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How To Set a A Static IP Address In Windows – Server Basics

A lot of my articles, and IT work in general requires setting a static IP address up for your Windows Server or PC. So here’s how to do it. Note that this procedure will work equally well for Windows 10, and Server 2016. The procedure is fairly similar for Server 2008 and 2012 though it’s […]

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How To Set Up A New Windows Domain – Server 2016 Essentials

I had some extra hardware lying around, and my trusty backup drive got full so, I decide it was time to build a lab environment so I could develop stuff easier. This involves, to start with a Windows Server 2016 Essentials server. Hopefully everyone out there will find the process I’m going through to set […]

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USB to Serial Adapters and Kit Suggestions

Way back in 2008 or so I got a couple of serial adapters for my laptop so I could set up various network devices. Most business class devices, even in the 21st century still use the serial port approach to first set up. Something about security or making things harder for technicians to do their […]

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Disable Outlook Call Handling In ShoreTel Director

One of the more helpful, or not helpful features of the ShoreTel phone system is Outlook Calendar integration. I’ve worked with the ShoreTel phone system since roughly 2007 in various capacities and this is one of those features that either works, or doesn’t depending on version of Office, ShoreTel, and phase the moon is in. […]

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Site Changes

I had to change the theme of the site. I haven’t used Chrome in a long time due to it having been a total piece of garbage on most of my machines. Anyway, put it on my trusty Surface 3 as Firefox was taking up a ton of memory, notice basically no links or anything […]