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Identify Microsoft SQL Server version & edition

I wanted to determine which version of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 was running on one of my servers. So I opened up SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and ran the following command as a new query window: SELECT SERVERPROPERTY (‘productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘edition’) The following results are returned: -The product version (for example, 10.0.1600.22) -The […]

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Linux – Find Out CPU Information

“Dr. Chandra, will I dream?” – HAL-9000 You can use /proc/cpuinfo file or use the lscpu command to get info about CPU architecture. It will display information like: Number of CPUs, Threads, Cores, Sockets, etc… Open a terminal and type the following command: less /proc/cpuinfo You cal also just type: lscpu for the same results

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Vyatta Router Configuration Location

Some of us may have looked for this, most of us have found it. Simply change directory to /opt/vyatta/etc/config to find the Vyatta router config.boot  

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sending sms, mms, txt messages to phones with email

  Most, if not all mobile carries have “SMS Gateways” that an take in an email message and deliver them to their customer as text messages. This works also with mms messages. That seems simple, doesn’t it!  It is if you know the carrier the recipient’s phone is on, along with their phone number.  Below are a few […]

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Problem Steps Recorder

A quick pffffft: The Problem Step Recorder (PSR) is a little known feature of Windows 7 which allows you to record your desktop along with applications and activities so you can later show someone such as a tech support person or even give a demo on how to use something in Windows.  This is very […]

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Enable ssh and ssh root access on Vyatta

Requirements Root account enabled Enable SSH / SSH root access To access the shell from a remote pc, with for example, the program “putty”. Commands vyatta@vyatta# set service ssh vyatta@vyatta# set service ssh allow-root vyatta@vyatta# commit vyatta@vyatta# save