Probably as old as the internet, but you guys should telnet...
And watch the entire Star Wars movie in ascii art. submitted by virusdotexe [link] [3 comments]
View ArticleWhat types of support issues drive you the most crazy?
I'll go first, because this just happened. I've mostly been out of end-user support for several years now, but occasionally I have to deal with the dreaded user. I get a ticket that says a group of...
View ArticleFound an odd recommendation while reviewing my Exam Cram Win2k8 AD book.
While studying the chapter on Active Directory Objects and Trusts I saw the following recommendation in the section about deprovisioning user accounts: When a user leaves your company, you have several...
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Sharepoint woes, search permissions with AD and local users.
I've inherited a SharePoint box and I've got users as local users on the sharepoint box... first this is dumb but I've been told to deal with it. So these users are like consultants. They have limited...
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DAE really fucking wish that tabbing out the rest of a command worked on this...
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View ArticleIf you send --help output to STDERR, fuck you.
I can't be the only one who hates this with a passion. $ somecommand -h [wall 'o' text] $ somecommand -h | grep switchIwant [wall 'o' text] $ somecommand -h 2>&1 | grep switchIwant [actual info]...
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Automating WDS sucks
So today I'm working on automating a WDS image rollout, this is because I've got about 90 laptops to setup in the next week or so. I'm having huge problems with the unattend.xml file, appears that I...
View ArticleCheck my UPS math & UPS suggestions?
Today I (finally) convinced our boss that we need to step up migration from our current server environment into our new(er) blade servers. I've been tasked with getting UPS units to throw in the new...
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6000+hr CPU idle time on a windows box...
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View ArticleHow to become an admin by normal means?
So my buddy wants to do what I do. I've been a Windows system administrator for 3 years. However, I got in a weird way. I grew up with computers since 1984. I was 2 when my Dad bought a Commador 64 and...
View ArticleAm I missing something here?
So I am like 75% done with my IT Systems Administration AAS (with plans to go back for more when I graduate.) I am 21 more than happy to work for cheap (like $12 starting.) Shouldn't I be the perfect...
View ArticleBudget home lab setup reccomendations
Looks like my new place doesn't have much opportunity to experiment with kit so I'm looking to get a lab set up at home over the next month or so for setting up some VM hosts and ISCSI targetting. Has...
View ArticleServer 2008r2 iSCIS MPIO question.
I'm trying to setup MPIO which seams to be working as both connections up and I see traffic over both NICs (Round-robin). However if I disable one of the links everything that is running from that disk...
View ArticleExchange 2010 Deployment
Hi Folks, I have an upcoming Exchange 2010 deployment and I was looking for some advice / experiences from people who have similar setups. The environment is based around 180 users or so predominantly...
View ArticleHelp me shop for a NAS r/sysadmin!
I need to buy a NAS server for my office, our file servers just aren't cutting the mustard anymore. I'd like to use it for folder sharing and for roaming profiles and here are my requirements: RAID1...
View ArticleExchange 2010 Spam Filter
Hi! I just came across this subreddit and hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction. We currently have an Exchange 2010 server that gets a lot of spam. I'm using Kaspersky as the...
View ArticleDebian MOTD resetting on reboot
I attempt to remove my motd by erasing /etc/motd and /etc/motd.tail but on reboot, the motd resets to default. I read a guide that set to modify /etc/bootmisc.sh (or similar, don't remember the exact...
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