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Here’s a nice simple post about how to recover from a failed windows cluster I’ve been running windows clusters at work on windows 2000/3 for both Exchange and SQL. They are nice, but a lot of the time they seem to add un-needed complexity.
It is possible to experience complete cluster failure, meaning both [...]
wow, the MS Exchange team blog has a great post on how-to use the Exchange Server 2007 Mailbox Server Storage Cost Calculator
The post lays out each stop and explains the results. Unfortunately I don’t think we’ll be moving to exchange 2007 in 09 the CAL cost is just too much for next years [...]
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Microsoft User Research is conducting a study focusing on the next version of Active Directory Users and Computers between November 10 and November 14, 2008. This is a great opportunity for IT administrators who have experience with ADUC to provide feedback and help improve the next version. You do not need to prepare [...]
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I run two PCs on dual monitor – by which I mean each PC is connected to the same two monitors. So much of the time, although they are dual monitor configurations I live only on a single monitor.
This means that every now and then, when you run an app it appears on [...]
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I’ve used ImgBurn and CDBurnerXP for my burning needs, but I never wanted to pay for authoring DVD. I’ll have to give DVDStyler a try
"What do you recommend for the best free DVD creator? One that lets you add a background to the menu and scene selections, etc.?"
I’m still searching for what I [...]
Wow, check out these great ADUC saved queries from Ron Crumbaker at myITforum.com
Does anyone use the Saved Queries with in the ADUC?
I do, and I love them.
Here are some that might help you out.
Just Right Click on Saved Queries and Choose New and then Query.
Name the Query accordingly and then click on Define Query…
Then Find [...]
I was pulling my hair out today, wondering why the bios screen was going by SO much faster since I upgraded to 3.5, even when I connected directly to the ESX box. Turns out that by default the bios screen is set for 0 milliseconds on a new machine. But you can chance this this [...]
I just got all six of my ESX servers up to 3.5 and VCenter updated to 2.5. Now I’m looking for good plugin’s and this one seems to fit the bill.
SVMotion is a VI 2.5 client plugin (the FIRST released, third-party plugin in fact) that extends the client’s functionality by providing an integrated, graphical tool [...]
Wow, I just took a quick look at the list of features and I’m stunned. depending on how difficult it is to set this up. I maybe getting this going at work this week. We use altiris for desktop management. But we don’t use it for the servers, this could be a great way to [...]
Thank you so much Jorge and the activedir.org mailing list. I’ve been trying to figure out how to get a junior admin access to restart the print spooler on a windows 2003 SP1 box for over a month.
Delegating permissions to manage services on servers is not the easiest thing to do. You can do it [...]
