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VuePoint PDS-ST415-VP portable Scanner

Several months back I ran across a portable page hand scanner at local office store. With old computer books and genealogy I occasionally have a need to scan pages or photographs in places where a...
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Updating VMWare ESXi Hypervisor 5

Recently I built a VMWare ESXi Hypervisor 5 server for testing and learning purposes. As a good admin you must always patch and VMWare is no exception. First download and install VMWare vCLI from...
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Autologon with Windows

Although it is not best practice to have a server set to Autologin with an id after reboot, it is sometimes a needed option for certain applications. Autologon enables you to easily configure Windows’...
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SQL Server Configuration Manager unable to connect error

While running SQL Server Configuration Manager on a Windows 2008 server I received an unable to connect error.  The issue was an WMI corruption  in the sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof. The issue was resolved...
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Rebuild the base performance counters Windows 2003

Recently ran into issues with some Windows 2003 servers showing corruption in the performance counters and causing issues with monitoring. The correction was pretty easy to correct. Extensible counter...
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