Though I didn’t mean to “yell” in the title of this post, I did mean to get the point across: this is one cool tool and if you don’t already have it, you probably should. There is a little but of basic functionality that I believe should have been part of SCOM (System Center Operations Manager) 2007. The ability to easily disable or enable multiple rules, monitors, or discoveries…and all at the same time.
25. August 2009
Automating GPO backups (you’re doing this right?)
What happens when you delete a Group Policy Object (GPO)? You restore it from backup right? Well as it turns out, this is a much more complicated process than you’d imagine. Here is a simple solution that I rolled out to automate GPO backups, allowing for simple restores of GPOs (deleted or not).
19. August 2009
CoRD Announces Version 0.5
CoRD, the most feature-filled, multi-connection RDP client for OSX has released an updated version to their client. I stopped using the client quite some time ago due to performance issues experienced when connecting to Windows 7, Server 2008, as well as Vista however this new version seems to fix those issues.
19. August 2009
Fruit Flies Suck. How to get rid of them.
Whether you’ve got a small handful of fruit flies invading your kitchen or a lot, you probably are well aware of the fact that they are next to impossible to kill with your bare hands. I’ve been experimenting over the past few weeks with a few methods for catching them with great success. If you follow the steps below, and you actually have a few fruit flies actively flying around your kitchen, I guarantee this will catch them overnight
18. August 2009
Amazing choreographed drumming
Okay, whether you’re an aspiring musician or not, this is cool. Very cool. The following video is of the Swiss Top Secret Drum Corps and was recorded at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in August of 2006. Sit back and enjoy. If you get impatient, skip to the end, the finale is worth watching.
18. August 2009
Have you moved in with Google? Roommates.
I was just introduced to a rather entertaining video. Tom and Harry, two financially tight roommates, decide to take on a third roommate: google. As you might have already guessed, google seemed to know more about, well everything, than they expected.
17. August 2009
Fix: KB954459 fails to install
When installing KB954459, security update for Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 Service Pack 2, you receive a failure and the following Event ID 1015 in the Windows Event Log: “Failed to connect to server. Error: 0×80070422″.
9. June 2009
Speedtest: iPhone OS 3.0 on 2G iPhone in Canada
I’ve done some preliminary testing with the 7a7341 “Gold” build of iPhone OS 3.0 on Rogers Wireless and I have to say, I’m pretty impressed. This article is by no means a review of the firmware, as there are plenty of those out there already—all far more extensive than I care to be. Quick and [...]
2. April 2009
How to sysprep Windows Server 2008
Sysprep, the process of stripping configuration out of your windows installation for the “out of box experience”, has [finally] been integrated into Windows Server 2008. The process on pre-2008 operating systems consisted of creating a sysprep folder in the root of C, copying them over the new folder, then launching them. The process has been [...]
31. March 2009
iPhone in Canada? No Skype for you! — How to install Skype on your iPhone in Canada
If you’re reading this, you’re probably just as frustrated as I was this afternoon when I tried to search for “Skype” in the iTunes App store. No results. After a quick search, I discovered that the new Skype client for the iPhone was released in every country EXCEPT for Canada. It seems Skype has chosen [...]
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