A collection of system administration hints and tips,tricks and articles on Microsoft Windows in all its variants.
Chatting from the Windows Command Prompt
The net send command is used to send messages on a network. Learn more about this command and see several examples.
How to hide Windows 2012 Server Manager at login
If you have a server which is low on resources, having to wait for the server manager process to finish loading can be a little bit painful
Continue reading...Windows cheat sheet
An assortment of miscellaneous Windows references and commands that are useful to both novice and experienced windows administrators alike.
Continue reading...Common SQL queries
A short article which provides sysadmins ands DBAs alike with common sql statements for generic information across multiple database environments.
Continue reading...WMIC Quick Reference Guide
The WMI command-line (WMIC) utility provides a command-line interface for WMI. WMIC is compatible with existing shells and utility commands.
Continue reading...Running CYGWIN scripts as a scheduled task in Windows
cygwin has many utilities you can install to make life as a UNIX administrator more homely within a windows environment, except cron
Continue reading...Using Event Viewer for Hyper-V troubleshooting
Almost all events on Hyper-V are logged in Event Viewer, however they are divided between different event logs.
Continue reading...Installing Windows Server Backup
WSB is not installed by default. The feature installation is made by Server Manager. After installation, the tool can be accessed via console or CLI.
Continue reading...Differences between Hyper-V, Hyper-V Server, Hyper-V Client, and VMware
There are three versions of Hyper-V; the role installed on Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V Server and the Hyper-V that comes in Windows 8.
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