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20 Windows Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know
With a nod to Vivek Gite and his popular 20 Linux System Monitoring Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know article, we present "20 Windows Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know". Many of the programs listed...
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Disk Space Monitoring – Predict When Full
Many disk and file administration management tools will let you set up alerts to inform you when a server or workstation drive is nearing its maximum capacity. These alerts can be customized and set...
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Top 12 Tips: How to Optimize and Speed Up Windows 7 Performance
CodeProject Need to improve and speed up Windows 7 performance? Let's talk about how you can do this by customizing and tuning some Windows features. Some of these options are also available in...
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How to Partition a Windows Hard Drive
Chances are, if you work with enough computers and workstations, sooner or later you are going to find a need to partition a disk drive. In this article we will discuss the elements to consider when...
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Dell PowerEdge 2950 Server: Quieting the Loud Fans!
Recently we purchased a Dell 2950 III with a DRAC card to investigate adding IPMI support to PA Server Monitor. So far it's great, but what wasn't so great was the noise. One blog writes that it...
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What Are the Differences Between Routers and Switches?
In this article I will talk about the differences between two of the most common networking devices, routers and switches. You already be somewhat familiar with these devices, even if you are not...
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The NSA Spying Fiasco and Your Network
Photo Credit: bennylin0724 – CompfightThe NSA and their PRISM program got a black eye this week, and rightly so. America is supposed to be the land of the free. We're supposed to speak out against...
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What is IPv6 and an IPv6 Address?
Code Project You are probably aware that today’s communications rely very heavily on the Internet Protocol. An IP address is a unique identifier for each machine connected to the Internet. With the...
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Coolest Photo of PA Server Monitor in Action…
Ever wonder how others might be using PA Server Monitor? We sure do! And it was very kind of one of our customers to share a picuture of our software in action. We won't say who it was, but we can say...
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Perfect Forward Security and SSL Encryption
Michael Horowitz wrote a great article at Computer World entitled Perfect Forward Secrecy can block the NSA from secure web pages, but no one uses it. The tl;dr – encrypted HTTPS communications can be...
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Why Is Network Security Important?
As the internet evolves and computer networks become bigger and bigger, network security has become one of the most important factors for companies to consider. Big enterprises like Microsoft are...
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PA Server Monitor: Download to Monitoring in Under 8 Minutes!
Check out our quick tutorial on how to download, install, configure, and get alerts and reports from PA Server Monitor™ software. If you haven't downloaded our 30 day free trial yet, just grab a copy...
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How to Monitor IIS
In this article we’ll discuss monitoring Internet Information Services (IIS), the web hosting platform available in Windows Server editions. IIS is very popular in part because it provides such a...
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How to Monitor ASP.net
Last week we talked about how to monitor IIS. Today we’re going to discuss monitoring ASP.NET. We’ll cover a number of things including: the main implications of monitoring ASP.net, the most important...
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How to install & configure Windows Server Update Service (WSUS)
What is WSUS? Windows Server Update Service is a program that has been developed by Microsoft for delivering patches and updates to windows operating systems in a corporate environment. With...
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Encrypting Your Hard Drive Using BitLocker Drive Encryption
In this article, we will talk about one of the most effective and powerful encryption mechanisms available with Windows Systems. BitLocker is a feature that enables you to encrypt your hard drive data...
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An Overview of the New Windows 8 Enterprise Edition
Not since the launch of the Windows Vista operating system has there been so much negativity about the latest upgrade of Windows for consumers. But is it really justified, or is it simply...
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How to implement DHCP (Relay Agent), ROAS & OSPF (Open Shortest Path...
In this article I am going to show how you can implement DHCP relay agent and inter-VLAN routing with OSPF (as shown in Figure. 1). Let’s start with a short description of the scenario and then we...
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Fixing a Buffalo LS-QV4.0TL/R5 NAS
We got a little NAS device to play around with, do some back ups to, etc. The Buffalo LS-QV4.0TL/R5 comes with 4 x 1TB drives, but we wanted some more space, so we replaced the 1TB drives with 2TB...
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3 Signs that your Web Server’s Security has been Compromised
More than ever, businesses have to be careful of attacks on servers and business networks to ensure that their data, and that of their customers’, are fully protected. This is especially true of...
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