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Windows XP WPA2-Enterprise using IEEE 802.1X

On occasions I get a question where someone is trying to connect Microsoft Windows XP to a WPA2-Enterprise level Wireless network using RADIUS authentication. First I would like inform you that in order to so this you need to be running Service Pack 2; I’d recommend you run Service Pack 3, which is the latest […]

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Remove CD-ROM from apt-get repositories

I just got my hands on the new Debian 7 DVDs and installed a fresh server install. Now up and running its time to use aptitude to install some software when I kept receiving the following message: Media change: please insert the disc labeled ‘Debian GNU/Linux 7.0.0 _Wheezy_ – Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20130504-14:44’ in the drive ‘/media/cdrom/’ […]

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Debian Wheezy Released

Hello all,. Just a reminder and a notice to those who have waited many months of development. The Debian Project has finally released #wheezy For those of you not in the know: Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. This new […]

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Software Technical

SQL Server Database Error: 661

One of my customers had an issue where they failed to open a connection to a particular database they had been testing. The error read: ‘the database e:somepathsomefolderjermsmit.mdf’ cannot be opened because it is version 611. The server supports version 655 and earlier. A downgrade path is not supported. This issue is caused because you […]

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Technical

Exchange 2007 – Determine Whitespace

Today, I was ‘pinged’ with a question regarding a post I made some time ago regarding white space in Exchange databases. This post was referring to Exchange 2010. This has prompted me to do a quick update on finding out this info in Exchange 2007. Here are my methods to gather this info: Log into […]

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SharePoint 2010 – Deploying Webpart Solution

The process of installing a custom webpart solution doesn’t have to be a complex task. In fact all you need to do is run two commands In Power Shell and activate the custom webpart and you are done. So here are some steps I took recently: Copied the webpart to the local disk of my SharePoint server, I placed […]