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Containers
Top Docker Performance Tweaks on Low-Power Hardware
There are two things that I highly recommend for modern home lab environments, Docker and low-power mini PCs. Docker provides a much more efficient way to run apps compared to running full virtual machines. Also,…
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Virtualization
Apply Latest Patches to standalone Dell Customized ESXi 5.5 host
In spinning up a new environment recently for a client, we wanted to get the hosts to the latest patch…
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Security
The safer way to lock your Windows computer
How many times have all of us walked away from our workstations thinking that the CTRL+ALT+DELETE and then ENTER keystrokes…
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Software
Use WinSCP commandline to copy from Windows to Linux
WinSCP is a great Windows GUI utility to copy files to and from Linux boxes, but many don’t know about…
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Windows 8
MySQL Workbench won’t launch Windows 8.1
I ran into a pesky issue the other day using MySQL workbench where the program itself simply would not launch.…
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Windows 8
Make TSADMIN.MSC work in Windows 8.1
So if you are an admin and have migrated your administrator workstation over to Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 lately,…
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Windows 8
Makewinpemedia Diskpart Format ErrorLevel -2147212243
In working with Windows 8.1 WADK in a client environment recently, the need arose to create a USB key to boot…
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SQL
SQL Windows Authentication can’t login to SSMS locally
Recently, a client was experiencing a really weird issue where they could connect to a recently built SQL server using…
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Servers
SQL Server Firewall and performance tweaks
Everyone, I wanted to pass along a few Windows firewall tweaks that I have found useful with building a SQL…
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Software
How to troubleshoot Dell Open Manage Essentials connecting to your servers
So recently, I decided to setup a Dell Open Manage Essentials server in an environment running many Dell devices. Most…
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Windows 8
Install .Net Framework in Windows 8 or 8.1 offline without Internet
You may have encountered an issue with installing .NET framework feature in Windows 8 or 8.1 where the installer simply…
