Category Archives: General

Well, it’s not complete FUD – it did happen and it was simply to highlight that rural broadband is slow but let’s be serious, are they actually going to start strapping USB keys to carrier pigeons to transfer data? Yes, … Continue reading →

So, you’re attempting to grant some users permission to read the event log on a Windows Server 2003 server and all of a sudden you’re plunged deep in to the world of SDDL and needing to amend a random registry … Continue reading →

Yes, I’m finally, FINALLY Microsoft certified. I’ve been doing this stuff successfully for ten years without the compulsion to get myself certified but I decided recently to add credence to my experience by taking the exams. This is step one … Continue reading →

…is not made easy by our friends at VMWare. Oh sure they’ll provide you with a tool called VMWare Converter Standalone which purports to convert your VMWare workstation guests in to fully fledged ESXi compatible versions but does it actually … Continue reading →

My usual process for deploying Windows Server boxes involves the installation of VNC for remote console management. I know Remote Desktop is the best practice way to do this but as they say, old habits die hard. When I recently … Continue reading →

I thought I’d post quickly about automating FTP using explicit TLS/SSL with cURL. No, this isn’t a particularly advanced subject in the grand scheme of things (the command line is very simple) but some of the connectivity issues you might … Continue reading →

In preparation for an upcoming DR test I was aware of a limitation of using Standby/Read-only SQL databases that may be required to be brought online and immediately accessed by user accounts that didn’t exist on the DR database server. … Continue reading →

I’ve spent a few minutes thinking about this one this morning and came up with what I believe is a decent solution to a common problem. Despite trawling the net for ten minutes or so, I haven’t seen this solution … Continue reading →