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Check out these coffee mugs
Ctrl-Alt-Delete Coffee Cups Set | GEEK-WEAR You know you would.....
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Bootable USB (Reformat Option) While Retaining License
I am not listing a how to, but I'd like to know how to. : My previous employer provided me with a bootable USB flash drive that contained Hirens UBCD and additionally a Windows 7 Installation. This path was integrated at the main Hirens UBCD menu when you first do the initial boot. When I selected the Windows 7…
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Favorite drink while working (non-alcoholic)?
Trying to limit myself on soda and eventually cut it off my diet, whats every one's favorite drink? My fiance got some kiwi strawberry juice from the store that I have been trading it with and so far i'm enjoying it, im not a huge fan of drinking regular water all the time
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New issue on TechExams
I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this, or I am just missing something; but I am unable to hit enter and start a new paragraph here in the forums. I have tried Ctrl+Enter and Alt+Enter, but nothing, I am running Windows 8 and IE 10.
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Introduction
Hi everyone, just would like to introduce myself. I'm Active Duty Army, currently stationed at Fort Bragg, NC. I'm 29 and originally from the burbs of Chicago. I'm 25C/Radio Operator Maintainer, but I also do a lot desktop trouble shooting, baselining, and ticket submissions. I've been in the Army almost 3 years and…
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What do you use for your problem management solutions?
I'm looking at an organization that is basically driving the car without a dashboard and are in desperate need of a problem management set of processes. Any publications out there and that discusses this holistically. ITIL has it's points, but I am finding it way to theory and not very applicable to specific environments.…
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Cyber Warfare
Hey there!!! So I'm taking a class called Information Warfare & Security. The book that we're reading for the class is Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld: Jeffrey Carr: 9781449310042: Amazon.com: Books. So I'll just get to it. I don't see any type of warfare going on. I've read about people bringing down…
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First Week of Cisco's EIGRP announcement...
First week or two of Cisco's announcement to the world, meteor explodes over Russia. Coincidence? I think not.
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Linux/UNIX admin {programm, script}ing knowledge
Not sure where to post this since this isn't quite Linux+, Red Hat, or LPIC specific but hope to garner more response here. Since I'm on the road to become a Linux administrator, I'd like to know which languages I should be proficient in. I did some researches, and I just learned Perl and Python can be used as scripting…
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Another SCCM Qu
One week to go and my SOE deployment looks to be on track, minus all the scope changes and new agenda items that happen to show up daily. Quick question for anyone who's been there, done that: My Win7 OSD task sequence with USMT runs without issue on XP PCs. It stores the user state locally, wipes C: and installs Win7. It…
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ShmooCon IX is streaming online
Shmoocon IX is this weekend and is being streamed live starting...NOW! ShmooCon 2013 - February 15-17 - News Build It: build_it_2013 on USTREAM Belay It: belay_it_2013 on USTREAM Bring It On: bring_it_2013 on USTREAM
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Point to Point VPN issues
Hey...having issues trying to get a site-to-site VPN tunnel up. On my end it shows session status : UP-IDLE, IKE SA: local <ip> remote <ip> ACTIVE But there are no active SAs. This end is a cisco 870. I've added the WAN IP of the destination site to the 'firewall' access list that is applied to the WAN interface IN to…
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Adobe Reader zero-day exploit
Very interesting read at Adobe confirms zero-day exploit bypasses Adobe Reader sandbox - Computerworld Has some serious malware engineering. Even detects when running under a virtual machine.
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VPN Questions
Few questions for you guys. But first a little background: When I was an on-call tech, I was authorized to use my personal computer to access the company network by way of VPN. The issue this frequently caused was that I would have other things I wanted to do while on the company network which were against company policy…
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Verizon FIOS At Home - Thoughts?
For 99.95$ / Month, I have the opportunity in my area to get 150 Download / 65 Upload Verizon FIOS. The irony is my 1841 will no longer have the throughput to work with those theoretical maximums Verizon boasts. Any experience with their service?
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MS Word - Document assembly from menu
Anyone know of any MS Word automation tools that can be used to assemble a document template ? Basically want to be able to predefine document sections (Introduction, Scope, Background etc) in a template then use a menu to select the sections I want to include in a given document based on the template. For example - I…
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Efficient IP Appliances - flush DNS
We have still one of those miserable devices running which forwards DNS requests but it doesn't seem to flush its DNS regularly. Anyone know how to flush its DNS - I cannot find any info anywhere .... Thanks.
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Copying Users to different PC's
I have a situation and am looking for some direction. I have 20 laptops that have been joined to the domain and have a fingerprint reader to allow for authentiation. There are approximately 120 users who have all logged into one machine. I can move the fingerprint file to each additional machine and if the user has an…
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AirTightNetworks offering free Nexus 7 tablet - Presidents Day Promo
Got this in email, passing it along. If anyone in the US has a wireless project coming up, might be worth talking to them. Take advantage of a great President’s Day special and get a free Nexus 7 Tablet. If you have a pending Wi-Fi project, schedule a 30 minute demo of AirTight Networks Cloud Wi-Fi. At the end of the WebEx…
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Anyone have experience pricing generators for a business?
I dont really know where to start. We continuously lose power during storms at one of our locations, usually for a couple days. The mgr has asked me to look into prices for a generator. How much do they cost for an average sized medical building, 3 floors.... not sure about sq footage. there are 100 employees there, each…
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What can cause BPDU packets
We had an issue with our vmware infrastructure today where one host went offline. We fond out that the Arista switches shut the ports for his host as a VM sent BPDU packets - causing the spanningtree protection to kick in and disable these ports. At the same time we installed a new Linux VM which was being prepared as a…
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Networking - Top 5 or 10 troubleshooting scenarios?
Hi Everybody, Is there such a thing as a top 5 or 10 troubleshooting scenarios that a network engineer may come accross, specifically cisco or distribution level? Maybe access level? Thanks!
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More malware on IT sites than on **** sites - interesting article
This one caught my eye this morning - Sex sites out, IT sites in for cybercrooks planting malware - CSO Online - Security and Risk
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Clinical System Anaylst Position, Urgent Help Please!
Hello everyone:D. I applied for Clinical System Anaylst and I have to take the Epic pre-assessment test before the company would offer me a position then I would go through the Epic training program with them to get Epic certification to continue working. Anyone has heard about this program at all. If so, is there an…
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Two locations
Hey guys maybe I can get some advice. I currently have two locations with around 10 users at each location that we keep on total seperate networks. Each one has their own file server and their own DHCP and DNS. Our ISP hosts our domain/email. We are in the process of looking for a new inventory management software and the…
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On Call and what is fair.
I took a job here is August of 2010. I was desperate, so moved from California to Arizona. Big cut in wage, but I had a mortgage to make. I had not been hourly in years, probably the eighties. One of the duties is being on call. The on call week has you carry around a cell phone and you can be called in at any time. We…
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Venting about VLSM
Hi Everybody, This is my first time venting on the forum so i am including this in off topic: Is it me, or are VLSM questions just a cruel joke in order to make us calculate 5 subnet ranges?!?! Thanks for listening.
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using Differencing Disk hyper v test lab
I plan on using a Samsung 256GB SSD for my lab (it has fast read and write - over 500mb and 100l iops). the plan would be to use Server 2012 with hyper v as the host. I would then create a read only parent VM Server 2012 (I hope i am using right terminogly as not really studied hyper v yet). the following VMs would be…
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Interesting look at incident response drills
At Facebook, zero-day exploits, backdoor code bring war games drill to life | Ars Technica
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Motherboard MCP73PVT-PM 12v ATX Problem
Hi everyone, I have a Packardbell desktop, it has following specs. Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core RAM: 8G DDR2 667 Motherboard: MCP73PVT-PM The problem is that, when I connect the 12v ATX 4 pin cabel into its socket and power on the desktop, it turns off immediately. I remove the 12v ATX cable and power on, it turns on…
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Host OS hyper v
I am still in planning phases of a home lab. If I ran the host os as server 2012 with hyper v would the host os be a DC or would it best to have the whole lab all within hyper v?
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What is a good high quality home switch?
Like most of you, I probably have a bit overkill in my home network. Hard wired network 1x W2k8 Server/NAS 1x VMWare host (between 5 to 10 VM’s running at any time) 1x Fedora Desktop (main desktop) 1x Mac Mini 1x Xbox 1x Smart TV (tentative, these seem to work on enet or wifi) I’m running this as my switch Newegg.com -…
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Is this a career change?
Hi Everybody, Question - is changing from VOIP phone provisioning, to being in the NOC or network engineer a career change? Justing wondering out loud. Thanks
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Nexus 4 back in stock, sort of
Ordered two of the 16gb versions this weekend, 2-3 weeks to receive. I guess LG is ramping up production.
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Leap Motion
Hey TE!!!! I was wondering if anyone had seen or heard about this lately. Seems pretty cool First impressions of Leap Motion - Liang Zan - Blog
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Benifits of investing in a home lab?
So I've been really considering in investing in a home lab. During my CCNA studies, all I used were GNS3 and PT. I have no experience in the real networking world, plus I'm going for my CCNP next. So with that, is this a good time to invest in a home lab, rather than just using the simulators? What are the pro's and con's…
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is it worth upgrading to 8 MB? Will I notice much?
is it worth upgrading to 8 MB? Will I notice much? If I upgraded the RAM from 4 to 8 MB will there be a noticeable improvement with speed? Is it a worth wild investment I know I will have to use 64x version of windows for it to work it out so is it worth it for my laptop?
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Run this in a Windows command prompt:
tracert -h 160 216.81.59.173
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Posting Career ID
Would it be a good idea to post my career id on my Linkedin profile? I currently have both up for my Net+ and W7 certs and hope this isn't a bad idea. Thanks.
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Catalyst 6500?
Hi Everybody, Just curious, does anyone here work with Catalyst 6500 or similar network switches? Is that standard Cisco training (CCNA?) How does one prepare for those in a career? What enterprises use them? Thanks!
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These newfangled keyboards
Anyone notice how keyboards are getting more and more cheaply made lately? It seems like it's rare to find a traditional tactile keyboard on a new laptop in the stores. Now, they're all these mushy chiclet thingies. Anyone got any statistics or anecdotes about these? Also, the standalone keyboards included with new…
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Use Powershell to find client's flash version
I put together this quick blog post on using Powershell to find the version of Flash your clients are using in a domain. It is a pretty simple script and could be adapted to look for the version of any file/software. Maybe someone will find it useful. Defend Your Systems: Use Powershell to Find Adobe Flash Version
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Studying 101
Hey all, Have a somewhat non-IT question for you guys today. I know a lot of us go to WGU which is self paced material that can be completed as quickly as you think you can handle. I also know a lot of us study daily for personal / professional improvement be it certification based, knowledge based, or simply researching…
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determining CAT Cable?
Hi Everybody, If there is no writing on a CAT 3, 5, 5e or 6 cable, is there a way to determine its rating? Speedtest? Thanks!
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Doh!
Wonder who the three clients who received the signed malware were? Crooks steal security firm’s crypto key, use it to sign malware | Ars Technica
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Download / Upload Argument I'm sure we've all had one..
Got into an argument with a friend today about download / upload speeds. Basically to cut it short and sweet I basically was holding firm on the idea if you don't utilize a lot of uploading content having a "fast" upload connection is near pointless. We got into examples of online gaming. Him claiming everything is about…
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SIP Trunking?
Hi Everybody, Can anyone recommend a crash-course in SIP Trunking? The wiki page is a little too high level. Something with a little more detail? Also does the topic of SIP Trunking include the Voice VLan that I am reading about in ICND2? Thanks in advance!
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Big Three: Best Data Center Solution...or Combination?
Hey everyone. So seeing that I'm doing a pretty decent job in my current network engineering gig, my bosses decided to assign me to our "Cloud" team. Basically I'm doing a single-site, green field install for one of several private cloud sites for the government customer we support. So I've got a large number of 10-GigE…
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Guide to connecting 2 vmware machines?
trying to network 2 machines via vmware workstation, anyone have a guide to do this? Thanks.... I downloaded vmserver or free but it says I need to un-install vmware workstation first.
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How hard are exchange certifications?
Compared to Cisco exams.
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Trying to organize a study group
Who is interested in studying the 70-640 with me? I am to learn it in about 3 weeks, I will spend 2 hours labbing each day with a whole load of reading. I am willing to swap revision notes to cross reference and answer questions if i can. Who is interested?
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School can't use WiFi
I wonder if this pertains to any residents in the area as well? A giant radio telescope, a small school and a Wi-Fi problem - Network World
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Blackberry not receiving exchane emails immediately
Sorry for the poor title, the problem is I have 10 users using BB(Blackberry) but only 1 seems to receive his emails in batches every 15 minutes sometimes less. If you send two emails at different intervals they all come in at the same time. Another user that also has BB and is being CC'ed by the problem BB receives copies…
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Dell goes private, with help from Uncle Bill's old stomping grounds
Dell gets 2b loan from M$ to help it go private Dell announces that it's going private, assisted by $2 billion loan from Microsoft
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Saw this in my email today - $30 off 250GB SSD - $149.99
I thought I would share this with everyone. Seems like a good deal. $149.99 for a 250GB SSD Debating if I should buy one myself. Samsung 840 Series MZ-7TD250BW 250GB Solid State Drive - 2.5 Form Factor, SATA III, 540 MB/s Read Speed, 250 MB/s Write Speed at TigerDirect.com Use the coupon WZX81952
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Good Wi-Fi repeater?
Hey all, have a repeater that I had been using for about 2 years now that has been causing issues for about half of that time. After a firmware update, the unit locks up and will no longer broadcast a connection to the router and instead acts as a jammer, blocking all WiFi regardless of the channel or network. The solution…
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Windows Live Mesh is ending February 13th
Got an email like I am sure others have from Microsoft that said the service was ending. Funny thing is I think this is the only email I have received after the initial registration...so I kinda forgot it even existed.... I think I was waiting for the Mac client to become available for iOS or something before I started…
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Partitioning question
In chapter 12 of Mike Meyers' All-In-One Guide for the A+ exams on hard disk implementation, he has examples of partitioning in both XP and Vista in which he shows you how to create multiple partitions. In XP, he creates three but says only the first is primary with the other two being extended partitions. However, all…
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Distributed Denial of Service
I'm doing some research into DDoS mitigation and have come across a number of techniques such as ACL filtering and black holing. I'm slightly confused though... none of these mitigation techniques are going to work if implemented on the inside of your network, are they? If you have a 100 megabit per second internet…
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Superbowl does Wifi on massive scale.
Super Bowl does Wi-Fi on a massive scale | Mobile - CNET News
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Department of Energy Hacked
DailyTech - U.S. DOE: We Got Hacked Not surprised they were, but a little shocked that they are only required to report it publicly when personal data has been taken.
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Pricing for Surface Pro Announced
TechNet Blogs Reactions?
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Can anyone recommend "good" software to create screensavers?
Our current solutions process apparently is "bizarre" and I have been tasked at finding a better solution. Could you guys recommend anything for creating screen savers in .scr format? Looking for something under $1000.00 The screensaver will be saved to the sysvol in a folder and will be applied to all workstations via…
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Toilet games in Japan
Anyone used this or heard about them? I heard about it on a whitelist podcast that the Japanese have console type games attached to urinals. There's different games. One of which is that you have to pee very hard and try to bear the "pressure" of the last visitor to the urinal. The harder you pee..i.e. force the higher…
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Cisco 2600 Series (2610) Router Question
About 2 years ago our 2600 series router that BellSouth installed broke and they came out and replaced it. They didn't take the broke one with them and I pulled it out of the closet today to play with. The router is powering up properly, the fan is working fine, I am able to connect via xover cable to the ethernet port and…
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SSL Cert on IIS 7.0 Server 2008 Issue
So we purchased the cert and when we loaded it onto the server. When we go to the site we get a certificate error saying name mismatch. The common name we used was the www.<site address>.com. Now if we try to go to https://www.site address.com it doesn't work. If we go to the address without the https it works without…
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Quiet Lab Servers
Hello all, Earlier this year I purchased a Dell PowerEdge 2950 to use a an ESXi server for labbing purposes. It is a good server, but it is damn loud (those fans)! Do you have any advice for quieter options for servers of this level? I'm looking to eventually get a second server, and I want it to be considerably quieter...
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Best books/tutorials to learn about Networking for beginners
I really want to learn more about networking and/or A+ type of material to begin to build a foundation in network security and networks in general, but there are soooooo many books out there, I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions for appropriate books for complete noobs to the subject. Thank you for any…
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iOS Deployment
Hey all, So, I'm not sure how many of us on here deal with managing and deploying iOS devices as part of their job. My current employer is a K-12 school district and has me (full-time) and another guy (half-time) managing and deploying iPads for staff and students using Apple Configurator (about 1500 iPads in the district…
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Bandwidth From Strangers (WI-FI)
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-31/bandwidth-from-strangers-challenges-at-and-t-verizon?campaign_id=otbrn.bw.tech I had proposed an idea like this once before, but it wasn't on the idea of "I'll get some of your bandwidth now, in exchange for credits" , such credits you get to use later." Mine was about…
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Oracle to buy Acme Packets
Oracle to buy network gear maker Acme Packet for $2.1 billion | Reuters
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Cisco lab with Mac book pro..
Ok I've made the big move from Pc to Mac....but I'm not sure how to set up my mac to with with my routers.....Would I need any software?......
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Need help creating a GPO to disable Java in Internet Explorer.
I've been following the instructions posted here: (Controlling Java in Internet Explorer - IEInternals - Site Home - MSDN Blogs) to create a GPO to disable java for sites in Internet zones, which is fine, but the site doesn't specify how to disable OBJECT as well as APPLET elements. Unfortunately disabling Java altogether…
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Updating Java on Servers
Dear all, with all the recent security vulnerabilities in Java on Desktop Computers I wonder if these also require updating Java/JDK on servers running Tomcat, JBoss or other Java-based applications? I have tried Google but couldn't find anything related. On one forum I found a heated debate on wether this is necessary but…
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[SOLVED]ESXi Error Unable to Add Storage
Hello guys,I am having an issue with my ESXi server. I keep getting an error when I try to add another storage to the server. see screenshot of the error.The 2nd screenshot is the "fdisk -l" command. And the 3rd screenshot is the "ls /vmfs/devices/disks/" command.I am pretty much stuck at this point, and unable to add my…
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Computer submerged in mineral oil
So I've started researching the idea of submerging your entire computer rig into mineral oil for cooling and overclocking purposes. Has anyone actually done this. The idea of sticking hardware in any kind of liquid makes me nervous...even if the science does "make sense..." This is an example of a company that sells…
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SCCM 2012 SP1 installation problem
Been trying to install SCCM 2012 SP1 beta in my home lab. Here's my current setup: - A 2008 R2 DC/DNS server - A 2008 R2 SP1 VM running SQL SP1 Standard Edition (full version, not eval) (machine name: sql.domain.local) - A 2008 R2 SP1 VM on which I'm trying to install SCCM (machine name: SCCM.domain.local) The error I get…
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Where to buy a home desk?
Hi, I was curious as to where you guy's buy your home desk? I'm looking at overstock.com, i dont really want a cheap looking desk somehing that will last, not L shape just a straight desk, looking to spend anywhere from 500-1000$ I would also like it to be a dark wood thanks
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How to force ASA to reference the certificate?
I'm trying to set up a VPN between two remote sites utilizing 5510 ASAs. The VPN will need to use PKI certificates instead of pre-shared keys. I have attempted to generate a certificate request, pass it to a computer set up as a "test" CA, put the cert on the ASAs and selected the certificate on the ASDM. After I did this,…
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Good habits
What technology- or work-related good habits did you pick up recently? We could share our little self-improvements here to motivate each other and bounce ideas off of others. I know quite a few tidbits that I picked up over years were read on forums or seen at presentations and often they were things I didn't think about…
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Using PowerShell ISE in Windows 7?
Go download Windows Management Framework 3.0. The changes to PowerShell ISE alone are huge IMO. I haven't switched to 8 or 2012 yet in any aspects, so I've been sitting here writing all my scripts in the build-in 2.0 ISE. The 3.0 ISE is a huge improvement. Note that it will give an error if you don't have SP1 and full .NET…
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Frame forwarding - Flood vs Loop vs 'Storm'
Hi Everyone, This may not be covered by my ccent book: What is a frame storm? Is it any different than a loop? Should STP control storms? Thanks
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Interesting Web Development Course
Ran across this today seems pretty good... How to Become a Web Developer from Scratch
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traceroute trivia
I happened upon a topic I had never really looked into, so, without a search, how does a traceroute work?
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TIL: you can pipe to clipboard
I consider myself well-versed in the Windows command line and PowerShell, but today I learned that you can pipe commands to a little known application called clip that puts the output into the clipboard. C:\Users\rkaucher>ipconfig | clip Or in PowerShellPS C:\Windows\system32> Get-ChildItem | clip Wow. I wish I had known…
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SCCM OSD package Qu
I've had a 2x week reprieve for my SOE ptoject so I now have until the middle of February to have a Win7x64 SOE ready. So, another qu about OS deployment: the former sysadmin was creating a task sequence for OSD that referenced a collection variable list for package installation. I think this was because SCCM 2007 had an…
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128gb Ipad4 with Retina Displays coming next week
According to IpadInsight.com the rumor is confirmed. Available starting Tues, Feb 4th. 799 for wifi black/white and 929 for same colors for wifi+ cellular. Available Apple retail, online stores and Apple Authorized resellers. I can see for business use, but not for personal use. Im barely at half of the 16gb used on my…
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Nanog 57
Anyone attending in Orlando next week? I'll be there so feel free to drop me a line if you will be and maybe we can grab a beer.
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Won a Battle with Some Malware!
User at work (second time he's clicked on something and got infected) got a nice piece of ransomware on his machine on Friday. Only affected his account, but even in safe mode it was still running and not allowing me to do anything. Our standard procedure here is to just reimage the machine. That being said I still like to…
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Wedding Website / RSVP / Gallery etc.
Does anyone know of scripts / website templates where guests can RSVP / decline, give number of guests they will be bringing and maybe additional comments (food allergies etc.) plus the option of having a gallery ? Language doesn't matter - Got both Linux and Windows Server available. I won't have the skills / time to…
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Multi Tasking
Beware Employees Who Boast About Multitasking | Inc.com I liked the quote "the trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt."
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Illegal to unlock locked carrier phones!
Unauthorized unlocking of smartphones becomes illegal Saturday | Crave - CNET Thought I'd leave this tasty tidbit of information for us techies.
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Where do you go to network with others in your same field?
Personally for me I go to several local cigar bars and that has really opened up doors and given me some inside. I am also a member of PMI and attend some of their local chapter meetings. I'm just curious where people do their networking.
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How to read and take notes
HI everyone I hope you have fun. I got a question and need your help:I am preparing myself for an exam like Network+ or any other exam.What is the best way(deep and quick enough)to both master the topic and also learn necessary parts for exam?Sometimes I have difficulty adjust the speed of my reading and the depth of it .I…
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Cisco ACE Load Balancers Training/Books
Hi, Can anyone recommend any good video training or books for Cisco ACE load balancers. I have them in my new job and but have never supported them before. There does not seem to be much training about and its looks like they will be end of life soon. Therefore dont want to spend loads on training but it would be good to…
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Weird Active Directory problem
Hey all, I work for a school district, and our students have laptops with Windows 7 running on them. Today, we had 10 laptops suddenly pop up with an "U:\ refers to a location that is unavailable" error. The U drive is students' personal share drive where they save their work. The odd thing is that I can navigate to said…
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Smart phones Users. (cell phone Spy Software)
Hi to smart phone users. I am in search of a spy software for my Andriod Smart phone. i am using Samsung S2. I wonder no1 response. :-O Yesterday I found this company one offerring Spy cell phone services.. http://www.mobiespion.com/ has anyone saw this company or can tell me about their worth..... NOTE Admins: I am not…
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Question for System analyst NEED HELP for thesis!!!!
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Tomato or DD-WRT
I've been thinking about switching from my regular firmware over to either Tomato or DD-WRT. Both look really good, just haven't decided which one to change over to. I know a lot of people on here have used both. Which do you prefer?
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What is this reputation thing given to members in this site?
Got 2 reputations ..one says 'ridiculous' (which was ridiculous indeed !!)and the other one says you have earned 7 points..can anyone throw some light??