tools

To err is human

2010-12-27

This time up on TheEmailAdmin, I go over the best kept secret in all of Microsoft’s command lines…the Microsoft Exchange Server Error Look-up tool, or err to his friends. You have seen this little gem mentioned before on this blog, and you may very well see it again. I like it that much. Check it [...]

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30 Days with the iPad

2010-12-26

Guess what Santa brought me this year? Guess! That’s right, I have joined the ranks of iPad users. In fact I am tapping this post in on it right now. As a dyed in the wool Windows kind of guy, I opted for an iPad instead of a new Windows laptop because I lurve my [...]

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Eleven essential holiday tools

2010-12-17

With Christmas just around the corner, one thing geeks everywhere can expect is the onslaught of “can you take a look at something while you are here” pleas from friends and family who have borked computers. It’s as much a part of Christmas as egg nog and fruitcake, and often, just as onerous. To help [...]

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Up close and personal with GFI’s VIPRE Antivirus

2010-11-29

GFI’s antivirus package VIPRE offers great protection and a reasonable price.

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Why can’t we all just get along

2010-11-18

This post has been updated YET AGAIN, which makes this rev 5! Since this post is still getting a lot of traffic, here is a PSA. Pidgin has just released version 2.7.7, which completely fixes the MSN certificate issue, enables multiple MSN logins, and fixes the AIM SSL Handshake Failure error. You should go download [...]

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When GINA’s go bad and machines refuse to RDP

2010-11-10

Recently, I had a vendor’s server go AWOL and lock up entirely.  I wasn’t able to RDP into the machine at first and when it finally connected I was greeted by the lovely error “You cannot initiate a Remote Desktop Connection because the Windows logon software has been replaced by incompatible software xxx.dll” If you’ve [...]

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howto://monitor windows servers for low disk space

2010-11-08

Show of hands…how many of you have had a server run out of disk space, and the first you knew of it was when the phones lit up? Yeah, I figured this would be a familiar scenario to many of you. Here’s a way to get ahead of that particular brand of train wreck. You won’t get employee of the year for it, but you also won’t have to do the ol’ “delete files boogie.”

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RD Tabs: Even more fun with remote management

2010-10-06

Do you remember the days when you had to drive 30 minutes to a datacenter at 3am in order to work on a recalcitrant server?  Were you cursing under your breath the entire time?  I know I did.  Nowadays I can’t imagine a world without remote access to my vast army of robot-ninja servers.  Even [...]

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RDCMan-another cool tool from the folks at Microsoft

2010-09-29

Another hidden gem from Microsoft, the Remote Desktop Connection Manager is the go to tool for any admin who uses mstsc regularly to manage systems.

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things that make me go squee

2010-09-22

One of the more geeky things that makes me go squeee is the collection of tools from Sysinternals. Now, one simple URL puts them at my fingertips from any server with Internet access. Squeee!

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f.lux is easy on the eyes

2010-08-30

I found a great little tool that adjusts the colour temp of my displays based on the time and room lighting. This not only reduces eye strain, but has a positive impact on getting to sleep after a long evening of overtime, or Diablo II.

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Pigeons ate my breadcrumbs when I upgraded splunk>

2010-08-06

I just upgraded my splunk> instance to 4.1.4, and I saw some good and some bad at the same time. My Google-Fu did not come across anything about this error, so maybe this will help someone.

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