Aug 3, 2012
Manually Uninstalling MSSQL Server 2008 R2
Every once in awhile you run into an issue where a program just doesn’t want to uninstall. Ran into this scenario with MSSQL Server 2008 R2. Following the normal Programs and Features uninstall in Control Panel I received the message of failed to uninstall. This process requires removing directories, services and registry entries. As with anytime the registry is involved you will want to back up the... read more
Aug 3, 2012
How To Disable TCP Chimney Offload, RSS and NetDMA in Windows 2008 R2
Currently ran into issues with Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010 using DAG (Database Availability Group) and failovers of the database happening for no reason. One of the suggestions is to turn off TCP Chimney Offload as well as RSS and NetDMA. How to disable TOE and RSS from the command prompt •From a command prompt (open using “Run As Administrator”) run netsh int tcp set global chimney=disabled Run... read more
Jul 17, 2012
Often there are times that you have a port in use and you find that a process is using the port you need to free up or there is a port and you just need to find out who owns it. With Windows it is as easy as using netstat and tasklist commands. Open a command prompt window and type: netstat -a -n -o The -a parameter displays all connections and listening ports, the -n parameter displays the addresses and...
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Find a process using a port on Windows
Jul 4, 2012
Your Own Media Server using Plex Media Server
Recently I found a need to add the ability for my Roku XD box to be able to access my home movies and other media on my NAS, also looking for an all in one solution to stream to Asus Transformer TF101, iPod Touch, Sony Bravia TV and iPhone. A good co-worker recommended Plex Media Server which does all the above and more. Plex Media Server is the solution for local and online media. According to the site:... read more
Jun 29, 2012
Install Tomcat 7 on Windows 7
In continuing with building a testing environment on Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 I have embarked on installing Apache Tomcat 7 on my Windows 7 desktop. First download 32 or 64 bit from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi/tomcat-7.0-doc/tomcat-7.0-doc/taglibs/migration.html.You will find the download links in the binary distributions section of the page. You will also need to make sure you have Jave... read more
