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Troubleshooting
Access Denied when running shutdown command for a remote machine
There have been multiple blog posts about an “access denied” error message when running the command line shutdown command pointed to a remote workstation. Example of Shutdown command: shutdown /m \\SOMECOMPUTER /t 5 /y /c “Your machine is about to…
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Running multiple SSL IIS sites IIS7 and 7.5
Starting with IIS 7, Microsoft made major changes to IIS. The look and feel of the entire interface is way different than what administrators were used to with IIS6. All in all most of the changes have been a good…
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Installing Additional Hub Transport Servers – Exchange 2010 SP1
In many small organizations we find that many install one server to handle all the needs of their employees. So, all Exchange 2010 SP1 roles may be installed on a physical box. There is nothing wrong with doing this if…
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Evernote – Great tool for IT Documentation
Have you ever been looking for documentation that you just know you wrote down, a license key or important URL that you saved into a notepad document somewhere, or a phone number you scribbled onto a sheet of paper and…
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Remote Desktop Connection Manager – Great tool for Administrators
As IT Admins, we are always looking for ways that we can save time and effort in completing our tasks and making the most efficient use of our time and resources. Connecting to servers using remote desktop is just one…
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Virtualization
VMware Import Machine Error – FAILED MethodFault.summary
In a client production environment a few days ago we ran into an error importing a physical server into a virtual environment. The server being imported was a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. The error message that we received in…
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Exchange 2010 SP1 Export – Couldn’t connect to the source mailbox
Recently in working with a client we ran into an issue of not being able to export a client’s mailbox residing on an Exchange 2010 SP1 server. In reading a lot of other information and posts about this issue, most…
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Exporting a Godaddy wildcard certificate from IIS to Tomcat
Working with SSL certificates can be VERY frustrating especially between operating systems and webservers. A popular choice among businesses or clients who may have multiple webservers is the wildcard certificate. Many misunderstand the wildcard certificate in how they utilize the…
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APC UPS configuration and Generator Compatibility
A client recenlty was looking to install a generator for their small datacenter. The server room housed roughly 40 physical servers as well as a combination of network switches, routers, and a few other smaller electrical devices. The environment was…
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Windows Imaging Checklist
We all use and love (may be a bit presumptuous here) imaging workstations. After all it saves us as system administrators countless hours of time, or at least we hope so. However, as with any good technology, without proper planning,…