Securing out-of-lifecycle systems
I have a confession to make about our business: we still have one PC running Windows XP. Shhh… Fortunately I'm not alone. Recent data obtained by NetMartketShare indicates that just over one percent of...
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Adding a progress bar to your PowerShell scripts
Those of you who know me, or who know my work, know that I live and breathe PowerShell. As such, I tend to build a lot of PowerShell scripts that automate various tasks. But some tasks can take quite a...
View ArticleEnterprise considerations when purchasing laptops
In this era of remote work, or hybrid work, or whatever it might be called—and for however long it lasts—provisioning users with laptops has become increasingly important for large and mid-sized...
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Digging deeper into Windows 11: The good, the questionable — and why?
As I mentioned about a month ago here on TechGenix, despite having written many books and articles about Windows over the years and having a high opinion of Microsoft as a company, I’ve had to cross my...
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It’s about time: Importance of an accurate NTP server for your datacenter
I have an online meeting I need to join shortly, so I’m keeping my eye on the current time displayed in the little digital clock in the right-hand corner of the taskbar on my workstation. My meeting is...
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User’s guide to customizing and managing Windows Terminal
In a previous article, we learned a bit about what’s under the hood with Windows Terminal, an open-source program from Microsoft for users of command-line tools and shells like command prompt,...
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Trench Tales: Remote office server replacement project
Trench Tales is one of our most popular series of articles here on TechGenix because it allows readers who are IT professionals to get down into the mud where they spend most of their time wrestling...
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Trench Tales: Enterprise FollowMe printing gotchas
Pull printing, which is often referred to using the eponym “FollowMe” or “follow-me” printing, is a way of implementing print servers, either on-premises or in the cloud, so that when a user prints...
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Windows Terminal: Getting started with Microsoft’s new utility
Way back in May of 2019, our own Annie Pilon here on TechGenix introduced us to Microsoft’s new utility called Windows Terminal and described some of its helpful features for command-line users. Since...
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Why SMBs need a standalone solution for Windows 10 patch management
I’m a frequent lurker on two popular online communities (the AskWoody Forums and the PatchManagement group on Google Groups), where legions of IT professionals frequently share their frustration and...
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Preventing remote desktop users from shutting down office computers
So, you’re working from home because of COVID-19 and you’re using Remote Desktop to connect to your Windows 10 office computer via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). You accidentally (or perhaps...
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Trench Tales: Wrangling too many breeds of computers
Wouldn’t it be nice if all our computing technology was the same size, same make, same model? Welcome to the real world of desktop management. While those of us who work down in the trenches of IT...
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Remote connectivity solutions: Doing RDP sans Microsoft
Editor’s note: In response to the coronavirus crisis gripping the world, TechGenix is republishing a selection of recent articles, tutorials, and product reviews with relevant information for IT pros...
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Always On VPN: Why you should use this new remote access technology
Editor’s note: In response to the coronavirus crisis gripping the world, TechGenix is republishing a selection of recent articles, tutorials, and product reviews with relevant information for IT pros...
View ArticleUsing DHCP to configure VPN clients? Windows Server 2016 has features you need
Editor’s note: In response to the coronavirus crisis gripping the world, TechGenix is republishing a selection of recent articles, tutorials, and product reviews that contain relevant information for...
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Implementing a remote work solution under the pressure of coronavirus
What’s it like being an IT pro who is on the front line of transitioning their enterprise to a home-office model so users can work from home instead of at the office because of the coronavirus crisis?...
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Always On VPN configuration in Windows 10 using Microsoft Intune
Editor’s Note: In response to the coronavirus crisis gripping the world, TechGenix is republishing a selection of recent articles, tutorials, and product reviews that contain relevant information for...
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How to prevent your laptop from overheating
The word laptop is a misnomer, isn’t it? I mean who really sits their laptop on their lap when they’re working on something? Maybe that college student sitting on the floor in the hallway, but...
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Tips and tools for simulating a complex network in a virtual lab
When I started out writing books for IT professionals many years ago, I knew I needed lots of hands-on experience to make them useful. I gained some of that experience firsthand working as a LAN admin...
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Trench Tales: Restructuring a legacy network with a VLAN
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation has begun impacting businesses and organizations in various ways, and we’ve covered a number of these in this series of stories here on our...
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