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Disable Hardware Acceleration in Outlook 2013

Not all computers work better with hardware acceleration, especially those with incompatible drivers.

A couple of users contacted me asking about “white screens” and freezes in Outlook 2013. The simple solution is to disable the hardware acceleration…

Breaking into a Windows System

Do you ever get that sinking feeling, when you’ve forgotten the root password to your test lab?  Again?

I hate it too!  So I decided to figure out a way around it, using a work around…

Windows Server 2025 Backup reports with PowerShell and SendGrid

A modernised rewrite of the popular WBAdmin email report script, now compatible with Windows Server 2025 and using the SendGrid REST API instead of SMTP for reliable, credential-free mail delivery.

Azure Backup Job Failed 0x1D4C2

Lately we’ve been getting a lot of inquiries regarding Azure Backup. One customer tried to set up the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent, they experienced a problem where the backup job fails immediately…

Change the Azure AD Sync Schedule

I finally I got some time to play with the new Azure Active Directory Sync tool and its configuration.

The installation was very straight forward. The step-by-step instruction are provided on MSDN. The administration tools and scripts are located in difference places compared to DirSync which was little confusing in the beginning.

WordPress: Increase Number of Posts in Search Results

WordPress: Increase Number of Posts in Search Results

The basic goal of a site search is to find information quickly. Because searches rely on the same setting as any other WordPress page when determining the number of listings to show, we have to get a little creative in order to show a different amount.

Troubleshooting Content Mismatch Warnings on a DP

Troubleshooting Content Mismatch Warnings on a DP

You might see content mismatch warnings in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager when content validation runs and determines that there is a discrepancy between the expected list of packages in WMI on the distribution point and the packages in the content library.

Software Update Content Cleanup in SCCM 2012

Software Update Content Cleanup in SCCM 2012

In System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, Microsoft added the capability to automatically remove software
update content from distribution points when that content is related to expired updates.

Hash mismatch with SCCM Application

Hash mismatch with SCCM Application

I’ve been troubleshooting an issue with application/client installations for a while now. Some applications have been getting hash mismatch when downloading…

Write Folder Metadata via Powershell

Write Folder Metadata via Powershell

The last few days I’ve been working with Powershell. The idea behind this function is to customize folders. In my case I needed to make sure that the file path does not contain spaces, yet show user friendly folder names to the end user.