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How do I remove the Windows.old

After a recent update of my Windows 10 installation, I was left with the expected Windows.old folder containing 16 GB of old data. It’s time to clean up.  Here are the steps I followed to make this happen. Steps: Click in Windows’ search field, type Cleanup, then click Disk Cleanup.  Click the “Clean up system […]

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VMware vCenter 6 Phantom Snapshots

I’ve been using vCenter 6 for a while now and noticed an odd issue pertaining to snapshots. It seems that all guest show a “revert to current snapshot” state even if a snapshot does not actually exist. However viewing under the Snapshot Manger… shows no existing snapshots associated with the virtual machine guests. I’ve noticed […]

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ntopng on Ubuntu 14.04

I just completed my ntopNG appliance setup. Once more I can look into my network traffic to get an idea of what’s going on. Below you will find the steps to complete the install Here are the steps Log into the ubuntu server host and issue the following commands: sudo into root: sudo -i wget http://www.nmon.net/apt-stable/14.04/all/apt-ntop-stable.deb […]

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Using Get-SPWebTemplate to list available site templates in SharePoint 2013

In this tech-short we will go over a simple yet effective way to list out the available site templates in SharePoint 2013. Using the New-SPSite PowerShell cmdlet allows you to specify the name of a template to use. In my case I was unaware of the name of available templates in my SharePoint installation.  Using the Get-SPWebTemplate […]

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Deploy Template Using VMware Guest Customization Specification

Using templates save you lots of time when it comes to deploying virtual machines. And if you are looking to get a slight edge on your deployments in lab or production using customization specifications may be the way you want to go. Here are some quick steps to deploy using this method:   From the […]

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VMware Flings: Embedded Host Client Update

I am excited about the release of VMware Labs Flings release of  version 3 of the Embedded Host Client. For those of you who find yourself out of the loop at time, no worries it happens.  Here is some details about the the embedded host client: The Embedded Host Client is written purely in HTML and JavaScript, […]