How to install the Microsoft Loopback adapter in Windows 7

Microsoft Loopback adapter For some reason, the Add New Hardware wizard is missing the Microsoft Loopback adapter in the Control Panel in the Beta build of Windows 7 (build 7000). That makes it rather hard to install the loopback adapter. However, you can actually still start the wizard following these instructions. Click on the Windows Orb (The old Start button) or press the WIN key. Type hdwwiz. Click Next Select the Install the hardware...

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Windows Server 2012 features Top 10 best

1. SMB 3.0 SMB 3.0 is the crown jewel of Server 2012. It is far removed from its laughingstock predecessor CIFS. It supports multiple simultaneous network interfaces – including the ability to hot-plug new interfaces on the fly to increase bandwidth for large or complex transfers – and supports MPIO, thin provisioning of volumes and deduplication (assuming the underlying storage is NTFS). SMB 3.0 also supports SMB Direct and remote direct memory access, the ability for appropriately kitted systems to move SMB data directly from one system's...

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Network Interface Card NIC Teaming

NIC teaming is a built-in feature of Windows Server 2012, and allows you to provide fault tolerance for your network adapters. NIC teaming allows multiple network interfaces to work together as a team, preventing connectivity loss if one network interface card fails. It allows a server to tolerate network interface card and port failure up to the first switch segment. NIC teaming also allows you to aggregate bandwidth from multiple network...

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Installing SharePoint 2007 Part-2

Now, launch the installation.  The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 dialog appears. After a few moments you may see an error prompt appear. When you then go to IIS Manager and attempt to make the configuration as directed you may not see the ASP.NET v2.0 item listed at all.  This problem may occur when installing IIS after installing .NET packages.  This problem is easily resolved.  Open a command prompt...

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Installing SharePoint 2007 Part-1

Introduction This procedure walks you through step-by-step installation of SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise onto Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 in a small farm configuration, consisting of a single SharePoint 2007 server and single Microsoft SQL Server 2005  Express backend.  The SharePoint 2007 instance is deployed to an Active Directory domain based upon Windows Server 2003.  This procedure...

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