February 25, 2009 2:55 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
Hard drive space,
portable app,
Space audit,
Windows Directory StatisticsWindows Directory Statistics is an app made freely available from Bernhard Seifert and Oliver Schneider.
I use this program alot mainly after it became available on
February 25, 2009 3:14 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX,
LIC,
License Server,
LMTOOLS,
Virtual Center,
vmwareWell this isn't about how much fun you can have with VMWare Virtual Center, but on how somethings can be worked around and some things just need to be re-installed! :)
Starts off with an couple ESX Servers and Virtual Center all running out of evaluation days... yes I know, procrastination on my...
February 22, 2009 10:23 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
c-Class Blades,
Dreamworks,
HP ProLiant,
supercomputerHP announced that Paprikaas(a strategic partner of Dreamworks) chose HP ProLiant BL460c G5 servers to increase performance and establish an energy-efficiency standard in its data center. With its low-power module and the latest low-watt quad-core processor from Intel, the HP ProLiant BL460c is...
February 22, 2009 9:57 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
direct remote access,
DRAC,
ESX 3.02 to 3.5 update,
ESX Upgrade,
HP ILO,
Integrated Lights Out,
iSCSI,
virtual media appletI just wanted to make a quick post to let everyone know that an ESX Update isn't as painful as one would think. Just yesterday I took control of one of my clients ESX Servers from home via ILO(Integrated Lights Out. HP's technology for Direct remote Access) and mounted the ESX 3.5 Update 3 ISO via...
February 18, 2009 5:10 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
cloud,
contacts,
documents,
email,
Microsoft My Phone Beta,
Mobile 6.5,
music,
My Phone,
new synchronization service,
Palm Pre,
photos,
skybox,
skyline,
skymarket,
Text message,
Windows MobileIt's official, Windows Mobile 6.5 is out of rumor status... some things that are worth mentioning is that the main screen will have a honeycomb look to it, i.e. in the way the icons are lain out. Most screens have redesigned menus that will not need that dreaded stylus, IE Mobile will have a...
February 18, 2009 4:47 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
book.xlt,
excel issues,
excel printing duplicates,
excel safe mode,
excel troubleshooting,
HP,
IT professional,
Laserjet Well here’s a good one for you, and I hope that this helps someone if they run into the same issue. Two PC’s both have the same printer, and both have the exact same drivers. The printer was an HP LaserJet 1320. The issues was that Excel would print out duplicate copies of everything. Running...
February 12, 2009 3:09 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
ACER,
ASUS,
dell,
HP,
IT professional,
N270,
N280,
Netbook,
Samsung,
SSD,
Windows XP,
Z520,
Z530I’ve been following Netbooks closely, not too close, but close enough :)
Jenny, yes our Jenny, asked me a couple notable questions. Answering that question will inform people that there are options out there to make the Netbook experience a joyful one.
"I enjoyed your coverage on...
February 10, 2009 3:49 AM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
BestBuy,
Dell Inspiron Mini 9,
GN40,
Intel,
Intel Atom N280,
Netbook,
Windows XP Home
BestBuy is selling the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 for 299 CDN... not a bad price for the below specs...
- Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.6GHz/533Mhz FSB/512K cache)
- Windows XP Home Edition
- 1GB DDR2 SDRAM
- 8GB Solid State Drive
- 8.9"...
February 6, 2009 9:24 PM
Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX,
ESX 3.5,
ESX and IDE,
ide,
NCQ,
sata,
upgrade path,
vmfsWhat the heck am I talking about you say? Well I decided to load ESX 3.5 on a workstation of mine. This is so I could do a test upgrade from 3.5 to 3.5 Patch 3, mainly because I want to make sure VMFS and the VMs are retained after upgrading to said patch level.
So I commenced installing ESX 3.5...
