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Server 2008 R2 KMS Server support for Windows 8 and Server 2012 activation

The time has come, it has arrived. Windows 8 and Server 2012. And now you need to activate some clients  activate you a serve. If you are running a KMS Server using Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2, it may be time to upgrade; well not necessarily. You see when you attempt to activate your Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 […]

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Hyper-V Server 2012 hits Release to Manufacturing (RTM)

Hey there; you want to build some servers? You do? That’s good, real good. Microsoft also pushed Hyper-V Server 2012 to Release to Manufacturing (RTM) status. It’s now yours for the download and installation pleasure. All you need to do is get it from here and you are on your way with virtualization using Microsoft latest […]

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Window 8 Activation – Where to place your key

I have my work laptop setup with Windows 8 and now its time to Activate. This is how I tried to do this and how I succeeded in doing so Method 1: Perform the steps mentioned below. a: Right Click at the bottom left of the screen and select System. b: Click View Details in Windows Activation […]

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Waiting on the Windows 8 RTM Bits

The topic say’s it all, and my refresh clicking finger hurts at this point

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Server 2008 R2 NTP Server

With a little registry play and the restart of a services I can not provide the right time to my SAN. Here’s how to do it: 1 – Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following registry entry: HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesW32TimeConfig 2 – In the right pane, right-click AnnounceFlags, […]

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Identify Microsoft SQL Server version & edition

I wanted to determine which version of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 was running on one of my servers. So I opened up SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and ran the following command as a new query window: SELECT SERVERPROPERTY (‘productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘edition’) The following results are returned: -The product version (for example, 10.0.1600.22) -The […]