Why I chose Microsoft over UNIX for ERP
My organization is in the process of researching a new ERP solution. Due to many factors our current solution is outdated. Because of our system being so outdated the current version is well beyond its...
View ArticleCTRL+ALT+DEL is not just for rebooting
While speaking with a colleague earlier this week the question of logon security came up. Specifically it was asked if the classic CTRL+ALT+DEL (control, alt, delete) was still necessary. Beyond that...
View ArticleGet ready for next tuesday Network Admins
Next Tuesday MS is set to release a record 13 patches. ComputerWorld has a good article summarizing the patches. I haven’t had time to fully read through the advance notice yet (on the long list of...
View ArticleEnable pinging Server2008
One change Microsoft made with the Server 2008 Firewall was to disallow pinging the server by default. The other change is the Micrsoft built in firewall does not have a category for ping or ICMP....
View ArticleEmpty langs.xml in Notepad++
For the last few weeks I’ve had a problem with Notepad++. Whenever I would open the program I would get an error saying ‘load langs.xml failed’. After clicking OK it open and function fine. My...
View ArticleDHCP Scope reservations with Server 2008 R2
Recently I helped someone with a DHCP reservation issue on Server 2008 R2. Here is the scenario: 2 Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers, each with DHCP server enabled, this was recently migrated...
View ArticleWindows 7 does have a Run option
I just had a colleague who was complaining because the “run” option was missing from the Start Menu in Windows 7. It took me a moment to figure out what he meant, since I use the feature constantly to...
View ArticleTool Spotlight: Notepad++
Its time to spotlight another favorite tool. This time its a Windows notepad replacement called Notepad++. It is an open source project, in fact the motto on their website is “free as in ‘free speech’...
View ArticleCopy PuTTY sessions between computers
I just setup a new machine and realized I had too many PuTTY sessions to manually setup (dozens of them). For some odd reason PuTTY keeps this session data in the Windows Registry. I would have figured...
View ArticleMS Forecaster locked for maintenance
This is kind of a weird one, so thought I would post in case I have to Google it again. Today I had a user posting budget periods in MS Forecaster 7. While doing that the computer had locked up and he...
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