Power View in SharePoint only shows current year.

I have a customer using the Power View add in for SharePoint 2013 based on SQL 2014. I have created a BISM object that connects directly to an OLAP cube.

When I build reports or Pivot tables against this object they work fine. However when I build dashboards in Power View they only show the current year's data

We do have a default date dimension which forces for some reason Power View to only display current year. Therefore the slider doesn't work since it has only current year / date showing up.

After removing the date dimension in one of our dev. cubes, Power View showed all dates and we were even able to uses the date animation with slider worked fine.

We don't want to do this in production however, because many of our reports rely on the default date dimension.

Has anyone come across this or know a workaround?

Changed type Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Saturday, May 16, 2015 1:00 AM No response

Reply:

SG, are you still working through this?

Thanks!

Ed Price, Azure & Power BI Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

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First Map - Newbie Question

I am trying to create my first map. I thought I had what should be the most basic one to try but I cannot get it to work as I would like. I am trying to display potentially 2 data points for a location and I don't want it to show as a pie chart. I would like 2 different bubbles if a city has both. My data currently has 2 columns - CityState & Category. I'm assuming there is just some trick I am missing to get it to display the way I want. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thank you so much.

Changed type Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Saturday, May 16, 2015 1:00 AM No response

Reply:

Anneroth, is this still an issue?

Thanks!

Ed Price, Azure & Power BI Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

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A user-defined function that enables SQL Server to perform similarly to the VB "Split" function

Also shared on TechNet HERE

While working on an interface between Pitney Bowes shipping system APIs and legacy data stored in Microsoft SQL Server, I needed a simple way to parse a delimited string. I knew how to accomplish this in Visual Basic but, after searching the internet, did not find a clean and simple approach using SQL stored procedures. I decided to write my own user-defined function which performed the duty with little effort. You are welcome to incorporate the solution into your own projects.

Description: A user-defined parsing function that enables SQL Server that also performs similarly to the VB "Split" function.

Author: Paul DeBrino .:. InfinityRD.com .:. (C) Oct 2007
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/*   Short Description:   A user-defined parsing function that enables SQL Server that also performs similarly to the VB "Split" function.    Parameters:   	1. String : Value to parse, based on the specified delimiter. Limit 2000 characters (you may alter size limit as needed).  	2. String : Delimiter value. Single character value.  	3. Integer : Section To Return. 0 returns all sections as a table, otherwise specify the parsed section number you wish returned as nvarchar.  	4. String : Section Data to Find. Pass a zero-length string when not applicable. Section To Return defaults to 0 when using this feature.    Returns:  Table with one row per each parsed section:   String : SectionData   Identity : ID (useful when Section To Return parameter is 0 and you want to know the section number for each parsed value)    General Usage:  	select * from splitstring_V2('ABC-123-DEF-789-Z', '-', 0, '')  	>> results in 5 rows -- 1 per each section parsed -- Use cursor or other method to process results.    	select * from splitstring_V2('ABC-123-DEF-789-Z', '-', 0, 'DEF')  	>> results in 1 row: DEF, 3    	select * from splitstring_V2('ABC-123-DEF-789-Z', '-', 4, '')  	>> results in 1 row: 789, 4    	select * from splitstring_V2('ABC-123-DEF-789-S01', '-S', 0, '')  	>> results in 2 rows: ABC-123-DEF-789, 1 and S01, 2 -- Use cursor or other method to process results.    	select * from splitstring_V2('ABC-123-DEF-789-S01', '-S', 0, '') where sectionnumber=2  	>> results in 1 row: S01, 2    Usage to load result into a variable:  	select yourvariable = sectiondata from generic_use..splitstring('ABC-123-DEF-789-Z', '-', 1, '')    Author: Paul DeBrino .:. InfinityRD.com .:. (C) Oct 2007  Please retain the author, copyright and notes, if you adopt this user-defined function.    Long Description: While working on an interface between Pitney Bowes shipping system APIs and legacy data stored in Microsoft SQL Server, I needed a simple way to parse a delimited string. I knew how to accomplish this in Visual Basic but, after searching the internet, did not find a clean and simple approach using SQL stored procedures. I decided to write my own user-defined function which performed the duty with little effort. You are welcome to incorporate the solution into your own projects.  */    ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[SplitString_V2]  (   @p_StringToParse as nvarchar(2000),    @p_Delimiter as varchar(5),   @p_SectionToReturn as int,   @p_SectionDataToSearchFor as varchar(2000)  )  RETURNS @v_Results TABLE   (   SectionData nvarchar(2000),   SectionNumber int   )  AS  BEGIN     declare @v_Index int, @v_Section int, @v_Slice nvarchar(2000), @v_SectionDataToSearchForFound bit   set @v_Index = 1   set @v_Section = 1   set @v_SectionDataToSearchForFound = 0     -- Monitor for incorrect use of parameters: SectionToReturn must be 0 when specifying SectionDataToSearchFor:   If ((isnull(@p_SectionDataToSearchFor,'') > '') and (@p_SectionToReturn <> 0))   Set @p_SectionToReturn = 0     If @p_StringToParse is null RETURN    	WHILE @v_Index !=0  	BEGIN   		-- GET THE INDEX OF THE FIRST OCCURENCE OF THE DELIMITER:  		SELECT @v_Index = CHARINDEX(@p_Delimiter,@p_StringToParse)    		-- CAPTURE THE SECTION TO THE LEFT OF DELIMITER INTO THE SLICE VARIABLE:  		IF @v_Index !=0  			SELECT @v_Slice = LEFT(@p_StringToParse, @v_Index - 1)  		ELSE  			SELECT @v_Slice = @p_StringToParse    		-- PLACE THE SLICE INTO THE RESULT:  		IF @p_SectionToReturn = 0  		BEGIN  			IF ((isnull(@p_SectionDataToSearchFor,'') > '') AND (@p_SectionDataToSearchFor = @v_Slice))  			BEGIN  				SET @v_SectionDataToSearchForFound = 1  				INSERT INTO @v_Results(SectionData, SectionNumber) VALUES(@v_Slice, @v_Section)  				BREAK  			END  			ELSE IF (isnull(@p_SectionDataToSearchFor,'') = '')  				INSERT INTO @v_Results(SectionData, SectionNumber) VALUES(@v_Slice, @v_Section)  		END  		ELSE IF @v_Section = @p_SectionToReturn  			BEGIN  				INSERT INTO @v_Results(SectionData, SectionNumber) VALUES(@v_Slice, @v_Section)  				BREAK  		END    		-- REMOVE THE CURRENT SECTION FROM THE STRING TO PARSE:  		SELECT @p_StringToParse = RIGHT(@p_StringToParse, LEN(@p_StringToParse) - @v_Index)    		-- BREAK IF NOTHING LEFT TO PARSE:  		IF LEN(@p_StringToParse) = 0   		BREAK    		SET @v_Section = @v_Section + 1   	END    	IF ((isnull(@p_SectionDataToSearchFor,'') > '') AND (@v_SectionDataToSearchForFound = 0))  		Delete from @v_Results    	RETURN    END

Edited by Paulie-D Thursday, April 14, 2016 6:57 PM Version 2 - new 4th argument added

Reply:

Have you read this great article?

http://sqlperformance.com/2012/07/t-sql-queries/split-strings

Best Regards,Uri Dimant SQL Server MVP, http://sqlblog.com/blogs/uri_dimant/

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Reply:

Thanks .. but it's overkill for my purposes.

My code was designed for interactive leveraging; for example, to parse data within a Stored Procedure called from an external API.

Edited by Paulie-D Wednesday, May 6, 2015 5:31 AM

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SSL Certificate comes unbound from IIS web application daily

I have an SSL certificate (issued by a Certifying Authority) that comes unbound from the web application daily. It only does this for one web application near as I can tell. There seems to be very little information on users having similar issues, I've found a few posts here and there but in each case no one responded with any suggestions. Surely there must be some cause or solution to this? Sifting through the logs hasn't shown anything yet, but there is so much to go through, I could be missing it. I've noticed even during the day at random it comes unbound. Maybe if I note the times I can sift through a smaller section of the logs, but I'm not hopefull that there will be any information that points to something.

Changed type Vivian_Wang Wednesday, May 6, 2015 3:28 AM

Reply:

Hi,

Since the issue is related to IIS, i think you could ask in IIS forums:

http://forums.iis.net/

Regards.

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SharePoint 2013 BCS Column to a hyperlink in List

Hi folks!

Today i was searching for a solution for SP 2013 to get a column form an external list formatted to hyperlink und google wasn't really helpful there for. All solutions I've found are related to SP 2010 and SPD 2010.

But i found this great post with an answer from AbedKhooli (https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/d0c13348-224f-4cdd-96e2-2f0b37313e34/sharepoint-2010-bcs-column-to-a-hyperlink-in-list?forum=sharepointcustomizationprevious) and tried to port this to SPD2013. And it was successful!

So, if you try to get those things done in SPD2013, have a look:

In addition to AbedKhooli's post, you can use this as a workaround for 2013. It's a little bit considerable for you need to have both a 2010 and a 2013 environment to get this working, for, as you all might know, in SPD 2013 thers is no design view editing a page.

But nevertheless, you can get this working in 2013 as follows:

Do as AbedKhooli described in SPD 2010. Of course you will have to have a working external list to get this done.

Then, when you have formatted your column, switch to code view, find the block within the <xsl>-Tags, open the corresponding page in SPD2013, copy the hole <xsl>-block to SPD 2013 and have fun!

To mention briefly, you will have to store your links in database as absolute ones, e.g.:

http://microsoft.com leeds to http://microsoft.com

otherwise your data will be taken as a relative link and will be added to the actual url:

microsoft.com leeds to http://yourserver/lists/yourlist/mircrosoft.com

Hope, someone will find this helpful!

And btw., if someone has a more easy solution to get this done in SPD2013, please add it as a comment. Thank you in advance!

BR,

Sam

Changed type Victoria Xia Wednesday, May 6, 2015 3:20 AM discussion

Reply:

In Addition, this is "my" resulting XSL-Snippet:

<xsl>  	<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="xsl msxsl ddwrt" xmlns:ddwrt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/runtime" xmlns:asp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ASPNET/20" xmlns:__designer="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebParts/v2/DataView/designer" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:SharePoint="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" xmlns:ddwrt2="urn:frontpage:internal" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">   		<xsl:include href="/_layouts/xsl/main.xsl"/>   		<xsl:include href="/_layouts/xsl/internal.xsl"/>   		<xsl:param name="AllRows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row[$EntityName = '' or (position() &gt;= $FirstRow and position() &lt;= $LastRow)]"/>  		<xsl:param name="dvt_apos">'</xsl:param>  		<xsl:template name="FieldRef_Text_body.AP_URL" ddwrt:dvt_mode="body" match ="FieldRef[@Name='AP_URL']" mode="Text_body" ddwrt:ghost="" xmlns:ddwrt2="urn:frontpage:internal">  			<xsl:param name="thisNode" select="."/>  			<xsl:choose>  				<xsl:when test="@AutoHyperLink='TRUE'">  					<xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@AP_URL" disable-output-escaping ="yes"/>  				</xsl:when>  				<xsl:otherwise>  					<a href="{$thisNode/@AP_URL}"><xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@AP_URL" /></a>  				</xsl:otherwise>  			</xsl:choose>  		</xsl:template>  	</xsl:stylesheet>  </xsl>

In lines 7, 11 and 14 you see AP_URL resulting from my SQL tablecolumn called "AP_URL".

Change this to your columntitle.

BR,

Sam

Edited by Sam Krieger Tuesday, May 5, 2015 10:22 AM

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Reply:

Hi Sam,

Thank you for sharing this with us, and it will help others who have met with this issue.
I will change this thread type to discussion as it is not an question, more people can join to this topic and share their opinions.

Thanks,

Victoria

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How to change the content type of a masterpage

I have a JS file uploaded in the master pages repository. I have it opened in Designer but cant figure put how to change the document's content type from Master Page to Javascript Display Template.

Reply:

Hi,

Please see if it can help you

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/1fd99b71-c37a-406b-b491-73a89bc00dfc/changing-masterpage-on-content-page?forum=sharepointdevelopmentlegacy

Please remember to click 'Mark as Answer' on the answer if it helps you

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Reply:

Hi,

Please see if it can help you

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/1fd99b71-c37a-406b-b491-73a89bc00dfc/changing-masterpage-on-content-page?forum=sharepointdevelopmentlegacy

Please remember to click 'Mark as Answer' on the answer if it helps you

I looked at the site but didnt find it applicable to what Im doing. I need to change the content type of my master page. As you can see from the image below, there is no option to select the content type. I believe I have to enable "content type editing" but I dont know on which page can I enable it.

http://i.imgur.com/7paVvOd.png

In addition to changing the content type, I need to do the following:

Set the Target Control Type value to "View."
Set the Standalone value to "Override."
Set the Target Scope value to the URL of your site (e.g. "/sites/site1″).

I dont know how (or where) to set any of the above either as there does not seem to be any option to do so on Designer or on the Sharepoint settings page.

Edited by thumpersd Tuesday, May 5, 2015 8:22 PM

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Reply:

Found the solution:

Site settings > Master Pages > Advanced Settings

Enable editing of content types

Now the fields will be available when editing the master page's properties

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Reply:

Try this https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/1fd99b71-c37a-406b-b491-73a89bc00dfc/changing-masterpage-on-content-page?forum=sharepointdevelopmentlegacy

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FIM2010 licensing model is changing as of 1st of april 2015

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/products/products.aspx
Download the "Microsoft Product Use Rights (WW, English, April 2015)" document at http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/userights/Downloader.aspx?DocumentId=8488

In short, prior to 1st of april 2015, you required

a FIM server license for every FIM server installed and a CAL for every user managed in the FIM Service, or
Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 External Connector

After 1st of april 2015:

Windows Server license (Standard & Datacenter) will include FIM server entitlement
FIM Server 2010 R2 licenses will not be available anymore on the price lists

The FIM server will no longer be sold as a separate license, but instead Windows Server licenses will allow customers to install the FIM Server software.
Azure Active Directory Premium (AADP) and any suite that contains AADP, including Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) and Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS), will also entitle users to access FIM.
Since FIM users already required a Windows Server CAL or equivalent to access FIM running on Windows Server, no additional Windows Server CALs (or Windows Server External Connector) will be required.

More info here:

Peter Geelen (Microsoft Belgium) - Premier Field Engineer Security Identity

[If a post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Mark as Answer" of that post or click "Vote as helpful" button of that post.
By marking a post as Answered or Helpful, you help others find the answer faster.

Edited by Peter GeelenMVP Tuesday, May 5, 2015 8:02 PM typo

Reply:

Hello,

as you can not bye a FIM Server license any more, I assume that this also apply to already purchased Windows Server licenses,right ?

/Peter

Peter Stapf - ExpertCircle GmbH - My blog: JustIDM.wordpress.com

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Reply:

Interesting...so this almost sounds like MS won't be "selling" FIM/MIM anymore (since its being given away)...so is there any real future in the product? Hmm...

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Reply:

It's more or less the same discussion as to ADLDS, RMS and ADFS.

The MIM roadmap recently has been presented (eg on TechEd) and you see there are significant investments, updated features and important scenario's to support the Identity Manager's future.

That roadmap and the change in licensing model are clear indications that MS is focussing on making Identity Manager more cloud-ready and better integrated with Microsoft's cloud-based identity management solutions, especially Azure Active Directory, and enable more hybrid and cloud-first scenarios.

MS is making a licensing model change to better align with the user-based models of the MS cloud identity and mobility offers.
This change will also allow you to more readily implement high availability, redundant, and load-balanced multi-server deployments, and thus enable more advanced scenarios for your organization.

Let's meet in 5 year (or 10 year), at the end of (extended) support of MIM and discuss what the future has brought us.

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Reply:

Does anyone know where the binary's are available for users with a Windows Server license then? :)

/Frederik Leed

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Reply:

Hello,

Current solution is to download it like before from VLSC: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter/default.aspx

Regardless if you already purchased it or using Windows Server license from now on.

This is the answer I got from Product Group a few minutes ago.

/Peter

Peter Stapf - ExpertCircle GmbH - My blog: JustIDM.wordpress.com

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Reply:

Thanks for the update, great info.

Wish I could just ignore things like this, but you have a typo:

"FIM Server 2010 R2 lices will not be available anymore on the price lists"

should read:

"FIM Server 2010 R2 licenses will not be available anymore on the price lists"

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Reply:

Fixed.

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activation codes for my nokia lumia 900

I need to activate my windows phone

Reply:

Hello, please follow instructions in guide Activation code required when signing in with a Microsoft account on your Windows Phone.

Activation is normally done with first sign in and start of Windows Phone. Just connect to Wi-Fi or GSM network.

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Delete Out-of-Office Rule with MFCMAPI

[Symptom]
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This OOF issue happens on single user. He is able to:

1. Click turn on/off OOF rule in Outlook and OWA without issue.
2. Edit the OOF message and click save without any issue.

However, any settings he saved do not take effect.

[Cause]
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OOF rule on the mailbox is corrupted.

[Solution]
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There is no use to delete and recreate the rule via Outlook or OWA. You have to use MFCMAPI tool to delete the rule directly from the user's mailbox.

1. Download Mfcmapi_bin.exe
<http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/9/f/49f2ce91-72c5-45f5-9849-401cd9b86d67/mfcmapi_bin.exe>

2. Install on the desktop.
3. Double click on MFCMapi.exe, click 'OK'
4. Click on "Session" and select "Logon and Display Store Table"
5. Choose the profile, and click 'OK'
6. Double click on the "Mailbox - alias"
7. Expand "Root Container" >> "IPM_SUBTREE" >> "Inbox"
8. Right click on "Inbox" and select "Display Rules Table"

9. Please delete all the rules in the window:

10. Click File|Exit
11. Click Session|Logoff
12. Click File|Exit
13. Open Outlook, recreate the rules and check if the issue persists.

Please click to vote if the post helps you. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Changed type ForumFAQ Wednesday, April 29, 2015 8:23 AM
Edited by ForumFAQ Wednesday, April 29, 2015 8:25 AM

Reply:

Thanks for Sharing.

Hope this helps. Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

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[SOLVED] Slow mail flow sending in chunks every 20 to 30 minutes.

Hello, I wanted to share an issue I observed with slow mailflow on our new Exchange 2013 CU8 Hybrid environment. It is my hope that this can help someone out there, that like me, thought moving to Exchange 2013 was a huge mistake.

Brief overview of my mail servers and typical mailflow

Hosted spam filter service --> Palo Alto firewall --> On-Prem Exchange 2010 SP3 CAS server --> On-Prem Exchange 2010 SP3 HUB transport & mailbox server <--> Hybrid Exchange 2013 cu8 (CAS&Mailbox roles) <--> Palo Alto firewall <--> hosted exchange online mailboxes

Ever since initial setup I experienced delays with mail flow. Email would become queued at our Hybrid Exchange 2013 cu8 server when attempting to send to the exchange online hosted mailboxes, but it would eventually send. I observed several interesting items (below).

mail would become stuck in the on-prem Hybrid exchange 2013 server queue, and then send out of the queue in chunks , after about 20 to 30 minutes of waiting
when mail started to send "in chunks", all mail would be delivered out of the queue in seconds
after about 45 minutes or so, mail would start queuing again and repeat the process
On prem and external-to-our-organization mail would queue mail destined to exchange online mailboxes. Hosted mailboxes would send to other hosted mailboxes instantly, but the hosted accounts queued mail when sending back to on-prem mailboxes.

Here is what the delayed mail headers would be like (local addresses removed for my benefit)

Initially I thought it could be "the DNS bug" described in the slow-mail-flow thread over here. While I followed the steps and manually specified our DNS settings, we continued to experience the problem.

LOGS and Errors

I enabled verbose logging on the Hybrid on-prem Exchange 2013 connectors

My log file path is:
D:\Exchange2013\TransportRoles\Logs\FrontEnd
D:\Exchange2013\TransportRoles\Logs\HUB

Found errors:

\Logs\Hub\ProtocolLog\SmtpSend errors:

*,,Connector is configured to send mail only over TLS connections and remote doesn't support TLS

\Logs\Hub\Connectivity errors:

*,Session Failover; previous session id = 08D250C62FEB1479; reason = SocketError

Indeed the above errors was related to an invalid TLS certificate setup on our on-prem Exchange 2010 SP3 mailbox server. After fixing the certificate, we still experienced the slow mail queue, but had no more errors in our exchange logs.

The above troubleshooting took about a week to hammer out. During that time I asked our network engineer to take another look at the network config, and he noticed that he had set the Palo Alto firewall to allow port 25 traffic incoming traffic, but he did not allow port 25 outgoing traffic. After he changed the rule to allow outgoing port 25, our problem was gone. Somehow the firewall ended up being the issue all along, and even though plenty of Microsoft articles start with "check your firewall", I was assured that our firewall was OK and email even eventually found a way out (I have some thoughts on that - did the messages send when incoming port 25 traffic opened up? your thoughts welcome). Thanks for reading and I hope someone out there finds this information useful.

Changed type Vinas Tuesday, May 5, 2015 12:53 PM not a question

Reply:

Thanks for sharing.

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Carl

is there any software available for Server 2008 like easy transfer?

Reply:

what do you want to transfer to 2008?File?Role?Permissions?

ADMT tool;

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc974332%28v=ws.10%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Robocopy;

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145.aspx

Also use server migration tools comes with 2008 r2.

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SCCM 2012 - Multiple Dependent Applications no Detection of upgrade after a successfull install.

I am finding a detection problem when trying to run an Upgrade of Adobe Reader mui 10.0.11 of an previous version 10.0.6 that contains a dependence on the base install. Even though the detection method works if there is no previous versions installed. it does not work if it tries to update the 11.0.6 or the Base install of 11.0.0. I should mention that the upgrade also has a dependence of the the 11.0.0 base in case a user does not have the current base version.

The main question is does SCCM 2012 handle multiple dependent applications or is it limited to one?

Is there another way to run continuous step upgrades of products and have at the end a dependency of the core/Base install?

Please get back when you can.

Gary AlexionIT

[Fixed] US Gov't CaC Cards Not Recognized

As of build 9860, this issue is fixed!

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// I have already posted this using the formal feedback tool //

Windows 10 Technical Preview for Enterprise does not properly read US Government CaC cards. Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 natively could sans any third party applications. It's not a reader or hardware issue as the same CaC card was used on the same hardware with Windows 8.1 (just a couple of days ago prior to installing Windows Technical Preview for Enterprise).

Changed type DarienHawk67 Tuesday, November 4, 2014 8:01 PM
Edited by DarienHawk67 Tuesday, November 4, 2014 8:03 PM

Reply:

DarienHawk67,

If you have more than one type of smart card reader, try using it instead of the current one. It's possible that it's a compatibility issue with the reader itself.

You could also try manually reinstalling the smart card reader driver. Make sure you use the latest driver available for Windows 8.1.

Hope this helps!

Mike

Windows Outreach Team – IT Pro

Windows for IT Pros on TechNet

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Reply:

I've done that. One three separate machines with different smart card readers (laptops with internal readers and with external readers), Windows 10 Technical Preview fails to properly see DoD CaC certificates on the card. Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 natively can recognize the cards and import the certificates into the user's personal certificate store. According to device manager, all of the drivers are installed and the device is properly working.

It's import to keep in mind that this is based on a clean install. I will have to see if using a third-party middleware application--in our case ActivClient 6.2.195 or ActivClient 7.0.2--has the same results.

Edited by DarienHawk67 Saturday, October 11, 2014 9:35 PM

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Reply:

I have a Gemalto reader and it comes up with all versions of Windows fine.

What card reader are you using, you may need to manually find drivers

Place your rig specifics into your signature like I have, makes it 100x easier!

Hardcore Games Legendary is the Only Way to Play!
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Edited by Carey FrischMVP, Moderator Sunday, October 12, 2014 10:22 PM Remove annoying graphic

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Reply:

// I have already posted this using the formal feedback tool //

Windows 10 Technical Preview for Enterprise does not properly read US Government CaC cards. Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 natively could sans any third party applications. It's not a reader or hardware issue as the same CaC card was used on the same hardware with Windows 8.1 (just a couple of days ago prior to installing Windows Technical Preview for Enterprise).

A couple of things to check:

With the card inserted into the reader, does the card itself show in Device Manager?
Again with the card inserted, run certutil -scinfo and post the results.

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Reply:

// I have already posted this using the formal feedback tool //

Windows 10 Technical Preview for Enterprise does not properly read US Government CaC cards. Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 natively could sans any third party applications. It's not a reader or hardware issue as the same CaC card was used on the same hardware with Windows 8.1 (just a couple of days ago prior to installing Windows Technical Preview for Enterprise).

A couple of things to check:

With the card inserted into the reader, does the card itself show in Device Manager?
Again with the card inserted, run certutil -scinfo and post the results.

If you look at the screenshot, the card is not being shown at all in the OP's device manager

mine shows as smart card device

Gemalto again, at least with my personal setup

so I am wondering what reader and what card is being used, he may need new drivers

Gemalto is what most ATM machines use today, at least what I have seen

Edited by Carey FrischMVP, Moderator Sunday, October 12, 2014 10:22 PM Remove annoying graphic

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Reply:

If you look at the screenshot, the card is not being shown at all in the OP's device manager
mine shows as smart card device

Gemalto again, at least with my personal setup

so I am wondering what reader and what card is being used, he may need new drivers

Gemalto is what most ATM machines use today, at least what I have seen

'

I did look at the screenshot. I do this for a living. If the card is not inserted, there won't be a Smart Card node in Device Manager.

The vendor for debit and credit cards obviously has nothing at all to do with this thread.

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Reply:

I did not recognize the reader brand

you need additional software with my reader to read bank cards

my reader is flexible, it can do access control too

like opening doors etc or even internet card present transactions

Edited by Carey FrischMVP, Moderator Sunday, October 12, 2014 10:22 PM Remove annoying graphic

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I did not recognize the reader brand

my reader is flexible, it can do access control too

like opening doors etc or even internet card present transactions

Which proves my point that you really shouldn't be involved in troubleshooting this issue. O2 Micro, along with Broadcomm are probably the two most widely used smart card reader chipsets currently in use for integrated readers.

That must be quite the magical smart card reader you have if the reader, rather than the card, is able to unlock doors.

I'm going ask politely, even though I know that it is probably futile, to leave troubleshooting this issue to those of us who actually do smart card and PKI deployments. The simple fact that you may have a card and a reader, and that you may use them, does not qualify you to be able to troubleshoot this problem. I use applications and programs daily but I would never presume to help troubleshoot a programming problem.

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Reply:

I will leave this to somebody who has other card readers and cards, as mine work.

The OP should contact the vendor for their hardware seeking updated drivers

Edited by Carey FrischMVP, Moderator Monday, October 13, 2014 1:17 AM Remove annoying graphic

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Reply:

I will leave this to somebody who has other card readers and cards, as mine work.

The OP should contact the vendor for their hardware seeking updated drivers

This likely has nothing at all to do with drivers. It is more likely a trust problem with the certificate(s) on the card and/or a cryptographic service provider problem.

BTW - thanks Carey. :-)

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Reply:

when I insert a valid card, it comes up normally

a bank card shows as a device but with no working drivers, but the class is recognized

when I installed software for the bank it worked fine, that is due to the security layers banks up here use for protecting chip and pin cards

Edited by Carey FrischMVP, Moderator Wednesday, October 15, 2014 1:14 AM Removed distracting graphic

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Let me add some additional detail. There is nothing wrong with the reader(s). All of them work properly with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 (and the server variants). It's not, probably not, a driver issue as the card itself is recognized.

For those who may not know, U.S. Gov't CAC (Common Access Card) differs slightly from typical smart cards. The post was to inform that Windows 10 Technical Preview for Enterprise (in it's early release iteration as it stands now) does not properly recognize CAC cards and is currently unable to read and import the certificates into the user's certificate store.

This is feedback for the Windows team to let them know what is happening in the real world. This may be something MSFT already knows about. By no means am I worried as I am 100% sure this will be fixed and addressed with a later update or release.

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Thanks for posting that screenshot, it clarifies everything

indeed it looks like the card is being rejected for one reason or another

that means could be server related or certificate etc

maybe your certificate authority can enroll the card fresh?

Edited by Carey FrischMVP, Moderator Wednesday, October 15, 2014 1:14 AM Removed inappropriate graphic

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Reply:

With build 9860, this issue is fixed and no longer a problem!

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Reply:

With build 10049 this problem persist again :( Virtual smart cards are also affected.

Edited by Deyan N. Kochev Tuesday, May 5, 2015 11:22 AM

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Office 360

How can I open my multi Office 360 on different devices? Now where on your account can you set-up and one digit code, even though it tells you, you can open everything with one code!

Changed type Vivian_Wang Monday, May 11, 2015 8:16 AM

Reply:

Hi,

Did you mean Office 365?

If yes, i think you could ask in Office 365 forums:

http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/default.aspx

Regards.

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Feature Request: Keyboard shortcuts for Zoom in/out

One of the best new features of recent versions of Internet Explorer is the ability to do full-page zoom using [CTRL] + [Mouse Scroll Wheel] or [CTRL] + [+] or [-].

PLEASE consider adding [CTRL] + [+] or [-] zoom in/out capability for all us laptops users without mouse scroll-wheels.

Richard Turner www.bitcrazed.com

Changed type David Wolters Thursday, April 14, 2011 8:00 PM This is not a question.

Reply:

On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:57:44 +0000, Richard Turner [BitCrazed] wrote:

One of the best new features of recent versions of Internet Explorer is the ability to do full-page zoom using [CTRL] + [Mouse Scroll Wheel] or [CTRL] + [+] or [-].

PLEASE consider adding [CTRL] + [+] or [-] zoom in/out capability for all us laptops users without mouse scroll-wheels.

You can set this up for yourself. First add these macros to a module in your
Normal.dot template (or Normal.dotm for Word 2007 or 2010):

Sub ZoomIn()
If ActiveWindow.View.Zoom < 450 Then
ActiveWindow.View.Zoom = ActiveWindow.View.Zoom + 10
End If
End Sub

Sub ZoomOut()
If ActiveWindow.View.Zoom > 20 Then
ActiveWindow.View.Zoom = ActiveWindow.View.Zoom - 10
End If
End Sub

Then go to the Customize Keyboard dialog and assign the Ctrl+[+] shortcut to
the ZoomIn macro, and Ctrl+[-] to the ZoomOut macro.

The macros change the zoom by 10% with each press of the shortcut. If you want
a larger or smaller increment, change the number 10 in each macro.

Jay Freedman
MS Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

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Reply:

Thanks for the suggestion Jay. I've used similar techniques in the past, but it's a PITA to have to carry such scripts forward across all the machines under one's control ... and harder still to make these changes consistenly in environments where one does not have full control.

I still believe that such a fundamental feature as document zooming, which warranted a new UI (slider) element, deserves an appropriate keyboard shortcut that's consistent with other popular apps such as IE.

Richard Turner www.bitcrazed.com

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Reply:

You dont even have to do that. You can just hold down CTRL and scroll anywhere and it will zoom in and out. You can do it in any window, in any program and it will work. I think it is a feature of windows, not of the individual programs.

Or get a wireless mouse with a scroll wheel for your laptop.

Edited by _lhart_ Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:48 PM

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Reply:

How do I scroll on a laptop without a mouse?

Every time I have to take my hands off my keyboard, I lose productivity.

There are many of us who enjoy a significant productivity boost from learning keyboard shortcuts for many of the most frequently performed actions (especially in Ribbonized UI such as Office 2007+ and Windows 8). Not having the ability to zoom in & out via keyboard shortcuts (consistent with other popular apps/experiences) is a hindrance and VERY annoying once you've tried [CTRL] + [+] or [-] in IE/Chrome/FF/etc.

Richard Turner www.bitcrazed.com

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Reply:

Richard Turner [Bitcrazed] wrote:

How do I scroll on a laptop without a mouse?

Richard Turner www.bitcrazed.com

That depends on what you have instead of a mouse. You can certainly scroll with a touchpad.

Stefan Blom, Microsoft Word MVP

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Reply:

That depends on what you have instead of a mouse. You can certainly scroll with a touchpad. Stefan Blom, Microsoft Word MVP

But not with most pen tablets. And touchpads are a PITA for scrolling too if you want to keep your hands on the keyboard. And so on. Honestly, it's becoming almost as standard a set of shortcuts as Ctrl-X/C/V these days -- what's so hard about including it that it eludes the Office devs? It's a trivial addition that would make a lot of users happy.

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What David said.

IE Chrome, etc. support font-zooming with [CTRL] + [+]/[-]. Visual Studio now also supports font-zooming albeit with [CTRL] + [<]/[>] (grrr).

It'd be AWESOME if Office were to recognize that people are now using a wider variety of screen sizes @ different DPI levels and that zooming in using a consistent keyboard key chord would be enormously valuable to many users. For example:

I have a Sony Vaio Z Series which doesn't support pinch-zoom.

I also have a MacBook Pro running Win8 which does support pinch-zoom.

Don't forget my SurfaceRT with a trackpad that also supports pinch-zoom, albeit in a very small area. And like my Samsung Series7 slate, both have touch-screens so I can pinch-zoom, but once again I am taking my hands off the keyboard and losing productivity.

Richard Turner www.bitcrazed.com

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Reply:

Dude! thanks so much. I've been wanting this for two or three years now. All other applications that I use do it by default, so I'm constantly trying to zoom but instead I'm typing random symbols. :o)

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Reply:

Hello,

thank you Jay Freedman for the macros. They work great in Word 2010.

Is it possible to get the macros working in Outlook 2010 for the Message text?

a) Navigation Pane Normal and Reading Pane Bottom/Right

b) Message/E-Mail opened in second Window

c) Writing a new Message/E-Mail

References:

https;//msdn,microsoft,com/en-us/library/office/ff834873(v=office.14).aspx

For b) and c) I found the following thread where they use the "Microsoft Word 14.0 Object Libary" as reference:

https;//social,technet,microsoft,com/Forums/office/en-US/46ca9a02-fdb8-4f59-b2bc-e699b244b240/outlook-2010-preview-pane

Then I added my functions to change the zoom level while writing a new Message/E-Mail:

Option Explicit  Dim WithEvents objInspectors As Outlook.Inspectors  Dim WithEvents objOpenInspector As Outlook.Inspector  Dim WithEvents objMailItem As Outlook.MailItem    Private Sub Application_Startup()   Set objInspectors = Application.Inspectors  End Sub    Private Sub Application_Quit()   Set objOpenInspector = Nothing   Set objInspectors = Nothing   Set objMailItem = Nothing  End Sub    Private Sub objInspectors_NewInspector(ByVal Inspector As Inspector)  If Inspector.CurrentItem.Class = olMail Then   Set objMailItem = Inspector.CurrentItem   Set objOpenInspector = Inspector  End If  End Sub    Private Sub objOpenInspector_Close()   Set objMailItem = Nothing  End Sub    Private Sub objOpenInspector_Activate()   Dim wdDoc As Word.Document   Set wdDoc = objOpenInspector.WordEditor   wdDoc.Windows(1).Panes(1).View.Zoom.Percentage = 100  End Sub        ' My functions  Private Sub ZoomIn()   Dim wdDoc As Word.Document   Set wdDoc = objOpenInspector.WordEditor   If wdDoc.Windows(1).Panes(1).View.Zoom.Percentage < 450 Then   wdDoc.Windows(1).Panes(1).View.Zoom.Percentage = wdDoc.Windows(1).Panes(1).View.Zoom.Percentage + 10   Else   MsgBox "Maximum Zoom level reached"   End If  End Sub     Private Sub ZoomOut()   Dim wdDoc As Word.Document   Set wdDoc = objOpenInspector.WordEditor    If wdDoc.Windows(1).Panes(1).View.Zoom.Percentage > 20 Then   wdDoc.Windows(1).Panes(1).View.Zoom.Percentage = wdDoc.Windows(1).Panes(1).View.Zoom.Percentage - 10   Else   MsgBox "Minimum Zoom level reached"   End If  End Sub    Private Sub ZoomDefault()   Dim wdDoc As Word.Document   Set wdDoc = objOpenInspector.WordEditor   wdDoc.Windows(1).Panes(1).View.Zoom.Percentage = 100  End Sub    Sub GetZoomLevel()   Dim z As Integer   Dim wdDoc As Word.Document   Set wdDoc = objOpenInspector.WordEditor   z = wdDoc.Windows(1).Panes(1).View.Zoom.Percentage   MsgBox "Current Zoom level: " & z & "%"  End Sub  ' My functions end

Finally I added my 4 functions to the "Quick Access Toolbar" of and existing and a new Message/E-Mail and assigned 4 icons.

Edited by blueice_haller Tuesday, May 5, 2015 12:37 PM

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Passing Password in Powershell script

I have to pass password in the powershell script.

currently i am using CreditSSP and password storing in secure sting in the disk .

Is there any way to read password from schedule task configuration or SSO or windows authentication

Reply:

Hi,

Password can be easily obtained from PSCredential object using
GetNetworkCredential method:

$PlainPassword = $Credentials.GetNetworkCredential().Password

For more details, please go through the below two articles:

Working with Passwords, Secure Strings and Credentials in Windows PowerShell

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4546.working-with-passwords-secure-strings-and-credentials-in-windows-powershell.aspx

Decrypt PowerShell Secure String Password

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/03/26/decrypt-powershell-secure-string-password.aspx

Regards,

Yan Li

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Regards, Yan Li

Edited by Yan Li_ Tuesday, November 12, 2013 6:35 AM edit

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Reply:

OP requested for Integrated Windows Authentication. Requirement is to get the service account credentials and and run the same in task scheduler

Regards Chen V [MCTS SharePoint 2010]

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Reply:

Thank you, your link really helped me!

Dennis Hobmaier, MCSE SharePoint Blog: www.hobmaier.net

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How to enable database journalling for standard users

Dear All,

i have exchange 2010 and require to enable database journalling. please help

Sunil

SUNIL PATEL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Reply:

Hi Sunil,

1.Create a new mailbox for journal.

2.Then go to EMC--->Organisation configuration --->mailbox --->Right click the database -->properties ->maintenance--->check the box "journal recipient" and browse the mailbox for journal.

Thanks & Regards S.Nithyanandham

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MS DTC not coming online on SQL Server 2008 R2 failover cluster

Dear Experts,

On a SQL Server 2008 R2 failover cluster, MS DTC cluster service is not coming online. It fails with below error message.

"The DTC cluster resource's log file path was originally configured at: E:. Attempting to change that to: M:. This indicates a change in the path of the DTC cluster resource's dependent disk resource. This is not supported. The error code returned: 0x8000FFFF".

From the Component Services, we can see under the clustered DTCs, in the properties of the log file that it is configured for E drive. The 'Transaction list' and 'Transaction Statistics' are empty. When I try to change the log file path to point to M drive I get this warning message.

"An MSDTC log file already exists in the selected directory. Resetting an existing MS DTC log file may cause your databases and other transactional resource managers to become inconistent. Please review the MSDTC Administrator's manual before proceeding. Do you wish to reset the existing MS DTC log"

Could you please advise if this is safe to proceed with this warning as the 'Transaction list' and 'Transaction Statistics' are empty or would it cause any other issue.

Thanks,

Reply:

Any thoughts please?

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Reply:

Second opinion advised:

I do not think from windows server 2008 on wards, there is no need to have clustered MSDTC, enabling local DTC on all nodes should work fine. I remember reading this recently.

also, enabling new MSDTC log and restarting should be okay if there are no currently running distributed transactions.

I guess, you have MSDTC for entire cluster....

Again, please get second opinion. i personally, have not faced this issue.

Hope it Helps!!

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Easy and True solution

This equation has not been solved since 1930 when it was made. The equation is for engineers to design pipes. But I want lots of folks to learn the equation because they will learn the easy and true solution because of the Log function.

There are two numbers that are needed for engineers.
Rr is between 0.00004 and 0.05
Re is between 2,500 and 10,000,000

The solution is to solve the f.

Her is the equation 1/sqrt(f) = -2*Log(Rr/3.7 +2.51/(Re*sqrt(f)))

But the equation can be changed to 1/sqrt(f) = -2*Log(Rr/3.7 +2.51/Re*1/sqrt(f)) and then change the 1/sqrt(f) to X and solve for the X. So the equation is X = -2*Log(Rr/3.7 +2.51/Re*X)

The easy solution is to Guess (about 1 to 10) and X in a cell and below it type = -2*Log(Rr/3.7 +2.51/Re*X), but enter the Rr and Re numbers but for the X, just point to the Guess X. Then format the equation to about 16 digits and then copy that equation to about 20 cells below, and the X will be using the previous cell that was the solving of the next X. Then before the 20th cell the solution for X will stop changing. You can change the Guess X and the last solution will not not change.

The to compute the f it is =1/X/X, (just below to 20th cell) and for the X just point to the bottom cell. You can change the Rr and Re in the cell below the Guessed X and copy the new equation down to the last X, (and the X will change) and the f will still be 1/X/X.

An almost one about 1,000 engineers in the world have learned this is an Easy and True

This is Harrell Geron, and engineer for almost 40 years.

Ragknot

Changed type George123345 Tuesday, May 5, 2015 2:57 AM Experience Sharing

Reply:

Hi Harrell Geron,

Thanks so much for sharing this. It's really valuable. Thanks again.

Regards,

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Why you shouldn't download/purchase Windows 10

1. When you download Windows 10 Technical preview on your laptop you can't rollback

2. Wanna play fullscreen games? Too bad, when you start a game windows will be a D***, You will be thrown out of the game and when you want to get in the game again, the same thing happens again.

3. Wanna reset Windows 10? You can but you can't access the start menu again.

End results, Windows 10 Sucks, you should keep it with Windows xp, Vista, 7, 8 or 8.1 before you're stuck in it forever.

For me it is too late

Reply:

you should have read this Before you install windows 10 technical preview, If you want to go back to your previous operating system.

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