While using https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/login I was prompted to update my password for a test account I was using. The Update Your Password prompt read: You need to update your password because this is the first time you are signing in, or because your password has expired. No problem. So I entered my Current password and my …
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Microsoft Xbox One is ignoring customer requests regarding Media Center Extender support
In June 2014, Microsoft will release a system update that they claim will include “two of your most-requested features will be here soon: external storage support and real names for identifying your friends.” While both of these changes add value, neither address one the most frequently requested features: which is to bring back Media Center …
Raising the domain functional level makes me nervous
One of the projects I have been working on recently at work has been to replace all of our Windows 2003 domain controllers with Windows 2008 R2 domain controllers. So far, the project has gone rather well and I’m just a few steps away from being done. There’s one step, however, that I have been …
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WSUS Update Classifications
For some reason, I have a difficult time finding the brief descriptions of the nine update classifications that you can use to filter the updates you get from Microsoft Updates, so I thought I’d list them here. The source is Microsoft’s “Using the WSUS 3.0 SP2 Configuration Wizard” TechNet article: Critical Updates: Broadly released fixes …
Microsoft uninstalls its Windows Installer Cleanup utility (MSICUU2.exe)
On Friday, June 25, 2010, I pleasantly used this handy tool to fully uninstall a failed Adobe Reader 9.3.2 installation. To my surprise and great disappointment, the Windows Installer Cleanup utility (MSICUU2.exe) was discontinued over the weekend and is no longer available. https://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 “Notice: This article previously contained a link to the Windows Installer Cleanup …
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