I recently came across a Windows Server 2003 box that was missing the SQL Server driver from the ODBC Administrator. After some research and trial & error I came across a really simple way to fully reinstall MDAC 2.8 SP1 on Windows. You can’t simply download MDAC from the Microsoft Read more…
When I started on this task, I thought it would a very simple thing to do. I mean its a similar concept for both; rows and columns. Well I spent two days banging my head on the desk before coming up with a solution.
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If you’ve got servers running Terminal Services and/or Citrix, you’ve probably realized how quickly the user profiles can build up. I wrote a script that will allow you to remove all the profiles on the server except the ones you specify. Read more…
There have been many occassions where I’ve needed to check for a given value within an array in VBScript. There’s no built-in function for this, so I crafted my own. Read more…
I’ve made the move from Drupal to WordPress. Its not that I hated Drupal. Its that Drupal, with all the modules I used, caused some excessive load on the server. Ever since version 6, things seemed to get slower and more memory intensive. So I made the choice to use WordPress since it fits my needs and has a very good caching system.
You may notice somethings aren’t in the same spots. Its all there. If you can’t find it, shoot me an email and I’ll point you in the right direction. The theme may change shortly too.
Certain Windows services, such as SharePoint Services, install SQL Server Embedded Edition by default as their database. This is the new name for the Windows Internal Database. Unfortunately they don’t always uninstall it afterwards. Read more…
When starting Apache for the first time or after a networking change you get the following error:
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName Read more…
I’ll make this guide quick and straight to the point. Follow these steps and Munin will be up and collecting stats quickly.
Prerequisites: Apache and MySQL
Assumptions: You are monitoring the same server that munin is installed on, The server’s name is server1.example.com., /var/www = document root Read more…
DNS configuration can be a daunting task. Even seasoned server admins get tripped up over configurations. Yep. Myself included.
Quick Overview of DNS Master and Slave Servers
By default, Virtualmin will set you up with a master server. Read more…
