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Disable Windows Update + Automatic Reboots on Windows Server 2016

Many administrators prefer to manage Windows updates manually, in the interest of system uptime and security. It is possible to disable Windows Updates in Windows Server 2016, including disabling of automatic reboots. Please note, Windows Update is designed to keep Windows safe, and we recommend keeping Windows Update enabled at all times. How to Disable Windows Update […]

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Enable Auto-growth for a MSSQL Database (Windows Server)

How to Enable Autogrowth for a MSSQL Database First, do a quick check to ensure your Windows Server or VPS has sufficient free disk space on C:\ or your SQL partition. It’s important that there is enough physical storage to fluidly grow the database on the server. If the server has enough disk space, follow these steps to […]

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Installing Visual Studio 2017 on VPS or Windows Server

Visual Studio is a free, fully featured, and extensible solution for individual developers to create applications for Android, iOS, Windows, and the web. Installing Visual Studio on a server or VPS has many advantages, like keeping your work separated and available 24/7, as well as the performance advantages that come along with cloud hosting: ultra-fast download/upload, […]

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Tail Live Output of a Log File on Linux VPS or Server (SSH)

Maybe there is a log file you check frequently, or you want to watch updates to a log file in real time, as you are working on the server or application. Well, you’re in luck. There is a Linux command especially for that! You will need to use a secure shell (SSH) session to run this […]

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Installing MS SQL Server Express on Windows VPS or Server

SQL Server Express is a free version of Microsoft SQL Server available from Microsoft. It’s excellent for building small, data-driven web and mobile applications up to 10 GB in size. You can easily scale your applications across SQL Server editions as you grow—without having to change application code due to the common programming surface enabled […]

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Open Server Manager from Command Prompt (cmd) in Windows Server

Can’t find Server Manager? It’s ok, it happens. It’s possible to launch Server Manager from command prompt or PowerShell. How to Open Server Manager via Command Prompt 1. Open Command Prompt (Start > Run > cmd), or PowerShell 2. Type ServerManager and press Enter Server Manager should open. That was easy! This article applies to:  […]

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Slow .Zip Extraction – How to Fix on Windows 10 / Server 2016

Windows Defender is an excellent built-in feature of the latest versions of Windows, providing free, always-on protection against malware and other threats. However, you may have noticed very slow ZIP archive extraction in Windows 10. The reason for slow .zip extraction is Windows Defender which scans each extracted file, and causes archive extractions to slow […]

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Xeon Skylake V5 Dedicated Servers Are Now Available, up to 4.00 GHz

We are happy to announce our new line of dedicated servers featuring up to 4.00GHz Turbo Boost and 64GB DDR4 RAM, with the latest quad-core Intel Xeon E3-1200 V5 series CPUs. The new Skylake V5 CPUs are now available throughout our dedicated server lineup, including: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V5 (4 Cores / 4 Threads / 3.00 GHz […]

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New Control Panel & Account Management

We are excited to announce a major new update to our website and account management portal. We have been working hard to upgrade and enhance the control panel, including account management, VPS and hosting account management, billing, DNS, domain and SSL certificate management, and more.We invite you to visit the new control panel, featuring many new enhancements to […]

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Chicago VPS Hosting is Now Available

We are pleased to announce our most recent expansion, adding new capacity in Chicago, IL for VPS hosting, cloud web hosting, and dedicated server hosting. Our new location is located within the Equinix CH3 data center, just minutes outside of downtown Chicago. The new location allows us to deploy new services instantly in the Central US Region, as we also do […]

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