Aug 13, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How to Squeeze More Space on Your Windows C drive

As a system administrator you are always fighting the battle to keep the C:\ drive as clean as possible, which at times can be a job in itself. In this post we will discuss a few places where you can get a few more MB or GB from the drive. These tricks apply on Windows 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2. Compress c:\windows\installer directory You can gain about half the space used by this folder by... read more

Aug 11, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Install Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 on VirtualBox 5

We Administrators love our toys and also a chance to see what the latest operating systems have to offer us. Especially the latest Windows Server version. the latest of which is Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2. Being one of those administrators that is curious I had to see what is coming. In this post we will be installing the latest technical preview on VirtualBox 5.0. Note: VirtualBox 5.0... read more

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