{"id":17915,"date":"2015-04-13T18:38:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T18:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=17915"},"modified":"2015-04-13T18:38:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T18:38:26","slug":"continue-to-use-october-2014-windows-server-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=17915","title":{"rendered":"Continue To Use October 2014 Windows Server Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of folks that are using Window Server Technical Preview (from October 2014) were facing a ticking time bomb. The preview is set to expire on April 14th (tomorrow). Microsoft released a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/details.aspx?id=46447\" target=\"_blank\">hotfix<\/a> that will extend the life of the preview until the next preview is released in May. <\/p>\n<p>Lot of folks have reported that this hotfix didn\u2019t fix their issue. 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