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How to see when was Windows installed on this machine?

A question that may had troubled, or is troubling some of you is: “When was my Windows installed ?”

There is a very easy way to find out:

1. Go to Start / type: CMD / Press Enter ( or Start Run for previous Windows versions, prior to Win7 )
2. A command promt window will appear
3. Type: systeminfo | find /i “install date” / press enter


ENJOY.

And if you encounter any problems feel free to comment contact me.

How to Turn off Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration | Step-by-Step

A very annoying thing in Windows 2008 R2 is the Internet Explorer’s error: “content from the website listed below is being blocked by the internet explorer enhanced security configuration“.

Ok now, but how do we disable this security setting ? ( it is called Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration – IE ESC ).

FOR WINDOWS 2008:

1. If you have it enabled, or freshly installed the Windows 2008, you will get this error:

2. Go to Start Administrative Tools Server Manager:


3. Click on Server Manager / Expand the Security Information Section / click on Configure IE ESC:


4. Turn OFF the IE ESC ( for Administrators / for Users / or for both, depending of your scenario ):


FOR WINDOWS 2003:

1. Close all Internet explorers
2. Open Control Panel
3. Go to ADD or Remove Programs 
4. Click on Add/Remove Windows Components 
5. Uncheck the checkbox named Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration / click NEXT
6. You’re done, and you can now open a IE.

ENJOY.

And if you encounter any problems feel free to comment contact me.

How to Determine What Domain Controller Authenticated the User ?

This is quite a frecvent question: How do I know what domain controller logged me in?

1. Go to start / run / cmd

2. Type:

a. set logonserver


b. echo %logonserver%


ENJOY.

And if you encounter any problems feel free to comment contact me.

VPN Error 691: Access denied because username and/or password is invalid on the domain

Error 691: Access denied because username and/or password is invalid on the domain.

Solution: 
A. Verify the logon ID and password are correct.
B. Make sure the Include Windows logon domain check box is unchecked in the Options tab of the dial-up connection’s Properties dialog box.
C. Make sure the dial-up connection’s security option is correctly configured to use the Require secured password setting.
D. Delete all of the *.pwl files and reboot if you are using win9x.
E. Try another logon ID or create a new Logon ID because the profile may be damaged.

ENJOY.

And if you encounter any problems feel free to comment contact me.

WordPress Solved 500 Internal Server Error at 1and1 hosting

Problem: WordPress admin pages get a  “500 Internal Server Error”

Why? PHP is running out of memory.

Solution: If you are running your own root, dedicated or virtual server this is an easy bugfix: You just have to change the php.ini of your server and provide more memory to your PHP installation. On a shared hosting server – like 1and1 you don’t have access to that central php.ini. But there is an easy workaround:

Create a text file and name it “php.ini” (without the quotes ) and with a single line of code in it:

memory=20M

This file has to be placed into the directory /wp-admin/ within your WordPress installation.

Enjoy !

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Features & Advantages

Windows 2012 RC brings some pretty nice features. Here you have some documentation regarding this:

Over on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform site we have:

Meanwhile – on our TechNet Library we have: