by ds | Apr 7, 2014 | Administration
Problem MS Security Essentials may be installed on up to 10 PCs in your network, respectively is inclued in Windows 8 / 8.1. But it does not offer any kind of central management software. Most settings can be done with GPO registry settings, but it would also be...
by ds | Feb 24, 2014 | Administration
Scenario You use a simple / thin virtual disk (JBOD-like) created with the Windows Storage Spaces feature. There are e.g. 10 physical hard drives included in the storage pool. Suddenly, one of them shows a bad S.M.A.R.T. status and should be replaced as soon as...
by ds | Nov 19, 2013 | Administration
Scenario You use a common Office 2010 installation with the PDF editing tool Foxit Phantom 2.2.x. When you copy some text to the clipboard and then start Word, the clipboard is suddenly empty. Solution The Foxit Phantom PDF Suite installation comes with a Word Add-In...
by ds | Nov 15, 2013 | Administration
I had this issue with Windows 8.1. Using local Hyper-V for testing purposes, it was not able to create a new virtual machine, it only displayed this error. The main problem is, the domain GPO only allows certain users to be logged on as a Service. Hyper-V adds a...
by ds | Nov 15, 2013 | Administration
Problem I experienced some issues with my NIC after upgrading to Windows 8. The device was enabled in device manager without any problems and the drivers were up to date. When I entered the network connection properties, I saw that IPv4, IPv6 features etc. were...
by ds | Nov 4, 2013 | Administration
Problem Using the Shrew VPN Client with Windows 8 (not 8.1) and a remote firewall Netgear FVS318v3: Everything runs fine. After upgrading to Windows 8.1, it seems to work first and the connection gets established – but a ping to your remote location fails. In...
