Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is one of Microsoft’s solution accelerators. These products are available for free and are supported by Microsoft covering a number of aspects to managing Microsoft technologies. MDT can allow you to deploy Windows with very limited interaction from start to finish. It can work by booting from a CD, a USB, or when paired with Windows Deployment … [Read more...]
CompTIA updates A+ exams
About every three years, CompTIA updates the A+ certification. On December 15th, 2015, the new version of the exam was released. Exams 220-901 and 220-902 are available simultaneously with the previous generation 220-801 and 220-802 until June 30, 2016 when the 800 series will be retired. You must take both exams in the same series in order for the certification to be … [Read more...]
Upgrading the Vultr WordPress application to PHP 7.0
I recently switched my hosting to save costs and gain performance. The unmanaged SSD VPS options are almost too good of a deal to pass up. 404 Tech Support is now running on Vultr and I have been very happy with the performance and price. To make things easier on me, I used the pre-built WordPress application on Cent OS 6 that Vultr offers. It was super easy to spin up an … [Read more...]
Right-click Paste does not work to change passwords in Active Directory Administrative Center
When you install the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), you get the older Active Directory Users and Computers but also the newer Active Directory Administrative Center. The ADAC got a refreshed look on Windows 8 and I have been trying to use it over ADUC because of its better global search and faster access to attributes. However, I ran into a small bug with the … [Read more...]
Microsoft expands ‘Get Windows 10’ prompts to domain-joined, Professional computers
Microsoft previously held the line on their aggressive pushing of Windows 10 to previous versions of the operating system at leaving domain-joined computers alone. They are now crossing that line and expanding the 'Get Windows 10' program to prompt domain-joined computers that run Windows 7 Professional or Windows 8.1 Professional and receive their updates directly from the … [Read more...]