Aug 10, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Install GUI on Windows Server 2016 TP 2

By default there is no GUI installed with server 2016 Technical Preview 2. If you have only installed the Core you will be at a command prompt after logging in. With many programs there will be a need for the GUI to be installed. One other option at installation is to select the with local admin tools at installation. This will only add ServerManager which will load at login, thankfully you can add the... read more

Aug 6, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Remove Windows 10 Upgrade Popup

Windows 10 is out and like many others we have known about it for sometime due to the popup we have been getting after an update to our systems. If you are like me you just want it to go away until you really want it then get it. So how do we remove this un-wanted update. The first thing you need to do is remove updates that power these notifications. This is done in the following way: Open Control Panel... read more

Aug 5, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Enable Disk Cleanup on Windows 2008 R2

Ever wondered how or what you can delete from the C:\windows\winsxs directory without busting your Windows 2008 R2 server? We wonder no more, Microsoft has allowed this using the Disk Cleanup tool. In this post we will discuss how that is achieved and what is required and what you can do. The Disk Cleanup wizard that would cleanup previous versions of Windows Update files, KB2852386 adds a Disk Cleanup... read more

Aug 4, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To change BIOS from UEFI to Legacy on HP GEN9 servers

Recently received a new batch of HP Proliant Gen9 servers and ran into an issue in being able to build the servers using Microsoft SCCM and PXE Boot. This was due to the UEFI boot settings being enabled on the servers and our PXE boot WIM was not UEFI aware. In our current environment this is not an option due to the support for older hardware and OS’s, so a work around was needed. Note:  In this... read more

Jul 31, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Create a Windows 10 Installation ISO

Windows 10 is here! And with that comes many issues with one being how do I create bootable media for installing? Well that is easy due to Microsoft  providing a Windows Media Creation Tool to download and create bootable USB and DVD ISO media or upgrade your system. You can start by downloading the tool from here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 . Select either 32 or 64 bit... read more