This reg key will enable the ability to boot from MegaRAID storage devices using the megasys2.sys driver. Useful to run before hand when upgrading or otherwise changing hardware to something with a LSI 9260, 9271 or similar card. This reg key REQUIRES that you already have the correct megasas2.sys driver installed one way or another. […]
Recently I upgraded my remote office connection to 100Mbps (cable) and spent almost a month dealing with slow downloads over an openVPN client connection. Uploads were fine (maxing out the pipe) but downloads were 12-20 Mbps at best and fluctuating like crazy. TCP client mode actually performed better than UDP so I knew something was […]
I cooked up a Munin plugin for my Surfboard 6141 which monitors ALL available data from the status page. If you’re having intermittant signal issues and want to keep detailed data for cable technicians, this is for you! Check it out on Github: https://github.com/djamps/munin-surfboard6141
Sometimes you need to run another service on port 80 or 443, but IIS binds to every IP by default. Here’s the trick to add/remove IP’s from IIS 7.5. It cannot be done by any web GUI. netsh http add iplisten ipaddress=1.2.3.4 netsh http del iplisten ipaddress=2.3.4.5 netsh http show iplisten
Major annoyance to any organization that has hostnames like foo.bar.domain.com — Windows 7 and Vista appends domain.com to bar, but not foo.bar. After some digging I finally found a registry hack that restores ‘proper’ functionality like any other OS or older version of windows. Create a DWORD ‘AppendToMultiLabelName’ with a value of 1 in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE […]
For PV ethernet support in the guest, you’ll need these drivers now available from the Fedora project: http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/
SAM4 has a slightly different database format and filesystem layout than SAM3. You should not try an in-place upgrade, or bad things can happen. The best way to upgrade if you have a large or refined playlist, is to install SAM4 along side SAM3 and copy the playlist tables over. This way you can leave […]
If the file is not in the %systemroot%\system32\dns directory, the full path to the zone file will be shown on the General tab. Since most zone data is held in the registry, restoring the %systemroot%\system32\dns from backup isn’t enough – you’ll need to manually populate the DNS zones in the DNS console, and choose the […]
Method 1 In Windows Server 2008, there is an option in Local Security Policy. Click on Start and then Administrative Tools and then click on Local Security Policy. In Local Security Policy, click on Account Policies and then click on Password Policy. Under Password Policy, double click on “Password must meet complexity requirements” and then […]
To copy entire directory structures as quickly as possible and ignore all disk errors (useful in data recovery) either of the following commands should work with robocopy being the quickest (if you’ve got Vista/7 or XP with the XP Resource Kit installed). Both commands use source -> destination path order. xcopy /C/H/R/S/Y c:\ d:\ /C […]