when a specific outlook client does not have persistent autocomplete functioning for Global Address List lookups try doing the following: in the Outlook 2010 client, go to File->Options->Mail->Send Messages then choose “Empty Auto-Complete List” and close the Outlook client apparently, when autocomplete stops functioning it indicates something is not quite right with the stream_autocomplete file in […]
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recently, we only had one tape drive hooked up on a quantum scalar i40 tape library. the drive showed up in windows as a stand-alone and we installed the HP ultrium drivers for it. so we assumed something was wrong because we weren’t seeing the medium changer listed in windows device manager. i installed qlogic […]
this is a floppy bootdisk from my first IT job in 1999-2000. i didn’t make it, but i thought it was really cool at the time. basically, DOS boots and you are presented with options on which NIC drivers to load. the netware client for DOS then loads and you login. then the utility network […]
dell generation 12 servers (such as the r720) include the idrac7. previous generations required a hardware addition to add a drac to a server. now apparently all the necessary hardware is included by default. the catch is that you have to purchase a license for idrac enterprise features. the enterprise features include the use of […]
this one is a first for me…setting up a wireless NIC completely from the command line. step 1 is to make sure your kernel supports the NIC. in this case i have a linksys/cisco ae1000 usb wireless adapter. according to http://wiki.debian.org/rt2800usb, support was added since kernel release 2.6.31 and i’m running 2.6.32 so i should be […]
additional auditing can be enabled on the domain controllers by going to: local security policy->advanced audit policy->account management then enabling audit user account management (for successes) audit security group management (for successes) these events will be listed in the windows security log source: http://whatevernetworks.com/?p=21 update 12/6/2013: some other useful audit policies to enable on domain […]
IP address, subnet mask, default gateway: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 BOOTPROTO=none ONBOOT=yes NETMASK=255.255.255.0 IPADDR=10.0.0.0 /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING_IPV6=no GATEWAY=10.0.0.254 DNS: /etc/resolv.conf search domain.com nameserver <primary ip address> name server <secondary ip address> then either use ifdown/ifup eth0 or service network restart disable iptables on boot with chkconfig iptables off or temporarily with service iptables stop source: http://www.how2centos.com/centos-configure-network/
recently, i was having a problem getting a scheduled task to run a batch file. i would check after the task was supposed to run and it clearly didn’t run. the solution was to open the scheduled task properties up then go to the Actions tab. edit the action and add the directory the batch […]
it’s been a long while since i’ve had to do anything with microsoft KMS…so here’s a quick refresher: slmgr.vbs -dli – displays license information slmgr.vbs -ipk <kms key> – installs product key slmgr.vbs -ato – activates key this time around i set up the KMS host on a 2008 R2 core as the role seemed […]