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Archive for May, 2007

Wow Vista finally works!

I upgraded my HP nc8430 laptop from 1gb of RAM to 2gb today because Vista performance was just killing me. 

I didn’t believe 1gb of RAM would make that big of a difference – BOY WAS I WRONG!

Vista is no longer a hinderance to me – its fast and snappy.   YEAH!!!

I had already turned off all the “extras” like Aero, Defender, etc to try to make 1gb work.

What a difference 1gb of extra RAM makes…

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  • Steps to fixing WSUS Clients

    After much frustration

    1. reboot ;)
    2. reset wsus on client (script), wait for propogation
    3. reset ie security settings, resync client
    4. reset ie advanced settings, resync client
    5. review windowsupdate.log for in-depth troubleshooting
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  • Disaster Planning Links

    The diva has done it again!  A post every business owner and person in charge of IT needs to have. 

    http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2007/05/11/looking-for-disaster-planning-links.aspx

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  • Longhorn Active Directory Enhancements

    I have been so looking forward to these two features in Longhorn:

    • Server Core (a barebones way to install Windows, allows “embedded” type servers like we do on Linux/Unix)
    • Read-only domain controllers

    A very nice article at TechTarget gives the low down.  A must read for all system administrators!

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