Here is a link to a Microsoft page containing a list of ports Windows and it’s services use. Very Handy.

Did you think the Y2K bugs were done? Well they’re not! The next is the Y2K38 which begins on January 19th 2008 when 30 yr loan and other calculations will have problems. Read more about it here on Wikipedia.

FSMO Roles ntdsutilroles Connections "Connect to server %logonserver%" Quit "selectOperation Target" "List roles for conn server" Quit Quit Quit [JDH: This is really a series of steps, not a single command expression] Domain Controllers Nltest /dclist:%userdnsdomain% Domain Controller IP Configuration for /f %i in (‘dsquery server -domain %userdnsdomain% -o rdn’) do psexec \\%i ipconfig /all […]

Easier said than done these days right? Well I have used Bust-A-Name a few times and found it to work great. They make it easy to use keywords to find available names and even register it right there for you.

Well if you run Windows 2000 server you may want to take notice. Microsoft has stated that they will not be offering a patch for the new US Daylight Saving Time for Windows 2000 and earlier. Only customers with an extended support agreement can get a Hotfix from Microsoft. Never fear though. IntelliAdmin has an […]

hey I have come across a nice and free tool for remote system shutdown. Not only that but it can work with WOL (Wake On LAN) as well. It gets better. The tool is actually designed to force group policy update. You can read all about it as welll as get your free copy here.

I did an email migration this weekend and had a big need for a tool to move mail for me. I needed to somehow synchronize POP3 email into a Microsoft Exchange server. I found this great utility called POPBeamer that worked nicely. It can be used one time as I did but it also can […]

If you like Google maps and how very useful it is you may want to check this out. Microsoft has a similar offering called Windows Live Local. It allows you to locate businesses as well as easily make driving directions. Google of course still rocks but this isn’t bad at all.

That’s right thanks to Lenovo (formerly IBM) notebook hard drive shock sensing technology hitting your computer is actually a function now. Some enterprising hackers and insiders at IBM have come up with a way to use the shock technology to issue system commands. Want to open FireFox? Well just bang the keyboard twice.

That’s right, now you too can virtualize your single server into multiple operating systems. You can run many different systems on the same server. How cool is that? I have used the product and it works quite well. I imagine the fact that it is free would be to compete with Microsoft’s free product Virtual […]