DWORD You can use this registry entry to enable or to disable the SSL […]

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News

Earth Day 2012 – Mobilize the Earth

Each year, Earth Day — April 22 — marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Today, April 22, more than one billion people around the globe will participate in Earth Day 2012 and help Mobilize the Earth™. People of all nationalities and backgrounds will voice their appreciation […]

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Hardware Technical

Task Manager Info

If you have taken a look at Windows Task Manager, and wondered what does all this mean. This brief guide should help you understand what these values represent. The performance information is broken down into four categories: CPU, Physical Memory, Kernel Memory, and System CPU: CPU (Central Processing Unit) usage represents the percentage of CPU capacity currently being used by […]

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Personal Software Technical

Exchange 2010 – 1 Week to production

For several weeks / days I have been actively working on migrating our internal Exchange 2007 infrastructure to Exchange 2010.  In my lab setup I can say that Exchange 2010 is an awesome continuation in Microsoft flagship email product.. I will be documenting several of the things I’ve discovered about the process  and share with you all.  So please stop […]