I had a problem for the last few weeks. I can no longer download or upload EXE, ZIP, COM, or VBS files via FTP. Recently the hosting provider has had some serious virus troubles and they have instituted a new policy. All EXE, ZIP, VBS, and COM files are blocked. So now I have a […]
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Like I was saying yesterday I now have a Windows 2003 server as a simple router for friends and family at my cabin up north. The trouble is, I don’t really need to have more than one computer up there. There is no reason why I can’t surf and check my email on this server […]
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I have a machine that runs at a cabin up in northern Michigan. For the longest time it was a Windows 2000 server. It is a simple file server, DHCP, and a NAT device for a few neighbors that use it via wireless. I finally made the plunge and upgraded it to Windows 2003. Before […]
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Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell have released their first major utility since Sysinternals was purchased by Microsoft. The tool named Active Directory Explorer 1.0 allows you to browse through raw Active Directory data. It is the perfect tool to use when writing scripts that access Active Directory via LDAP queries. It allows you to find […]
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That is the message I kept getting when I tried to open a distribution list under one of my public folders in Outlook. Clearly the client (Outlook 2003), and the server (Exchange 2003) had plenty of memory, lots of drive space. So I knew that could not be the problem. I thought a nice reboot […]
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This week and last both Samsung and Seagate have announced they will be offering Terabyte hard drives. Seagate announced two models, the Barracuda ES.2 for the enterprise and the Barracuda 7200.11 for consumers. Both drives will offer 7,200-rpm spin speeds, up to 32 MB of cache, average seek times of 8.5 milliseconds – they should […]
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Dell introduced new laptop computers this Tuesday to regain its once dominant position in the PC market. Included in the line is one of the first laptops to use the 32 GB flash drive technology – Allowing the laptop to be lighter, and the battery to last longer. Dell’s new notebooks will be unveiled at […]
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Windows 2003, XP, and 2000 (when joined to a domain) will always save the name of the last user that logged in. This is a nice feature if you are the only one who logs into the PC – Yes it saves you the trouble of typing your username each time you login. Yet many […]
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I started getting this message from my Realtek Audio control program for a few months now. I figured it was probably missing some files, or got corrupt. I re-installed all of the Realtek drivers, and still the error message persisted. A quick google search and I discovered it was caused by some security updates from […]
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I was pulling my hair out the other day when I wanted to blind carbon copy someone an email. If you have never used it before the BCC field allows you to send the message to multiple recipients without revealing who you sent the message to. For example if I sent a message to Dave, […]
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