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Do I need a Physical Machine with a TPM chip to test BitLocker?

Do I need a Physical Machine with a TPM chip to test BitLocker? Not if your Hyper-V machine is running Windows 10/ Server 2016. If your physical machine is running either of these operating systems, all you need to do … Continued

Why can’t I Confirm a new Password for the Administrator when installing Windows Server 2016?

Why can’t I Confirm a new Password for the Administrator when installing Windows Server 2016? I am installing a brand new server running Windows Server 2016. I have got as far as the C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe screen which is prompting me for … Continued

How do I change the Account a Windows Service Logs on As?

How do I change the Account a Windows Service Logs on As? There may be times when you need to change the account a Windows Service Logs on as and in this post we walk you through the process.

How do I restart a Service from the Services Control Manager?

How do I restart a Service from the Services Control Manager? There will be times when you need to Restart a Windows Service for various versions. This Tip shows you how.

“The specified user name does not exist” error when trying to set a Custom account for the IIS Application Pool Identity

“The specified user name does not exist” error when trying to set a Custom account for the IIS Application Pool Identity This Tip will help resolve the issue of getting The specified user name does not exist error when trying … Continued

“The specified password is invalid. Type a new password” error when trying to set a Custom account for the IIS Application Pool Identity

“The specified password is invalid. Type a new password” error when trying to set a Custom account for the IIS Application Pool Identity I am trying to add a Custom account as the Application Pool Identity in IIS Manager. But … Continued

How do I know which OU a computer belongs to?

Add an “Open Command Prompt here” entry to the right-click menu in Windows 2008?

News – A Whole Bunch of Cool Microsoft Content for You

Listed below is a whole bunch of different Microsoft content that should hopefully be of interest of you including links to find out more/ register. Item Details Developer Tools Download Download any Visual Studio skus, including VS 2015 https://www.visualstudio.com/?Wt.mc_id=DX_MVP9734 … Continued

Intune – New Windows 10 configuration policies template to come in a future update

As announced on the Microsoft Intune blog, Microsoft is planning to release the new Windows 10 configuration policies template during a future service update as detailed in the update in the following Blog post: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoftintune/archive/2015/08/20/new-windows-10-ios-and-android-features-coming-over-next-week.aspx