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Windows: Using deduplication on a volume

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since Server 2012R2 Windows has the ability to enable deduplication on volumes. This means Windows can find identically blocks on a volume and create references to them. So the block is just stored one time.
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Windows: Setup a WSUS Server for Windows 10 Clients with Feature Support

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in this post I will describe all steps to install a Windows Update Server at top an a Windows Server 2012R2 to fully support the Windows 10 Feature updates.

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Windows: Slow Performance. Windows Update (svchost.exe) consumes high CPU load

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older Windows Versions i.e 7, 8.1 and Server 2012R2 have the problems that an older Version of the Windows Update Agent is installed which consumes a lot of CPU cycles.
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Powershell: Passing an array to a script at command line

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starting point is a simple powershell shell script testarray.ps1:
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Windows: Script to recover lost Passwords from a unattend/sysprep.xml file

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Passwords for new users or for joining a domain could defined in plain text or encrypted at sysprep.xml or unattend.xml file. But they are not “really” encrypted.

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