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Installation Tips and Tricks
Installation Tips and Tricks This page contains a collection of installation tips & tricks, articles and how-to guides, all related to Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2000, Exchange Server 2003 and Office XP/2003. Please feel free to contact me if you’d like to contribute to this section . Available topics (Sorted in…
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Disaster Recovery Tips and Tricks
This page contains a collection of Disaster Recovery tips & tricks, articles and how-to guides, all related to Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2000 and Exchange Server 2003. Please feel free to contact me if you’d like to contribute to this section . Available topics (Sorted in alphabetical order) Press CTRL+F to…
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Jan 28, 2008 jhemphill
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Anti-Spam Solutions, Tools, Tips and Tricks
This page contains a collection of anti-spam solutions, tools, tips & tricks, articles and how-to guides. Please feel free to contact me if you’d like to contribute to this section . Available topics (Sorted in alphabetical order) Press CTRL+F to search the page for keywords Archiving the SCL Rating in Intelligent Message Filter Block Spam…
Last Update: Sep 17, 2024
Jan 24, 2008 jhemphill
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Alcatel SpeedTouch Tips and Tricks
Alcatel SpeedTouch Tips and Tricks This page contains a collection of Alcatel SpeedTouch Home, Pro and 510 articles, tips & tricks, whitepapers, useful tools and more. Please feel free to contact me if you’d like to contribute to this section . I would very much like to add Samsung, ECI and other brands to my…
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Jan 24, 2008 jhemphill
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Windows Update Problems – Error 0x800A138F
Many users of Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 have had problems when trying to access the Windows Update site. Windows Update works fine scanning for updates, but when you choose to download and install them the page displays this happy error message: Windows Update has encountered an error and cannot display the…
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Windows Update Problems – Error 0x80070485
Windows Update Problems – Error 0x80070485 When you use a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows Millennium Edition to access the Windows Update Web site, you may receive a 0x80070485 initialization error message while the page loads. BTW, this error is not the only error message one might…
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Windows 10 doesn’t reliably give you easy access to stop codes when it crashes. Plus, these codes may flash on your screen for just half a second! In this guide, we’ll show you how to find Windows 10 stop codes, find the reasons behind Windows 10 crashes, and guide you to solidify your Windows reliability…
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RAID 0 and RAID 1 are two of the standard RAID storage levels that you can use to create large data stores by combining multiple disk drives. In this article, we’ll explain the main differences between RAID 0 and RAID 1 and help you determine how to choose the best RAID level for your projects….
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Regulatory Compliance with Microsoft 365
Making sure your business is in compliance with the various regulatory policies that you need to work with can be challenging. Many companies use Microsoft 365 to work with unstructured personal data that are covered by laws that require your organization to follow different compliance procedures. This includes responding to regulatory requirements, assessing compliance risks,…
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With the rise in remote workers the risk of ransomware is higher than it has ever been before. By now most people know that ransomware is a type of malware extortion scheme that typically encrypts files and folders preventing access to critical data or sometimes it can also be used to steal sensitive data. After…
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If you are aiming for a roll-your-own approach to creating a backup of your data in Microsoft 365, the options are not great for a build-your-own solution. However, when it comes to the configuration of your tenant, there are good options. Even if you’ve bought a backup product for Microsoft 365 or are relying on…
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