Just ran across an issue where the miniport devices were accidently removed from a system. Not having these installed caused the system to have network driver installation and connectivity issues. Here are the steps to re-install WAN miniport devices Step 1: Uninstall WAN Miniport Devices 1. Open Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) and on the view menu select ......

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Just a quick one here. Sometimes I setup a server and I get everything configured but, forget to enable RDP. So – of course I could login locally to the server and make the change. BUT – I would have to go a different site (or sometimes a different room – Its not that I am lazy… I’d like to think that I am working smarter, not harder ). The quickest ......

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With Microsoft’s recommendation to use server core for Hyper-V systems, I have been seeing a lot of server core lately. With that in mind, I am posting how I set up a Server Core system (after base OS install). 1. Login to you Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core system 2. Run sconfig from the command line. This will bring up the Server configuration ......

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I have recently come across this issue a number of times and was unable to find any reliable information about this on the web. So, after hours of troubleshooting and some calls with Microsoft, I found the following information. SYMPTOM: A Hyper-V Cluster will generate a 0x50 Blue screen during normal operation. This can happen on ANY node of the cluster. ......

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