2005 July

Many people who take Exam 70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment come across questions about disk management. One topic in particular that often appears is importing foreign disks. So let’s take a look at what you need to know.
First of all, a dynamic disk will have a status of foreign when […]

When you use two SCSI storage devices on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - based computer, you receive the following error message:
Stop 0×000000CA
The message states that a fatal Plug and Play error has occurred. The computer may stop responding when you receive this error.

When you use the Backup tool (NTBackup.exe) to perform a backup in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the backup job fails. You may receive the following error message:
The device reported an error on a request to write data to media.
Error reported: Invalid command. There may be a hardware or media problem.
Please check the system event log […]

In response to Diana Huggins’ Describe Your Ideal Job, the ever-prolific Gnomie Stu Kopelman writes:
Dear Diana,
I am not too certain there is the “ideal job.” Things change and so do
we. All circumstances, whether in a job context or otherwise, do not
remain static. Therefore, things that happen one moment cannot be
depended upon to happen the next. […]

In today’s world, sales lead management has become increasingly important to all businesses. Signs of an improving economy mean that companies are quickly shifting their operating mantra from cost cutting and containment to revenue growth. This shift is resulting in increased investments in marketing and sales, including new sales lead management and market segmentation processes, […]

The animated TECHTip tutorial available here.
PWE [Pseudo Wire Emulation] provides, among other things:

At first I thought it strange that I could not find anyplace to sign up for the courses on Suite101’s Web site. Oh sure, it has a login page. Yet nowhere in sight could I find a way to enroll in its great, free programs. So like anybody in my situation, I decided to contact […]

The purpose of this installment is to clarify the lines between the different types of management when it comes to software projects. Before moving on to the more complicated aspects of source control, it’s worthwhile to spend a little time discussing this.
As I mentioned in Part I, source control has an awful lot of names. […]

Exam 70-290 will test your knowledge and skill with dynamic disks. There are a number of different topics that fall under the Managing Basic and Dynamic Disks sub-objective. Previous installments of this article outlined some of the basic differences between the two disk types as well as the steps required for converting a basic disk. […]

If you start a program on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer, the program takes a long time to start. Therefore, the program appears to stop responding. This symptom occurs if the Windows Server 2003-based computer is under a heavy load. Additionally, a program that is associated with the program that you start also appears […]

The animated TECHTip tutorial available here.
With fast secure roaming, authenticated client devices can roam securely at L2-Layer 2 Datalink from one access point to another without any perceptible delay during reassociation. FSR is designed for latency-sensitive applications such as WVoIP [Wireless Voice Over Internet Protocol], transaction processing, or other low-latency (no delay - real-time […]

Hacking and politics have contrived to make strange bedfellows. According to a report by the British news organization, The Sun, hackers have come forward and started to take down Web sites that are fomenting terrorism and inciting terrorist acts - something which the government cannot do with any sort of haste, if at […]

Slowing down your co-workers (or even worse, preventing them from getting work done altogether) is the cardinal sin of team development. Source control goes a long way towards enabling you to work together without obstructing each other’s progress. But like all tools, source control can be used incorrectly.
There is no worse feeling than getting the […]

Windows Server 2003 supports both basic and dynamic disks (as does Windows 2000 and Windows XP). You can use the Disk Management console to convert a basic disk to dynamic. Before you attempt to make the conversion you need to keep the following points in mind:

There must be a minimum of 1 MB of free […]

After you suddenly remove a universal serial bus (USB) floppy drive cable from a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer, the computer may stop responding. Additionally, you may receive a “Stop 0×23” error message.

As an IT professional, I have found that I tend to spread myself too thin. What do I mean? I have found that I tend not to ask for help or do too much digging on my own. Maybe it is my personality. If someone asks me something, anything, about a […]

Didn’t think Gumshoe Chip and Elisa, the girlfriend-turned-security gumshoette, would be back, did you? If these names aren’t familiar, no worries, you can check out the story from the beginning. Enjoy your summer reading as Elisa deals with misspelled words and polka, all while sleuthing security threats.
WAP, WEP and other wireless-related technologies frustrate many IT […]

The animated TECHTip tutorial available here.
Far-field, or Rayleigh distance (where the signal level varies inversely as the square of the frequency wavelength) is the region where the radiation pattern is independent of distance from the transmitting antenna. The ability of MIMO [Multiple Input Multiple Output] RF antennas to increase the spatial area for the […]

Maybe it is just me, but I think that SYS-CON.TV is just coolest thing since Wi-Fi Internet. Sort of reminds me a podcast with a touch of video. When you first visit their site, you are lucky enough to watch an interview with the creator of Java! Tell me that is not impressive? Sure, listening […]

In Part I, we covered the basic concepts of source control. Using a source control tool, you gain the ability to track historical revisions of a digital asset (source code), as well as the ability to work collaboratively. This time we will discuss how to actually use it.
The Evolution Source Control System uses a […]