Join 2012 R2 Server to 2003 Domain

If you're wanting to promote a 2012 R2 server to be a Domain Controller in a 2003 domain, you'll need to run adprep.exe from the 2012 R2 ISO to update the AD schema.

See this blog for more detail: http://support.risualblogs.com/blog/2013/10/25/wmi-error-when-adding-a-server-2012-r2-domain-controller-to-existing-2012-domain/

Clear Skype for Business or Lync Temporary Cache Files

Follow instructions here: https://www.cosocommunity.com/hc/en-us/articles/200887737-How-to-Clear-Lync-Temporary-Cache-Files

In path for the location where temp files are stored, use \%AppData%\..\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Lync\ for SfB.
use \%AppData%\..\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync\ for Lync.

I Can't Disable Lync or Skype-for-Business Forwarding

Occasionally a call forwarding rule configured in the Lync/Skype-for-Business environment won't delete or remove properly. More often than not, updating the user database will flush out these unwanted configurations.

See Microsoft documentation here: https://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/gg398682.aspx

References:
https://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/gg398682.aspx

Regular Expressions, Lync and Sonus

Sonus uses Standard Regex
Lync uses .NET Regex

Aruba No Paging Command

When you're trying to retrieve a running config or list of licenses or access points from an Aruba controller, it can be handy to have it output in one continuous stream, instead of having to press 'space' or 'enter' after each page of info.

Cisco have a command that allows this

term len 0

Aruba's equivalent command is

no paging 

DFS Referal Protocol

If you have ever wanted intimate knowledge of how DFS referral protocol works (and lets be honest who hasn't), have a look here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc226982.aspx

References:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc226982.aspx

Page File Sizing

What size should I set my page file to? Well...it depends...

For Mark Russinovich’s explanation, see this excellent article on his blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2008/11/17/3155406.aspx

References:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/markrussinovich/archive/2008/11/17/3155406.aspx

Recommended WordPress Plug-ins

When creating a WordPress-based blog or site, there are loads of really useful plug-ins. This site lists some of the best: http://www.eugenoprea.com/best-wordpress-plugins-you-should-have-on-your-blog/

Recovering Chrome Bookmarks

Chrome bookmarks are kept in the following folder

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\

Look for the file called Bookmarks or Chrome also keeps a copy of bookmarks that were present as of the last time Chrome was closed in a file called Bookmarks.bak

References:
http://www.howtogeek.com/111784/how-to-recover-accidentally-deleted-bookmarks-in-chrome-firefox/