IT Professionals
Windows Server 2003 Flexible Single Master Operations Part I
There is a very good chance that you will encounter at least one question pertaining to the Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) roles on one of your MCSE or MCSA exams. What it comes down to is that you need to know what the different roles are used for, whether they are forest wide or [...]
How Far Would You Go For A Raise?
I debated about even trying to talk about this, as some people will be tempted to dive into the politics of the location talked about in this article. But whatever, we’ll try it anyway. Today, I happened upon this post over at OzTech@Lockergnome and found myself intrigued that people are willing to work so far [...]
Parting With Extra Partitions
Today, Brad asks: Dear Matt, my new computer came with two partitions (C and D) on the hard drive, each 145GB. I use external hard drives for storage and back-ups. Do I really need two partitions and, if not, how do I get rid of the D drive and consolidate the space on C? I [...]
Windows And The New Coke Syndrome
Whether we like it or not, Microsoft is going to continue to be just fine. No thanks to Vista, mind you; rather because of what I call the ‘New Coke Syndrome.’ When it comes to offering a new version of your OS — offer one that is so beta, so poorly thought through — that [...]
A Revealing Holiday Weekend
I had to smile when I first read about this as I am beginning to see XP as just one of Microsoft’s challenges to furthering Vista adoption. How about Windows 2K? Yes, in banks, mobile phone kiosks among other places, Windows 2K is alive and well. So why have they not bothered to upgrade? Likely [...]
Two Years Running On The Original Factory Image?
I’m sure there are others out there who have run on the same image for longer periods of time, but for me, two years is a very long time. You see, my “workhorse” PC is an HP Pavilion m7250n PC running Windows XP Media Center 2005. I purchased this machine almost two years ago to [...]
Toy Robots – How Far We've Come
I look back at this and smile. I remember drooling over this as a kid in the old Sears catalogs. Looking back at the old Omnibot now, with its state of the art tape deck and remote control with retractable antenna, it is easy to see how I was so intrigued so easily. At age [...]
Tis The Season To Be Cranky…
Fa la la la laaaaa la la la. At the time of this writing, it’s Thanksgiving Eve and I’m battening down the proverbial hatches. We’re not doing any traveling to speak of, and since my in-laws moved back to Oklahoma, this is the first Thanksgiving we’re not even heading to the suburbs. Driving in Chicago [...]
Functional Levels In Windows Server 2008 Part II
Functional levels determine the features that are available and the domain controllers that are supported. In a previous article, you learned about the three domain functional levels that are supported under Windows Server 2008. There are also functional levels at the forest level. Windows Server 2008 supports the following three forest functional levels: Windows 2000 [...]
Folding@home And My Pocketbook
Gnomie Aaron Glenn (oboe in the chat room) writes: Hi Chris, I’ve been running the Folding@Home software for about three weeks now, and while the altruistic donation of my “spare” CPU cycles towards the advancement of biomedical research seemed very appealing, the effect it had on my power bill is another story… Suffice it say [...]
