VBScript: Search Active Directory for User
Anyone can use Active Directory Users and Computers to search fora user. Just right-click the container you want to search, and select the find option. Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy.
Category Archives: Microsoft
Install and configure Windows Server 2008 R2 Core
When you are installing Windows Server 2008 (or R2), besides the licensed version options you have the option of install full or core. How many of you use core? Why would you use core?
Installing Roles on Server 2008 R2 Core
So, you’ve built your first Server 2008 (or R2) core server. What now? It’s sitting there, authenticating itself from time to time, now it’s now to add some roles to it! Let’s get that box working! Read on to learn how to install the DNS server, File and Print services, Streaming Media Services, and IIS on Windows Server… Read More »
Upgrade Standard to Enterprise Without Reinstall
Recently, I had occasion to upgrade the RAM in one of my servers from 32 GB to 96 GB. Cool, huh? One minor problem, though. The installed operating system is Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. What’s the big deal, you say? Win2k8 Standard only supports up to 32 GB. After installing the RAM and booting the machine, I… Read More »
Check Your Errors
If you have developed any kind of serious web-based application (or any type of application for that matter), you know the joy of trapping errors for anything that the user might do. Bad password, letters where numbers should be, etc. Not rocket science.
Monitoring, virtualization, and code. Oh, my.
Things have been pretty quiet around here lately, haven’t they? So it would seem.
Making the Jump Away from VMware
Thinking of moving away from VMWare? Can Hyper-V provide the functionality that you require to keep your systems available? I can tell you that paying the VMware tax has become a bit tedious.
Ditch the tooltips
Tooltips: These little devils pop up at the most annoying times when you are trying to read some important information. Here is how to get rid of them.
SCOM Maintenance Mode – Use it
SCOM has an option which is called Maintenance Mode. Know it. Use it. Whenever a monitored server will have maintenance, you won’t see any alerts for the server, nor will you availability reports be impacted by “unexpected” downtime. Turning on Maintenance mode for a server in SCOM is pretty straightforward. I’ve outlined the process here. It may look… Read More »
IP and Port Info Using Netstat
Ever wonder if there is any easy way to find out what your computer is listening for? Want to know where it is connecting to? NetStat can tell you.