Introduction to Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0 service pack 2)
WSS 3.0 sp2 is totally free if have purchased at a minimum Windows Server 2003. In Sharepoint’s original main purpose was to share documents and files. Sharepoint has evolved of the past few years to become a very robust platform. So robust that having administration experience over Sharepoint looks great on a resume. There are a few primary uses that Sharepoint can serve for your... Read More →
Windows Batch Script – Autostart / Login Check
Over the last few days at my new job I’ve encountered a problem.
Every time a user logs in, there are programs that run. The problem is that you only want some programs to run one time.
Whenever you login to a few key systems, the startup items would kick off automatically. No matter if they had already been started on another session or not.
So, I thought to myself. Will, you... Read More →
10 Open source Network Monitoring Tools
Networking monitoring and availability in your environment is critical to maintaining your service level agreements(SLAs) with clients. With popular tools such as Solarwinds and ipMonitor being pretty expensive for the average company – this important element in network infrastructure is often overlooked.
Let’s look at a 10 open source alternatives to the big commercial... Read More →
CopyFileEx With Progress Callback in C# using PInvoke
Platform Invocation Services (PInvoke) allows managed code to call unmanaged functions that are implemented in a DLL.
This article will show you how to call unmanaged DLL functions from C#. We’ll specifically walk through how to call CopyFileEx with a callback to report progress. Read More →
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10 Google Chrome Mini-hacks
I am compiling a list of Google about: hacks. This post will be updated as I stumble upon more of them.
Type about: in Google’s new browser Chrome and you will see a message similar to what you would see in Firefox.
Google Chome Mini Hack 1
Type about:memory, you will get a page listing the memory utilization for each process the browser is using.
Chrome Memory Config
about:cache... Read More →
Effective Password Management with Keepass
Utilities to manage and track your infrastructure passwords should be in the toolbox of every system administrator. If your environment is utilizing best practices, you most likely will have a good password policy. This means passwords will change, and should have a level of complexity that will become hard to track for day to day use.
This is where open source tool Keepass comes... Read More →
ESXi Provisioning – Hosting Desktops and Servers
Installing ESXi is a breeze. You’ll want to make sure your hardware is supported. Just go to http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/esx/esx3i.html and click FAQ.
Summary of ESXi
Formally ESX which cost $1,200 to $5,000 depending on the features you get. ESXi became free in early August 2008. Mainly in response to Microsoft’s $28 release of Hypervisor. You can still purchase ESX and get... Read More →
