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.
Exchange 2007 SMTP TLS Error Oddly Resolves Itself
I noticed that my SBS 2008 Server was generating 70 or 80 of these errors every day since May 30:
Installing Ruby 1.9.3 under Ubuntu 10.04 LTS using RVM
Today when I tried to use rvm to install Ruby 1.9.3, I got errors referring me to make.log and make.install.log:
Configure a WDS Bridge on a Tomato Guest VLAN
I’ve been happily using my Tomato router with a guest wireless VLAN isolated from my main wired LAN. I described the setup here. Now, I want to bridge a second …