Jan 16 2011
Based on advice from a Microsoft techie, I decided to set up DFS (Distributed File System) on a few remote sites about a year ago. Sceptical at first, The product is so disappointing that I decided to warn people who haven’t made their mind up. Here are 6 good reasons NOT to use DFS Replication No […]
Jan 12 2011
Windows prompts for a login and password when the current logged in user wants to access a share on a domain or workgroup that does not match the one you’ve logged in. It is possible to store identification information or “credentials” so you’re not prompted for the login and password every time you access the […]
Dec 08 2010
Despite what you may hear from Microsoft defenders, blue screens still occur in Windows family servers. After the system crash – hence the blue screen – Windows generates a memory dump file in C:/Windows/Minidump. The filename provides the date and time, a useful piece of information that lets you know about the crash frequency. These […]
Oct 28 2010
Extend a Windows volume in command line is pretty easy on Windows with the Diskpart utility. It is available on all Windows flavours. It needs to be done everytime a partition is extended on a SAN for example.Note that this works for secondary partitions, you need a special tool to extend the C: drive.
Jul 23 2010
You want to enable SNMP feature on Windows 2003 Server or Windows XP but don’t have the installation CD anymore. Here you will find the following list of files required for SNMP that are available for download.They should also work on Windows XP Exhaustive download file list: Download SNMP files Extract and browse to the […]