Problem: When a Visio Pro 2013 package is installed on a machine that already has Office 2013 installed, the shortcuts/icons for Office under Start – Programs get removed. So the story goes: a client had created an Office 365 install 2 years ago but had added it to their reference image for deployment. Now, when…
There have been times where I’ve had an SCCM application deployment fail because the app install writes to the user’s registry hive. In other words, since the application is installed under the local system account, the HKCU specific keys are not written. To get around this easily is to have the application set to be…
There may be situations where software package files may exceed 2 GB and downloading packages this large through SCCM will fill up the local ccmcache folder. In cases like these it is better to configure the package to install directly from a network share, like an administrative install. To do this, leave the Content location option…
I recently installed Sharepoint Server 2013 on Server 2012 R2 and hit a snag. The Prerequisiteinstaller.exe was throwing the error: “The tool was unable to install Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role” and ” Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role: Configuration Error”. I then installed the following roles & features manually: Roles: Features: Then…
This setup is for running an internal network within Hyper-V server on a physical Server 2016 R2 host machine. Step 1: Internal Network In Hyper-V Manager, open the Virtual Switch Manager. Create a New Virtual Network Switch, call it ‘Internal’ and make sure the Connection Type is set as Internal Network. On each VM, go to…