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Nuisance is SMTP in Windows 2008 Server

Posted on June 26, 2011 by abounds

There is a new feature in Windows server 2008 for the SMTP service, which about drove myself and another tech crazy today, but I didn’t find it documented anywhere! When you configure the SMTP service’s FQDN, then save and close … Continue reading →

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Raid Stripe

Posted on May 11, 2011 by abounds

What’s the worst thing that can happen to a system running a RAID stripe? it gets degraded, eg. one of the drives starts to, or does, die… That’s where mine is now. sh^t. Ordered two new drives, I’m not pending … Continue reading →

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Hidden features for Windows Cert exporting

Posted on April 27, 2011 by abounds

I have a love-hate relationship with software where options are not documented, or not well documented. Take for instance the ‘certutil’ executable in the Server 2003 Resources. There is NO better way to retrieve a list/number of certs from the … Continue reading →

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Display Stand

Posted on February 12, 2011 by abounds

Received a new toy for work. a 3 LCD monitor display stand, which mounts to the table. I’ve got to say, there’s nothing like a single mount stand for clearing away a huge desk-hog… In other news, the weekend is … Continue reading →

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Conversion to Weblog established – 2/1/2011

Posted on February 1, 2011 by abounds

I decided that 212011 seemed like as good a lay as any to lay out the new WP Blog for cat5d.com. As an old teacher once suggested, breaking the date down, you read: 11001 seems logical enough.

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