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Extending Windows 8 Trial

I have been using the Windows 8 Enterprise for several months this way for testing rather than backup my data and reinstall the OS just to reinstall my applications, followed by configuration tweaks, which can be time consuming. I have started extending the trail to give me more time. The process of extending a trial […]

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Personal

Dear Moma

There isn’t a card I could by to express the love I have for my mom this mothers day. Rather than use the words of some hallmark card, I’ll use an abridged version of a song I know: “Dear Moma” When I was young me and my mama had beef Seventeen years old kicked out […]

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Asterisk 11

Hello All, Its been awhile and now I am back to using #Asterisk version 11. Best of all is the simple to configure Google Voice configuration setup via the #FreePBX Web Interface. Asterisk 11 introduces several new features that build on the features in Asterisk 10. Highlights include: Call Identifier Logging, which makes it easier […]

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What is Windows Azure?

I recently posted about a 3 Month Free Trial of Windows Azure on Facebook Soon after a friend asked me; “What’s it do” Well Windows Azure is an open, flexible cloud platform which enabled you to quickly build, deploy and manage multiple application across a global network of data centers managed by Microsoft It’s always up, always […]

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How-To Technical

Filter netstat results with the Find Command

Here is a simple way to find results you might be looking for when running a command such as netstat on your computer or server. The following example should help you get an idea of how to use this in information gathering Issuing the following command: “netstat -an | find /I “established” gave me the results […]

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How to use Netdom.exe to reset machine

That which you do not know, the doing will quickly teach you. – Po (Kung Fu – 1972) Here is a situation where you have a virtual machine joined to an active directory domain and it’s reverted to an earlier state which then invalidates its domain security key. Rather than removing this machine and joining […]