Event Log Service Fails to Start and the Domain is Down
Dec 2013 - Directory Service
Hello all, Eric here again. Today, I wanted to expand a bit on a relatively recent posting that AskDS posted – http://tinyurl.com/askds-post. I’m...
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I Installed Updates and Now My Machine Does Not Boot
Nov 2013 - Setup
Right before my trip to Japan one of my Desktop machines “died”. It’s a BitLockered Windows 7 x64 machine. Since the machine wasn’t...
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Exchange Setup Prereqs
Nov 2013 - Microsoft Exchange
Since Exchange 2007 was released and carrying on with Exchange 2010 part of the installation process is running setup commands /pl, /p, /ps,...
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Why are some DCs able to sync time with the PDCE and not others?
Nov 2013 - Time
Hello all. Eric here again. OK, so maybe the title of this blog post isn’t the best, primarily because there could be a...
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“Hey, We Have Some Cool Stuff – Make Sure No One Finds Out!”
Nov 2013 - Tools
Okay Microsoft, you are doing a good job of evangelizing Windows 7 and more importantly, this time around you are getting a lot...
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Network Ports and Sockets
Nov 2013 - Networking
Purpose To begin to understand how a computer communicates on the modern network you need to understand network ports and sockets in TCP/IP....
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DNS Registration with NetDiag
Nov 2013 - DNS
!!! WARNING: IT Systems Administrator blasphemy ahead !!! Actually, here it is right here: I know that NetDiag is a staple tool for...
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Virtual PC 2007 v Windows Virtual PC
Nov 2013 - Virtualization
If you are looking for an unbiased view of Windows Virtual PC, don’t read this! I love(d) Virtual PC 2007 (henceforth VPC2K7) and...
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Hide-and-Go-Seek the DNS Client Registration
Nov 2013 - DNS
I was creating a secure baseline build for our organization’s Windows Server 2003 member and application servers and at the time I was...
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