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VMware Converter – Beware of OEM versions of Windows
Date October 5, 2009 Author By kadmin Category VMware, Windows Server 2003
I recently decided to virtualize my dying Exchange 2003 server to give it new life on new hardware. I’ve had bad luck running the VMware Converter from within Windows (hot clone) on a domain controller in the past. I’ve also performed a hot cone with no issues at all so it is really a crapshoot […]
Read MoreDate October 4, 2009 Author By kadmin Category General
Problem: Your wireless button is orange. It needs to be blue for wireless to function. You press the button all day and nothing happens. Solution: Go to the HP support site and update your BIOS. You might also need to reinstall the Quicklaunch button software.
Read MoreDate September 29, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
After running promoting the new server to a domain controller (running dcpromo.exe)… On the new domain controller, follow these steps to migrate domain operations. 1) Open Active Directory Users and Computers 2) Right click on the domain, and go to “operations masters” 3) Each of the 3 tabs has a “change” button, click it to […]
Read MoreDate September 28, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Microsoft Exchange
You probably already know how to set your Exchange 2003 server to forward all outgoing mail to a Smart Host (another smtp server). But what if that server is down – you would want a secondary server to use as a backup. If you want a secondary SmartHost for the same connector, the format is: […]
Read MoreDate September 24, 2009 Author By kadmin Category VMware, Windows Server 2008
I installed VMware ESXi 4.0 on my new Dell Poweredge R710 server. I then created a Windows 2008 Server virtual machine and proceed to boot from the installation DVD to install Windows. I was quickly greeted with this error: Status: 0xc000035a Info: Attempting to load a 64-bit application, however this cpu is not compatible with […]
Read MoreDate September 22, 2009 Author By kadmin Category General
Dell’s Poweredge servers come with dual Broadcom network cards. It only makes sense that someone might used the included NIC software to set up Teaming. However, as soon as you do this all of the Polycom IP phones on your network will start complaining about duplicate IP addresses. There are two possible work-arounds. 1 – […]
Read MoreDate September 14, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Blackberry, Microsoft Exchange
When setting up a Blackberry Server, you’ll need these components. RIM does not provide them in the Blackberry Server download.
Read MoreDate September 11, 2009 Author By kadmin Category General
Q: I want to send my document outside the company. I want to leave tracked changes in the document, but I don’t want anyone to see who made the tracked changes or when they were made. How do I do that? Before Word 2003, you can’t. The author (or reviewer) information and the date information […]
Read MoreDate August 28, 2009 Author By kadmin Category General, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Ever wanted to block some websites in either of the mainstream browers in Windows without having to purchase filtering software, or mess around with the /etc/hosts file? Refer to http://jaxov.com/2009/08/how-to-block-websites-in-internet-explorer-and-mozilla-firefox/
Read MoreDate August 28, 2009 Author By kadmin Category General
There is a known issue with Linux 2.6 kernel inside of VMWare. Because of a frequency issue with the quartz signal, the system clock runs much slower than it should. The fix for this is to add the following line to the /boot/grub/grub.conf file: clock=pit nosmp noapic nolapic Alternatively, you could install VMware Tools on […]
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