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Admin Tool: mRemote
22.Oct.08 | Leave a Comment
I’ve mentioned Royal TS and Terminals both a few times in the past. The former is a great way to run multiple Remote Desktop/Terminal service sessions and the latter offers (with a bit less polish) that same functionality along with web, VNC and other options. Both are pretty slick and I’ve used them each quite [...]
Document Scheduled Jobs with Google Calendar
27.Aug.08 | Leave a Comment
I’ve literally spent years trying to come up with a rational and simple way to document the scheduled jobs that I have running on multiple servers.
My jobs tend not to be anything fancy – in fact, Windows Task Scheduler and the scheduler in SQL Server tend to satisfy my requirements just fine. But lordy, I [...]
My First EV SSL Journey
21.Aug.08 | Leave a Comment
I had my first experience with obtaining and installing an EV SSL (extended validation) certificate this week. I had expected the entire process to be much more grueling than it really was. Not that I’m complaining, but for the money you pay for these things… well, I expected to be worked over a bit more!
The [...]
Second Attempt Success
03.Aug.08 | 4 Comments
Last night I headed downtown to one of my data centers to upgrade a server. The server, an HP DL380 G5 (I usually add some Tim Allen style grunts after saying that) has been running a single quad core CPU since I rolled it out last fall. I’ve had the second CPU “kit” sitting on [...]
RDPdd.dll failed to load
30.Jul.08 | 6 Comments
Loaded up a brand new machine yesterday for one of the developers (that new Gateway I mentioned the other day, in fact). Fresh install of XP and Service Pack 3 and things were looking good.
The developer was using Remote Desktop to finish installations and general configuration before moving it to his office. Suddenly he shoots [...]
