Microsoft RDP7 Client
I was reviewing some of the things I’ve written in the past and this article from February of 2009 floated to the top. A little over a year and a lot has changed. I’m going to try and go over...
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I finally took the full plunge and installed Ubuntu Linux 10.04 on my work laptop that was running Windows XP. Everything I needed immediately worked fine (serial connection to routers if needed, ssh,...
View ArticleActive Directory 2008 R2 Migration
I just completed a migration for a domain running 2003 Domain Controllers with Windows 2000 Forest/Domain functional levels to 2008R2 with Windows 2008R2 Forest/Domain functional levels. This was a fun...
View ArticleClonezilla
I recently had an opportunity to use a disk cloning application to help out a friend. He purchased Windows 7 about six months ago and since he was coming from Windows XP, a fresh install was needed....
View ArticleStatic Routes in Windows Servers – What not to do
This weekend I was on call and took a particularly interesting call. The solution turned out to be a case of what not to do. My company is in the prospect phase with this client and was not involved...
View ArticleTest Disk
I spend a lot of time working with VMware and storage and I often am tasked with getting Microsoft operating systems to recognize drive expansions. This can cause some headaches sometimes as the...
View ArticleOld Post Update – Alternative RDP Methods
I published this post on the geekgather.org blog on 2/3/2009 regarding alternative RDP connection methods from Mac. At the time I was working with a Remote Desktop Services hosting provider that...
View ArticleWindows 2008 Web Server Edition Services Won’t Open and Network Control Panel...
I have a customer that has a Windows 2008 Web Server Edition. It has given them a long history of having issues with booting cleanly. What is observed is that it will boot and let you login. You can...
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