Jun 28, 2012
Using Computer Startup Scripts to Map Drives in Windows 2008 R2
Sometimes there are instances in which you need to map drives on specific servers and not all. One of the ways to accomplish this is through the use of startup scripts defined in local policy. For this need I just needed a server to map to another server resource, the G:\ drive in particular. Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 Create the cmd script to contain the net use command to connect. In... read more
Jun 20, 2012
Enabling Server Status on Apache 2.2
Apache 2 has a nice feature to allow a server admin to view the performance of Apache. When mod_status module is enabled an HTML page will be presented to allow stats to be presented in a readable format in which refresh can be set. Server status details: The number of worker serving requests The number of idle worker The status of each worker, the number of requests that worker has performed and the... read more
Jun 19, 2012
Upgrading Windows 2008 R2 using DISM
Sometimes in the Enterprise environment there is a need to upgrade the version of Windows Server. With Windows 2008 R2 this is an easy task with DISM command and a KMS server. You can also use the command if you have a MAK key as well. Using DISM you can upgrade and every role, feature, app on your server will remain after the upgrade. A few caveats: You can only do upgrades. You CANNOT downgrade The... read more
Jun 18, 2012
Port Capture on Windows 2003 Using PortReporter
Have you ever wanted to capture ports in use on Windows 2003 server with a simple output? Usually you would want such information for migrations of servers and applications to new hosts from servers that have never been documented or have been long forgotten. One such tool is PortReporter and PortParser. There are other tools available to complete this task but in this post I am only covering PortReporter... read more
Jun 7, 2012
Evernote
Recently I found a piece of software that just works perfect for me in keeping track of ideas, notes and items I see but may not be near a computer or a device to write down or record that moment. In steps Evernote to the rescue. Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the web. It is available on all of the major phone and... read more
