External USB hard drive keeps using the same drive letter as a mapped natwork share
Try <a href=”http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html”>USBDLM V4.2.4 – USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and Vista</a> Have you tried this process? (More info can be found <a href=”http://www.petri.co.il/control-usb-drive-letter-assignment-in-windows.htm”>here</a>) To work around this issue if the new volume appears in Disk Management, specify a different drive letter for the new device or volume. To do [...]

View Answer   |  November 2, 2011  8:12 AM
External hard drives, Mount points, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional, Xcopy
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Extend HDD with HP Proliant
here is two links I hope this helps http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/101941-hard-drive-upgrades-hp-proliant-dl380-g5 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=125&prodSeriesId=1121516&prodTypeId=15351&objectID=c00792595 ============= The most important factor you have to consider when extending the capacity of a computer’s hard disk drive is the compatibility of the other hardware parts to your hard disk. For instance, you cannot use a SATA to be installed in an ATA type [...]

View Answer   |  November 1, 2011  7:47 AM
HDD, HP ProLiant, HP ProLiant DL380 G5
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2,130 pts.

Connecting external hard drive to VM software
I’d be interested to find this out as well. And also if there are recommendations on which ones work better.. thanks! ———– Most software files like VM software are created or developed to be compatible with the most commonly used operating systems. Most compatibility issues are only associated with Operating Systems and not mostly on [...]

View Answer   |  November 1, 2011  6:41 AM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, External Disk Drives, External hard drives, Server management, VM Server, VMware
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2,130 pts.

Hard drive not detected
If you are sure that your hard disk drive works fine with other computer, there might be a problem with the cable connections of your hard disk drive. Make sure that you have a working IDE or SATA cable connector.

View Answer   |  October 31, 2011  1:52 AM
BIOS, Dell, HARD drive, Hard Drive Installation, Windows Vista
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2,130 pts.

Components and cables to design/build a network
Sounds like a great undertaking… 1) Good design states that you should plan for around 10-25% growth, so 80 users will mean you’ll need about 100+ potential “network connections” (80 + 25% (20) = 100) 2) Divisions = VLANs = Subnets: If you wish to segregate your Admin, Sales and Design folks from being able [...]

View Answer   |  October 28, 2011  7:14 PM
Cables, Data transfer, Network, Network design, Routers, Switches
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8,500 pts.

how to get into router, previous tech did not leave password.
1) If you do not have at least a “user-level” password that allows you to view the running config of the devices, or any kind of documentation, then you will need to reload those machines to do recovery. Perhaps schedule a “maintenance window” to accomplish this (shouldnt take more than an hour) 2) Managing partitions [...]

View Answer   |  October 28, 2011  6:53 PM
Routers, Servers
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8,500 pts.

Enterprise Linux 3rd party support costs
Today Linux OS is highly demanded in the market. It is known that Linux is almost free and more less affected by virus or almost zero. Modern Linux has capability to do all daily works and server admin jobs that all other OS(s) do. Needless to say that, Linux has several applications built-in that are [...]

View Answer   |  October 28, 2011  6:57 AM
Banking industry, Linux, Migration, third party, Unix Servers
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22,035 pts.

Batch jobs
Depending on what you want, anything can be made into a batch job, you just need to be able to write up a script for it. Once that is done and tested and shows no ill effects, then you should be able to run it on the network. One good example is removing a folder [...]

View Answer   |  October 25, 2011  4:17 PM
AS/400 batch jobs, Batch jobs, Scheduled batch jobs
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1,420 pts.

Free IT Book: Demystifying the Virtual Desktop
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/extend-hdd/#viewquestion http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/extend-hdd/ hope to win

View Answer   |  October 18, 2011  4:36 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
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3,070 pts.

Verify if a Patch is installed for Solaris 10
To see what patches are installed try below: showrev -p OR showrev -p | grep <patch name> just like that showrev -p | grep 120753-05 it helps to see the level of a particuler patch even u can use pkginfo command with related package name see kernel patch uname -a For better info and hints: [...]

View Answer   |  October 14, 2011  4:33 AM
Installing/upgrading operating systems, Oracle patches, Solaris10, SPARC
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22,035 pts.

EXTENDED: IT Scripts Contest now ends October 17
IT Scripts. If i win, i promise, i’ll start scripting (even in 3D), because now, i’m too busy in coding real stuff ! lol )

View Answer   |  October 13, 2011  2:46 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Scripts, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
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4,075 pts.

Facility and disaster recovery
trusted outsourcing partner can play a vital role in DR & BCP of an enterprise. In this age when Offshore Outsourcing of <a href=”http://www.maintec.com”>Data centre management</a>, Infrastructure Management services etc happens to locations, like India, the DR & BCP program have now become Global.

View Answer   |  October 13, 2011  12:22 PM
Data Center, Data Center administration, Disaster Recovery, IT outsourcing, Open IT Forum
30 pts.

What can be done to improve efficiency in “green” datacenters?
Many efficiency best practices require minimal costs and don’t require expensive purchases to help <a href=”http://www.maintec.com”>Data Center Management</a> reduce CO2 emissions and lower their energy costs.In August of 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency published a report to congress on “Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency”. This report detailed the rapidly growing energy costs of data [...]

View Answer   |  October 13, 2011  12:20 PM
Data Center, Data Center management, Green data center, Green IT Strategy
30 pts.

Tried to go larger than storage limit for object OBJECTNM OBJECTNM
Adding some more information about Physical file.. This is a Keyed Physical file and It doesn’t have any logical files.

View Answer   |  October 12, 2011  4:37 AM
AS/400, AS/400 objects, DB2, iSeries, iSeries data center
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290 pts.

Relation Between virtual memory, cache memory and RAM?
The relationship between the various memory types in Windows Operating Systems (OS) are as follows. The size relationship is (in general) from smallest to to largest: Cache – RAM – Virtual RAM – Physical memory installed in the system. This is where most processing takes place. The maximum memory depends on hardware and OS version. [...]

View Answer   |  April 19, 2013  7:22 PM
Cabling, Data analysis, Data Junction, Data mining/analysis, Data warehousing applications, DataCenter, Hardware, Hubs, Microprocessors, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Routers, Switches, Systems management software
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3,310 pts.

Free IT Book: IP Networking
just answered Users not receiving alerts to new General Discussion – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/users-not-receiving-alerts-to-new-general-discussion/#viewquestion hope to win IP Networking book

View Answer   |  October 4, 2011  7:37 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
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3,070 pts.

Unable to boot Windows 7 after moving the HD from one PC to another
hello Mr. you can only boot your hard disk with same configuration of hardware on to you have installed that OS. Example:- suppose you have a dell optiplex 990 desktop and you have installed win 7 on to the desktop. if you remove the hard disk from optiplex 990 and install it to another optiplex [...]

View Answer   |  October 4, 2011  9:07 AM
HARD drive, Intel, Windows 7 Administration, Windows 7 bug
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210 pts.

Load MAC in Dell inspiron N5010
Dear you can’t install MAC OS on incompatible desktops or laptops. if you want to install MAC OS on Dell laptop or desktops, you have to purchase a x86 version of MAC OS, than you will be able to install it otherwise it only install On Macintosh hardware. Warm Regards:

View Answer   |  October 4, 2011  7:16 AM
Dell Inspiron, Intel, Mac OS X Leopard
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210 pts.

Server Power Consumption
Post by Nnf97 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/power-calculator-for-servers/

View Answer   |  September 29, 2011  4:18 PM
CPU, CPU usage, Server administration, Server Power Consumption
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10,615 pts.

Open IT Forum: Does the Windows 8 secure boot and Linux clash affect you?
Beyond what my blog post states, that Melanie referenced, even if Microsoft attempts to take out the competition, there’s a lot of legal issues that are going to (and already have) arisen. As linked in my post: http://www.zdnet.com.au/linux-users-threaten-microsoft-with-accc-339323063.htm People are already threatening to sue Microsoft for anti-trust violations if Secure Boot eliminates the Linux possibility. [...]

View Answer   |  September 29, 2011  2:38 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows 8, Windows Server
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625 pts.