Microsoft DiskSpd Storage Performance Tool

9 Mar

Microsoft DiskSpd Storage Performance Tool by Martin Brinkmann on March 10, 2016 in Software – Last Update: March 10, 2016 1 DiskSpd is a free open source performance benchmarking tool by Microsoft for systems running Windows. The program has been designed for professional use to analyze and diagnose storage … Read More »

open ports for Quickbooks

6 Mar

Under the Exceptions tab, click Add Port. Specify ports 80, 10172, and 443. Additional ports may need to be open for different versions of QuickBooks. QuickBooks 2014: 8019, 56724, 55358-55362. QuickBooks 2015: 8019, 56725, 55363-55367. See Firewall and Internet security … Read More »

set time

26 Feb

Vee.Hexx May 25, 2011 at 2:45 AM yeah, as per martin says, PDC server goes off to internet for master sync (we use the built-in windows ntp.org server). all other DC’s manually set to use the PDC time. domain PC’s should … Read More »

winsxs folder cleanup

22 Feb

Depends on the OS version.  With Windows 10, it should be self-maintaining.  For Windows 8.1, you can use DISM: DISM /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase For Windows 7, the /ResetBase option isn’t available. The nuances of /ResetBase vs. no /ResetBase are … Read More »

GROUP POLICY SLOW LINK DETECTION

21 Feb

GROUP POLICY SLOW LINK DETECTION http://www.rebeladmin.com/2015/05/group-policy-slow-link-detection/ In an active directory infrastructure, we use group policies to push security settings and other computer configuration from central location. It can be apply for computer level or user level. In an organization it’s … Read More »

Resynchronization of virtual machines in Hyper-V Replica

9 Feb

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/virtualization/2013/05/10/resynchronization-of-virtual-machines-in-hyper-v-replica/ What is resynchronization and why is it needed? Hyper-V Replica provides protection to VMs by tracking and replicating changes to the virtual hard disks (VHDs) of the VM. Hyper-V Replica runs 24 hours, 365 days in a year; for … Read More »