WHOIS is a query/response protocol that is widely used for querying databases in order to determine the registrant or assignee of Internet resources, such as a domain name, an IP address block, or an autonomous system number. Usually WHOIS queries are performed with a command line client and such a client is almost always a …
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Playing with Windows XP Mode RTM
The Windows XP Mode Base VHD file (Windows XP Mode base.vhd) is stored in C:\Program Files\Windows XP Mode. The Differencing disk is stored, by default, in C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\Virtual Machines.
Dual postings
For several reasons I have decided to start publishing my blog posts to both my own, privately hosted, SharePoint Blog and my Windows Live Spaces account. This will be the first such post. The URLs of the blogs are: SharePoint Blog: www.simonsen.bz/blog Windows Live Spaces Blog: http://morgansimonsen.spaces.live.com/blog/
Some thoughts on Active Directory OU structure design
Over the years I have been involved in quite a few Active Directory deployments and restructures. On these projects much time is always spent, or should be spent, on designing the OU structure. The main thing about OU structure desing is to keep thing simple. Some organizations like to take the organizational chars and copy …
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Viewing the result of boot time chkdsk runs
Whenever chkdsk.exe runs during boot time it is often difficult to see the result before Windows reboots again (which is the default behavior). The whole of chkdsk’s output is saved in the Application log as an Information event, with source Winint and an event ID of 1001.
Not something you generally want to see…
“General failure”, that’s helpful. My on-board Atheros L1 Gigabit NIC sucks. There is really no other way to put it. Every Atheros chip, be it wireless or cable, I have had the misfortune to come across has been worthless. You should think that Ethernet and Wi-Fi should be pretty well understood concepts by now. Not …