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Symptoms:
The computer crashes and reboots for no apparent reason, and now users get an error message when trying to access any of the file or printer shares on the server/computer.  This is related to a registry setting, the Security Event Log filling up, and a possible bug in 2008 R2 that doesn’t allow users to [...]

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Having some fun with iometer recently.  I had the opportunity to compare benchmarks on SAS vs. SATA vs. SATA SSD.  Also been working on a OpenSolaris 10 alternative to a NetApp filer.  Benchmarks for that setup are here.  Test specs, hardware specs, and full documentation should be contained in each link.  If you find something missing [...]

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7 pages: Average size of a print job in my dept.
13%: Amount of printed pages wasted by banner pages: 13% (1 out of 8 pages is usually thrown away recycled).
1,050,000 pages: Average yearly print volume in my dept (yes, over a million)
$932: Money wasted on paper to print banner pages each year.  That’s just the [...]

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This is just the beginning of a work-in-progress to fully utilize the extra storage available on the 200+ workstations in my department.  Updates will be posted regularly (hopefully).  In the end, I hope to present a step-by-step guide to fully utilizing the untapped storage potential of departmentally owned workstations.

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This is more a reference for me than anything else. It took me over half an hour to find how to do this correctly, so I figured I would document it.
Installing Windows 2003 Server’s Network Monitor on Windows XP

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Last week I was given the opportunity to perform my first ever VMware to Hyper-V migration. This was primarily done to get the Exchange 2003 virtual machine on a supported platform so Microsoft’s PSS would support it. VMDK to VHD conversion takes a while, but was very straightforward. Everything else is documented here. 

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If you’re reading this, chances are friends and family ask you for tech support. Even worse, they usually call you from 100 miles away and want you do talk them through something over the phone (like finding the any key). I find it much easier to tell them to get out of the way and [...]

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I was reminded last night that I”ve had a good idea or 2 in the past.  Watch my March 2005 presentation about using Group Policy to secure Windows machines here.  Original link to the presentation, and presentations by others can be found here.  Files have been archived below for future reference:Meeting NotesPowerPoint PresentationVideo of the presentation

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After wasting lots of time on trial and error, I decided to find out what the low-level difference was between vbscript arrays addressed as (x,y) and (x)(y).  Eric Lippert explained it better than I can, so just read his explanation.  If you want some code to demonstrate how things work, download my 2D array test.  [...]

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Answers to this quandary, and how I found/derived them below.
Third-party certification authority support for encrypting file system
Encrypting File System in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
There are two ways to do this: makecert.exe and using openssl.

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