Recently I was asked to assist someone with access to a Microsoft SQL 2008 R2 Server. Under normal conditions I would simple add them, but this isn’t the normal. I do not have access I need, so I will add myself so that I can add them. Issue: No one seems to have admin access […]
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Today one of the Administrator users of VMware Lab Manager was attempting to import templates she had created. Unfortunately she ran into a snag. She was lacking the security privileges need to complete the tasks she was attempting. The level of administration required was that of a system administrator role. Info: The Systems Administrator Role can only […]
In the dream time hours of the night one of the exchange data-stores went offline. The steps to resolve the issue were put in place and handled swiftly by the administrator on duty; but what was the cause. After some digging I arrive at the reason why the data-store went offline. Found in the Windows Application event ID 9630 […]
In a previous post I went over using Virtual Box because I was unable to run Windows 8 (* preview) in a VMware Player and it required me to have Workstation 8. Well my wait is over and now the latest version of VMware player will run Win8. Oh happy day… About:VMware Player With […]
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Disk usage in Windows
Windows does not have any in-built command(Like the Linux command du) which show the disk usage statistics for a directory. However, there’s a downloadable tools from SysInternals(now part of Microsoft) which can show us the disk usage numbers. Du.exe version 1.4 can be downloaded from the below link. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896651 Find the disk usage of a directory […]
I just got my IPv6 Address – and with the help of Vyatta now all of my home systems can reach the IPv6 address space. If not, perhaps you should register for a free one and give yourself the hookup – http://www.tunnelbroker.net/ Next Up: jermsmit.com goes IPv6 Hurricane Electric provides free IPv6 tunnels via the […]