Why is my Windows server communicating with hosts 94.245.121.253 or 157.56.144.215?
On modern servers, for example Windows Server 2012 R2 you might see "suspicious" traffic to IP addresses 94.245.121.253 or 157.56.144.215 on port 3544. This traffic is coming from the Microsoft...
During the installation of VMRC you might run into the following error: "The user did not accept the license agreement by passing EULAS_AGREED=1 on the command line." Despite adding EULAS_AGREED=1...
Setting the Windows Server 2012 R2 sxs (alternate sources) path locally
When you try to install any Windows Server 2012 R2 role or feature, Windows requires the original setup files. You can use the CD and specify the path, or you can use the steps written below to set...
There are many Powershell scripts to determine the operating system version, but determining is the edition is a bit harder. You might need this information for certain applications. The information...
Laptops inrichten voor het Nevobo digitale wedstrijdformulier
A quick note for my English (regular) readers: this article is written in Dutch and not at all related to the usual subjects I write about. Dutch alert after the break. Sinds vorig jaar september is...
SCCM 2012 OSD variable OSDDiskpartBiosCompatibilityMode not working, causes 0x000000ED BSOD
I ran into this issue with a Windows XP image being applied using SCCM 2012. After the minisetup the machine crashed with the following BSOD (0x000000ED, UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME): 1414
