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Active Directory (5)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-09-10	Multi-homed Domain controller logs Event ID 1030 and 1058	0	None
2009-04-03	How to force the removal of Folder Redirection from specific user accounts	0	None
2008-09-10	I've achieved my MCSE	0	None
2008-04-08	Adding a Windows 2003 domain controller to your existing Windows 2000 domain	0	None
2008-01-07	Using NTDSUtil to transfer FSMO Roles by command line	0	None

Admin Tools (2)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-10-15	My Top Free Tools	1	None
2007-06-07	Windows Server 2003 Admin tools under Vista	0	None

Anti-virus (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-07-02	Internet Explorer or Services.msc problems after McAfee Uninstall	0	None

ASP.NET (4)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2008-09-18	Compiling a .Net DLL for a medium trust environment	0	5
2008-04-04	Restoring the ASP.NET tab in IIS	0	None
2007-06-28	Installing Visual Studio 2003 SP1 on Vista	0	None
2007-06-08	Visual Studio Project Location Not Trusted	1	None

Backup (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-07-17	GFI Backup – Home Edition: Free backup for home users!	0	None

BlogEngine.NET (6)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-04	BlogEngine.Net 1.6 is released – and I’ve upgraded! Also migrated to IIS 7	0	None
2009-04-07	New look and feel, revised categories and a traffic milestone!	0	None
2008-05-12	Code syntax highlighting in BlogEngine.Net	1	None
2008-05-09	Posting to BlogEngine using Windows Live Writer	1	None
2008-05-09	Force BlogEngine.Net to update its cache after an import	5	None
2008-05-08	Lament for WordPress and a call for a .Net WordPress killer	2	None

Blogging (0)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating

C# (0)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating

Cisco (4)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-26	Trace cables the easy way with Cisco CDP on Windows	0	None
2010-02-08	CCNA Qualified	0	None
2009-12-07	Cisco Qualified!	0	None
2009-09-30	Teaming NICs with ESX 3.5 and Cisco Switches in an aggregate.	0	None

DCPromo (0)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating

Dell (2)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-07-07	Using AC97 audio with Windows 7	0	None
2009-05-01	Why not to use Dell Connection Point Manager, or any Dell 3G wireless software	0	None

Design (0)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating

Digital music (3)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2008-10-22	Activating Microsoft Reader on a Windows Mobile 5 device under Vista	0	None
2007-07-12	iTunes crashes on startup under Vista	0	None
2007-06-15	DRM Free iTunes music with QTFairUse	0	None

Digital Rights Management (DRM) (0)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating

Exchange (5)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2008-09-19	Fixing "Outlook(R) Mobile Access is supported only on Microsoft(R) Exchange Server 2003. Currently your mailbox is stored on an older version of Exchange server." on Outlook Mobile Access under Server 2003	0	None
2008-07-24	Exchange 2003 Email Size Delivery Restrictions...how confusing can it be?	0	None
2008-07-18	Create a 100Mb file for testing transfer speeds	1	5
2008-07-16	Outlook Web Access over SSL using Forms Based Authentication AND Integrated Authentication	2	5
2008-05-22	Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007 remove categories from emails, tasks, calendar etc.	0	None

Exchange 2000 (0)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating

Exchange 2003 (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-12-10	Syncing email, calendar and tasks over a laptop, desktop and iPhone	0	None

Exchange 2007 (0)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating

Exchange 2010 (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-12-07	Cisco Qualified!	0	None

Google (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-12-10	Syncing email, calendar and tasks over a laptop, desktop and iPhone	0	None

IIS (4)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-04	BlogEngine.Net 1.6 is released – and I’ve upgraded! Also migrated to IIS 7	0	None
2009-10-16	MOSS 2007 – Alternate Access Mapping authentication fails	0	None
2008-07-16	Outlook Web Access over SSL using Forms Based Authentication AND Integrated Authentication	2	5
2008-04-04	Restoring the ASP.NET tab in IIS	0	None

iTunes (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-12-10	Syncing email, calendar and tasks over a laptop, desktop and iPhone	0	None

Microsoft (4)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-03-08	70-649: TS: Upgrading Your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist	0	None
2010-01-27	Creating a Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Cluster Service SQL Active/Passive Cluster on a single ESXi 4.0 Server	0	None
2008-09-19	Fixing "Outlook(R) Mobile Access is supported only on Microsoft(R) Exchange Server 2003. Currently your mailbox is stored on an older version of Exchange server." on Outlook Mobile Access under Server 2003	0	None
2008-09-10	I've achieved my MCSE	0	None

Microsoft Cluster Services (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-01-27	Creating a Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Cluster Service SQL Active/Passive Cluster on a single ESXi 4.0 Server	0	None

MOSS (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-10-16	MOSS 2007 – Alternate Access Mapping authentication fails	0	None

Networking (6)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-26	Trace cables the easy way with Cisco CDP on Windows	0	None
2009-09-30	Teaming NICs with ESX 3.5 and Cisco Switches in an aggregate.	0	None
2009-09-21	DCDIAG /TEST:DNS fails with errors regarding root hint servers	0	None
2009-09-10	Multi-homed Domain controller logs Event ID 1030 and 1058	0	None
2009-01-15	Windows Vista Local Area Network Connection “Authentication Failed”	0	5
2008-11-24	Cisco ASA - ASDM "cannot load configuration"	2	3

Off Topic (4)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-04-07	New look and feel, revised categories and a traffic milestone!	0	None
2008-12-02	Major office move completed!	0	None
2008-09-30	Free vector graphics	0	None
2008-07-15	Something for nothing!?!	0	5

Office 2007 (2)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-02-05	Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007: [0x80070533] Logon failure: account currently disabled.	0	None
2008-05-22	Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007 remove categories from emails, tasks, calendar etc.	0	None

Office Communications Server 2007 (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-02-05	Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007: [0x80070533] Logon failure: account currently disabled.	0	None

Outlook 2007 (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-12-10	Syncing email, calendar and tasks over a laptop, desktop and iPhone	0	None

Outlook Mobile Access (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2008-09-19	Fixing "Outlook(R) Mobile Access is supported only on Microsoft(R) Exchange Server 2003. Currently your mailbox is stored on an older version of Exchange server." on Outlook Mobile Access under Server 2003	0	None

Outlook Web Access (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2008-07-16	Outlook Web Access over SSL using Forms Based Authentication AND Integrated Authentication	2	5

PowerShell (2)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-01-20	Powershell script to zip all .bak files in a folder structure, then delete the .bak	0	None
2008-09-11	Vista .msu installer fails with error: Installer encountered an error: 0x80070422	2	None

Qualifications (3)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-03-08	70-649: TS: Upgrading Your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist	0	None
2010-02-08	CCNA Qualified	0	None
2009-12-07	Cisco Qualified!	0	None

Security (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-07-02	Internet Explorer or Services.msc problems after McAfee Uninstall	0	None

Sharepoint (0)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating

SQL Server 2005 (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2008-10-09	How to configure Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and SQL 2005 to use more then 4GB RAM	0	None

SQL Server 2008 (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-01-27	Creating a Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Cluster Service SQL Active/Passive Cluster on a single ESXi 4.0 Server	0	None

User Profiles (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-04-03	How to force the removal of Folder Redirection from specific user accounts	0	None

Visual Studio (2)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2007-06-08	Visual Studio Project Location Not Trusted	1	None
2007-06-04	Installing Visual Studio 2003 on Vista Enterprise	0	None

VMWare (10)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-16	How to enable hot memory add on vSphere and ESX 4.0 after upgrade	0	None
2009-11-11	Migrating VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 HA Cluster to vSphere 4 – Stage 1: vCenter Upgrade	0	None
2009-10-14	The requested Storage VMotion would move a virtual machine's disks without assigning the virtual machine a new home, but such a move is not supported on the source host	0	None
2009-10-02	ESX 3.5 snapshots of disks on different storage are stored with the VM files	0	None
2009-09-30	Teaming NICs with ESX 3.5 and Cisco Switches in an aggregate.	0	None
2009-02-18	VMWare Server: The VMware Host Agent service terminated with service-specific error 4294967295 (0xFFFFFFFF).	6	5
2008-12-13	SSH remote console to ESXi server	0	5
2008-07-15	Utilising more than 4GB of RAM with Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition - Enabling /PAE /3GB	1	None
2008-05-20	VMWare Server 2 Beta fails to connect to virtual machine with "Error opening the remote virtual machine [machine] The host name could not be resolved."	2	5
2007-06-26	Moving and resizing a VMWare System Disk	0	None

VMware Converter (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-11-11	Migrating VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 HA Cluster to vSphere 4 – Stage 1: vCenter Upgrade	0	None

VMware ESX 3.5 (3)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-10-14	The requested Storage VMotion would move a virtual machine's disks without assigning the virtual machine a new home, but such a move is not supported on the source host	0	None
2009-10-02	ESX 3.5 snapshots of disks on different storage are stored with the VM files	0	None
2009-09-30	Teaming NICs with ESX 3.5 and Cisco Switches in an aggregate.	0	None

VMware ESX 4.0 (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-16	How to enable hot memory add on vSphere and ESX 4.0 after upgrade	0	None

VMWare ESXi 3.5 (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-10-02	ESX 3.5 snapshots of disks on different storage are stored with the VM files	0	None

VMware Storage vMotion (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-10-14	The requested Storage VMotion would move a virtual machine's disks without assigning the virtual machine a new home, but such a move is not supported on the source host	0	None

VMware Update Manager (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-11-11	Migrating VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 HA Cluster to vSphere 4 – Stage 1: vCenter Upgrade	0	None

VMware vCenter 4.0 (2)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-16	How to enable hot memory add on vSphere and ESX 4.0 after upgrade	0	None
2009-11-11	Migrating VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 HA Cluster to vSphere 4 – Stage 1: vCenter Upgrade	0	None

VMware vSphere 4.0 (2)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-16	How to enable hot memory add on vSphere and ESX 4.0 after upgrade	0	None
2009-11-11	Migrating VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 HA Cluster to vSphere 4 – Stage 1: vCenter Upgrade	0	None

Windows 7 (2)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-26	Trace cables the easy way with Cisco CDP on Windows	0	None
2009-07-07	Using AC97 audio with Windows 7	0	None

Windows Installers (0)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating

Windows Live Writer (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2008-05-09	Posting to BlogEngine using Windows Live Writer	1	None

Windows Mobile (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2008-10-22	Activating Microsoft Reader on a Windows Mobile 5 device under Vista	0	None

Windows Search (WDS) (0)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating

Windows Server (2)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-26	Trace cables the easy way with Cisco CDP on Windows	0	None
2009-09-21	DCDIAG /TEST:DNS fails with errors regarding root hint servers	0	None

Windows Server 2000 (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-09-10	Multi-homed Domain controller logs Event ID 1030 and 1058	0	None

Windows Server 2003 (14)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-09-21	DCDIAG /TEST:DNS fails with errors regarding root hint servers	0	None
2009-09-10	Multi-homed Domain controller logs Event ID 1030 and 1058	0	None
2009-04-03	How to force the removal of Folder Redirection from specific user accounts	0	None
2009-01-20	Powershell script to zip all .bak files in a folder structure, then delete the .bak	0	None
2009-01-20	Windows update or installer fails to install with error "You do not have permission to update Windows Server 2003. Please contact your system administrator."	0	5
2008-10-09	How to configure Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and SQL 2005 to use more then 4GB RAM	0	None
2008-09-10	I've achieved my MCSE	0	None
2008-07-15	Utilising more than 4GB of RAM with Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition - Enabling /PAE /3GB	1	None
2008-04-08	Adding a Windows 2003 domain controller to your existing Windows 2000 domain	0	None
2008-01-07	Using NTDSUtil to transfer FSMO Roles by command line	0	None
2007-10-18	I’m qualified!	0	None
2007-06-26	Moving and resizing a VMWare System Disk	0	None
2007-06-08	Visual Studio Project Location Not Trusted	1	None
2007-06-07	Windows Server 2003 Admin tools under Vista	0	None

Windows Server 2008 (4)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-11	Upgrading Server 2008 RTM-SP2 to Server 2008 R2	0	None
2010-01-27	Creating a Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Cluster Service SQL Active/Passive Cluster on a single ESXi 4.0 Server	0	None
2009-09-10	Multi-homed Domain controller logs Event ID 1030 and 1058	0	None
2009-01-15	Windows Vista Local Area Network Connection “Authentication Failed”	0	5

Windows Updates (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2009-01-20	Windows update or installer fails to install with error "You do not have permission to update Windows Server 2003. Please contact your system administrator."	0	5

Windows Vista (17)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-26	Trace cables the easy way with Cisco CDP on Windows	0	None
2009-04-03	How to force the removal of Folder Redirection from specific user accounts	0	None
2009-01-15	Windows Vista Local Area Network Connection “Authentication Failed”	0	5
2008-10-22	Activating Microsoft Reader on a Windows Mobile 5 device under Vista	0	None
2008-10-02	Vista DVD/CDRW drive message "Prepare this blank disk"	0	None
2008-09-11	Vista .msu installer fails with error: Installer encountered an error: 0x80070422	2	None
2008-07-18	Create a 100Mb file for testing transfer speeds	1	5
2008-07-16	Outlook Web Access over SSL using Forms Based Authentication AND Integrated Authentication	2	5
2008-07-14	Update your Windows Search or Windows Desktop Search	0	None
2008-05-02	Windows Vista shows black screen and the cursor before log in.	6	3
2007-11-26	Installing on Vista: Error 1327 invalid drive when using mapped drives	0	None
2007-10-18	I’m qualified!	0	None
2007-07-12	iTunes crashes on startup under Vista	0	None
2007-06-28	Installing Visual Studio 2003 SP1 on Vista	0	None
2007-06-07	Windows Server 2003 Admin tools under Vista	0	None
2007-06-04	Installing Visual Studio 2003 on Vista Enterprise	0	None
2007-05-30	Fixing your Windows Vista MBR	0	None

Windows Vista SP1 (1)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-26	Trace cables the easy way with Cisco CDP on Windows	0	None

Windows XP (5)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2010-02-26	Trace cables the easy way with Cisco CDP on Windows	0	None
2009-04-03	How to force the removal of Folder Redirection from specific user accounts	0	None
2009-01-07	Dell Latitude E6500 blue screen of death on XP install/downgrade/reinstall	14	4.6
2008-07-18	Create a 100Mb file for testing transfer speeds	1	5
2007-05-30	Fixing your Windows Vista MBR	0	None

WSS (0)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating

Uncategorized (5)

Date	Title	Comments	Rating
2008-08-21	The Real Man Cycling Challenge	0	None
2008-05-08	Menus in MOSS (or WSS) open and disappear	0	None
2008-03-14	Installing Windows XP without a CD drive	0	None
2008-02-21	Retrieving Your Exchange Server 2003 License Key	0	5
2007-05-30	Office 2007 woes	0	None