IT That Should Just Work

Helping you with things I've found that should just work but don't. I hold several certifications from Cisco, VMware, and Microsoft.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Promote 2008 Server Core to a Domain Controller

To promote the server to be a DC in your domain, enter the following command: Dcpromo /unattend /replicaOrnewDomain:replica /replicaDoma...

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Rename Windows Server 2008 Core

I ran into this today and here's how to do it. Just don't try this on a domain controller. This works for a member server only. ...

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Fix VSS Errors Windows XP and Server 2003

Installing a backup device that uses a backup agent means the VSS writers have to be free of errors. You can fix this by opening a command...

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Group Policy Object to Block the Office File Validation Add-In

This "update" from Microsoft caused a lot of issues with files being opened (12 minutes for a 25K Excel 2003 spreadsheet) across ...

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Backup Cisco Configs Using Putty

You can easily capture the configuration file from any network devices like Cisco Routers, Switches etc.. with putty. Follow...

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