A client had an issue with their HP server last week. They called HP Support hoping for some major hardware exchanges but first were told (paraphrased), “You are way behind on firmware updates – until you update firmware for System BIOS, RAID adapter and hard drives you get no support from us!” (We’d never even …
Monthly Archive: November 2009
Nov 24
Quick Process Monitor Tip
Back in the olden days I used to use the Sysinternals tools Filemon and Regmon when diagnosing system issues. Those were replaced years ago by another Sysinternals tool: Process Monitor. Process Monitor does it all. You can watch file, registry, processes – you name it. It shows what succeeds, what fails and every possible result …
Nov 08
Windows 2003 TCP Tweak
I have spent the past few days working on migrating a bunch of classic ASP web applications from a Windows 2000 server to a Windows 2003 server. A long overdue task, but one who’s time has finally come. The hardware under the Windows 2000 box has been acting up a bit lately and I’m rapidly …
Nov 04
Quick Look at Kon-Boot
Ever find a utility that seems so useful you’re scared to actually use it? That’s Kon-Boot for me. It has some incredible tricks, but I just can’t decide if I should trust it – no code available, how do I know what else it is doing? What do I know it does for sure? Boot …
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