Simple Project Management with Bulleted Lists

For IT folks, the mentioning the “P” word brings visions of long, drawn-out lists of things to be done, usually enforced by someone who barely knows how to power on their computer. There are even those of us who deny the project-management aspect of information technology. Don’t think of it as just a task list. Think of it… Read More »

Use PowerShell to Remove a Stubborn VM

During a recent cleanup effort in the System Center Virtual Machine Manager console, I found a powered off guest machine.  The status showed the VM as having an “Unsupported Cluster Configuration State”.

Check Remote Services with Powershell

If you need to check the status of a service across several machines, and don’t have monitoring in place, you can use PowerShell to get Running/Stopped/Starting status quickly.

Yet Another CenturyLink Ordeal

I have CenturyLink DSL. Please take pity on me. Having CL as an ISP has been akin to being trapped in a cartoon, only it’s not funny. Here is my latest experience with them.

iPhone Cases – Protect Your Kid From Damage

Use of cell phones has become pretty common these days. Not too long ago if a parent used to ask his child of around 12-13 years old, what he wants for his birthday, the reply would be along the lines of toys or something equally harmless, but now the reply you are most likely to get these days… Read More »

PXE Boot a VM in Hyper-V

In most technology environments, automation is everything. Part of that automation is the deployment of operating systems to servers and workstations via Windows Deployment Services, with help of PXE boot. Here’s how to PXE boot a guest in Hyper-V.

How Not to Get Help on This Site

Some people just don’t get it.  Making demands for assistance after calling someone a scammer is not the way to get help from someone.  Here’s a jewel that I got today (warning: rage filled missive)