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		<title>GPO WMI filter to prevent screen rotation</title>
		<link>http://blog.foreignkid.net/2013/04/gpo-wmi-filter-prevent-screen-rotation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foreignkid Moderator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to create a GPO that prevents users from rotating the screen. This one addresses the issue with Intel Graphics cards using WMI. <a href="http://blog.foreignkid.net/2013/04/gpo-wmi-filter-prevent-screen-rotation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fixing the AppAssure sluggishness on v5.3.1.59332</title>
		<link>http://blog.foreignkid.net/2013/03/fixing-appassure-sluggishness-v5-3-1-59332/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foreignkid Moderator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to fix the DellAppAssure sluggishness, and multitude of files in the Crypto/MachineKeys directory.  <a href="http://blog.foreignkid.net/2013/03/fixing-appassure-sluggishness-v5-3-1-59332/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>KACE Automatic Patching Tip for New Machines</title>
		<link>http://blog.foreignkid.net/2013/03/kace-auto-patching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foreignkid Moderator</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.foreignkid.net/?p=1522</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this article, I describe a method to patch newly added machines to KACE using a custom SQL query to create a smart label and a patch job.  <a href="http://blog.foreignkid.net/2013/03/kace-auto-patching/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dropbox stuck on syncing or uploading &#8211; [solution]</title>
		<link>http://blog.foreignkid.net/2013/01/dropbox-stuck-syncing-uploading-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foreignkid Moderator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick tip on how to fix the problem when Dropbox seemingly syncs and uploads files indefinitely <a href="http://blog.foreignkid.net/2013/01/dropbox-stuck-syncing-uploading-solution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>AppAssure Backup: A Review</title>
		<link>http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/12/appassure-backup-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.foreignkid.net/?p=1415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Backup is one of those things that are a necessary evil in every organization. In an enterprise environment, they have historically been expensive, complicated, have a large foot print, require a lot of resources, and a high initial investment. Moreover, backups are usually not very visible throughout organizations, unless there is a need for restores; so justifying that purchase to those in management is a bit tougher than a solution that would immediately bring a “product” into the users’ hands.

Traditionally, the backup software concept has been based on file/folder selections into backup sets, and then scheduled on a recurring basis to target destinations to perform the backups. This, of course is the very basic concept. This, as I said, is the traditional method, and works well. However, businesses and their dynamics have changed in the past years, and with the emergence of virtual infrastructures and platforms, as well as online availability for a lot of business, the concept of a maintenance windows (aka. backup window) is no longer as practical as it once was.

Backup software companies have been rethinking backup from the ground up, keeping the new business models in mind. Products like Veeam backup and AppAssure are two examples that are doing it differently. Veeam works more on a virtual disk level (i.e: VMDK or VHD), where AppAssure works on a volume level. Both perform block level backups. The main difference between these 2 products and the former mentioned ones, is the latter ones eliminate the need for a Backup window altogether, and employing technologies that make the backups more efficient, more frequent, and most importantly non disruptive. <a href="http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/12/appassure-backup-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Group Policy (GPO)</title>
		<link>http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/11/understanding-group-policy-gpo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been administering Active Directory for at least 10 years now, and one of the main questions I get in relation to that, is Active Directory Group Policy. (GPO). If you are unfamiliar with Group Policy, it is essentially a method to deploy settings and configuration to domain connected clients. It is one of the most widely used methods to control access to computers, users and resources, especially in a Role Based security model. In this article, I'm going to attempt to explain GPOs a little bit better, so that you can understand how it actually works, what causes it not to work, and how to troubleshoot it. Obviously, by no means does this article cover everything you need to know about GPO. This would take a full blog on its own. If you are interested in digging deeper, there are a lot of good blogs out there. Now let's get on with this...  <a href="http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/11/understanding-group-policy-gpo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What happened to Internet Explorer Maintenance in GPO?</title>
		<link>http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/10/ie-maintenance-gpo-windows7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 07:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.foreignkid.net/?p=1319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this article, I will show you how to use RSAT on Windows 7 and Windows 8 to setup Internet Explorer Maintenance settings, using the new Preferences features, and another couple more obscure locations.  <a href="http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/10/ie-maintenance-gpo-windows7/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>owexec: the missing psexec feature</title>
		<link>http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/10/owexec-missing-psexec-feature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we'll be talking about a utility that admins and scripting guys/gals will really like. If you have the responsibility of administering servers, or workstations, you have no doubt needed and used some of the PSTools (formerly Sysinternals), now Microsoft. These tools in general are all incredibly useful, however, one that I would like to talk about today is psexec. <a href="http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/10/owexec-missing-psexec-feature/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 8 experience so far</title>
		<link>http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/10/windows-8-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 05:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.foreignkid.net/?p=1298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, I decided to attempt an installation of Windows 8 on my work computer, on a VM, side by side with my fully functional Windows 7. Before that time, I had not taken any time to install the preview releases, so it was a brand new experience for me. For some reason, I wanted to try to take the plunge into forcing myself to use it, to experience its strengths and shortcomings.  <a href="http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/10/windows-8-experience/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>KACE Agent Installation via GPO</title>
		<link>http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/10/kace-agent-installation-gpo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.foreignkid.net/?p=1288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Up until today, I was installing the KACE agent via login script, which overtime, had become convoluted and cumbersome to manage. So, I decided to move all the software installations that were performed by the login script to non other than the K1000. These work like a charm. However, the installation of the KACE agent itself, obviously can't be done with the K1000, unlesss the network parameters and other variables are exactly right. Granted, there are many other methods to do so, among which are login scripts, using the KACE agent distribution tasks, and GPO. In this article, I will be addressing the installation via GPO. Though, this part is very well documented with KACE, there is one item that I will be addressing here that will deal with existing installations of the KACE agent, performed with other methods than GPO Software Installation.  <a href="http://blog.foreignkid.net/2012/10/kace-agent-installation-gpo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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