SSD Testing
I was surprised today after installing a Kingston V+200 SSD that the Vista disk benchmark only improved from 5.2 with the spindle disk to 5.9 with the SSD. Called Kingston …
Converting Go Daddy DNS Records for DNS Made Easy
When you export a DNS zone from Go Daddy, there is some unusual formatting. IF you don’t fix it before importing it into DNS Made Easy (and probably other hosts), …
Use DNS Made Easy with BuddyNS as Secondary
After the Go Daddy DNS meltdown earlier this month, and since they do not allow secondary DNS unless you pay them, I’m experimenting with using DNS Made Easy for my …
Go Daddy: Secondary DNS Should be Free
Today’s Go Daddy outage has made it clear that I need to configure secondary DNS servers for the domains I manage. Not only are Go Daddy’s servers vulnerable to hacking, …
vPro Can’t Turn On Machine
I recently acquired two Lenovo M58p desktops and set up vPro in Small Business mode. It worked fine when the computers were on, but once turned off, I could no …
Error 1327 Invalid Drive Installing GoldMine on Workstation
I installed GoldMine 9.2 on an SBS 2008 server with no problem. But when I tried to do a workstation install on a Windows 7 virtual machine, the installer could …
Windows Server Backup Version and Space Management
Just came across this 2009 article from The Storage Team at Microsoft: Backup Version and Space Management in Windows Server Backup There is some good, concise info here including one …
3CX Loses License Activation
A client running 3CX version 10 mentioned that no one was seeing voicemail indicators or getting voicemail notifications via email. I recalled that these are “paid” version features. Sure enough, …
Set Optiplex vPro Manageability Option
Almost four years ago, I blogged about how to buy an OptiPlex with vPro from the Dell Outlet. Unfortunately the last time I checked, Dell no longer publishes the detailed …
Dell PERC 5/i Battery Needs Replacing
On a Dell PowerEdge 1900, I was noticing in the OpenManage Alert log that the disk cache policy kept “bouncing” between Write Through and Write Back.