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Memories Of A World We Once Knew
Last week I was reminded of something that happened to me on the first day of either Kindergarten or Grade 1… I don’t remember which. I was either five or six years old; we were picked up in the morning by a big yellow school bus, and dropped off in the afternoon by the same.…
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The Secrets of The French…
The first class that I took on Microsoft Windows was with a very nice French-Canadian instructor whose name I think was Denis. He told an interesting story that I wish I had retained the details of. He told us that following The Great War (WW1), the government of France decided that codes and secrets and…
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Amazon Dumbness
There are a lot of you out there who do not like Amazon. They are trying to take over the world, they are putting the little guy out of business, and more of that. I respect that position, and respect anyone who would rather not do business with them. I am not in that camp.…
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Errors Unknown and Unknowable
Every so often I encounter a problem that needs to be escalated. This one had a lot of us scratching our heads for a couple of weeks. It is a French server, but in simple terms: When trying to run the Hybrid Configuration Wizard to connect the Exchange Server to Exchange Online, we ran into…
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LinkedIn Spam
I am sinking in spam. “Hi Mitch! I would love to connect with you on LinkedIn!” –Someone I’ve never heard of, but we might have mutual connections… Ok, I connect. Why? You can never know too many people professionally. From someone who has often been out of a job or between contracts, it is often…
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Importing PowerShell Modules When You Cannot Install PowerShell Modules.
**Note: This article is written around a single PowerShell module (ExchangeOnlineManagement). However, the steps will work for any PowerShell module. Have at it! –MDG PS C:\> Install-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement PackageManagement\Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name ‘ExchangeOnlineManagement’. Try Get-PSRepository to see all available registered module repositories. At C:\program…
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How Time Flies
It seems like such a short time ago that my son (the elder) was in elementary school. In 2010 I helped his school by upgrading their systems from an unmanaged Windows XP environment onto Windows 7… along with Office 365 for e-mail. The story was picked up by IT World Canada. While I was given…
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Busting the Myth: Windows 11 Hardware Requirements
If you were to ask me to pinpoint the exact moment of IBM’s downfall and the great rise of Microsoft, it would be in the room in Armonk, New York where the IBM developers and the Microsoft developers were trying to create a new operating system for the new IBM-AT (based on the 16-bit 80286…
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I Want My Money!
Every once is a while I do a quick Internet search of my name. If you’ve never done it, it can be fun and enlightening. And sometimes it can be maddening. To wit, I found this page about me today. Mitch Garvis Net Worth 2018: Wiki-Bio, Married, Dating, Family, Height, Age, Ethnicity (networthpost.org) Now let…
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Welcome to Canada! Welcome to Second Rate Customer Service
I am not going to lie. It is good to be back in Canada. It was a stressful return, but most of it is now behind me, and I can relax. A couple of weeks ago a friend came to visit (and brought my Princess Sophie to me!). She has lived most (or all) of…
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PowerShell From Afar
“Hey Mitch, I always hear you talk about running PowerShell against remote computers. How do I do that?” There are several different ways to do this, depending on what exactly you want to do. Preparation We cannot simply create a machine and start working on it remotely. We have to enable remote management by first…
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Where’s my RSAT?
A close friend and former colleague recently gave me the nickname “Mr. No GUI.” Why? I am big believer in Windows Server Core. I do not believe there should be a GUI on a Windows Server unless it is being used as a desktop. That does not mean that we all have to become command…
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When?
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When To Ignore vs. When To Act
** WARNING: This article contains explicit and disturbing subject matter and images. Before opening the article be aware, and do not do so if you may be sensitive to images of extreme violence. **DISCLOSURE: While I am contracted to Microsoft Corporation, I am not an employee. The articles that I write are not meant to…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
The World According to Mitch 