February, 2013

Remember these on Windows 2003 Server? I cannot count the number of times I’ve been asked how to clean this up. Apparently I’m not the only one that hates clutter. And what about that annoying prompt to insert your product CD-ROM...

Not sure where February went but it sure is flying by in a hurry. During the month I had another interesting question given to me to answer. Don't forget that you can contact us using the Contact tile just to the right of this article when viewed from...

Hey y’all, Mark here again. When visiting a customer PFEs tend to get a bunch of questions that have been “saved up” over time. One of my frequent customers always has a massive list for me when I get there. If they are reading this, they know who they...

Hey y’all, Mark here with a quick post. A while back Tom Moser and I wrote a powershell script to help backup and remove ADM files. http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2011/12/12/how-to-implement-the-central-store-for-group-policy-admin...

Some have noticed that my posts over the last few months have a focus on Windows Server 2012 storage features. (In case you're new to the Ask PFE Platforms blog, I'll include links to those at the end of this post.) On a typical day I'm not obsessed with...

KMS Activation I still receive TONS of questions on KMS even though it has been around for quite some time now. It’s fairly easy to ramp up on. I can generally bring an admin up to speed in under an hour, if they don’t want to read the...